137 Full-time PhD programmes in Theology and Religious Studies

The Theology (distance learning) PhD programme from the University of Nottingham gives you the time and support to explore your theological interests while maintaining your existing commitments.

Religious lives are lived out in specific localities, from busy urban neighbourhoods to rural and coastal communities. This Place, Pilgrimage, Culture and Performance programme is offered at The Open University UK.

A doctoral degree in Religious Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA) will require you to undertake research at the most advanced academic levels culminating in the submission, assessment and acceptance of a thesis.

The Religious Studies programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in religious beliefs, faith traditions, theological thought, social expressions of religion, cultural contexts, institutional dynamics, and processes of transformation within diverse communities.

Join a thriving graduate research community, with students investigating a diverse array of topics in the field of religion, theology and the Bible with this Biblical Studies PhD at the University of Sheffield.

Are you interested in doing some independent research work and would like to start a Science of Religion doctorate at the University of Bern? 

The Theology PhD program offered by South African Theological Seminary is designed to raise up scholar-leaders in various fields of Christian ministry

A Doctor of Ministry degree at Lipscomb University expresses the culmination of your theological training. As a terminal degree in our field, the D.Min. is best understood as a professional doctorate for ministry practitioners.  

The Department of Religious Studies' doctoral program at The University of Iowa prepares students to become specialists in the study and teaching of religion and in the dissemination of new knowledge in religious studies and related fields.  

The Religious Studies programme offered by University of Waterloo develops advanced expertise in religious traditions, belief systems, and cultural interpretation.

One of the first graduate programs in Religious Studies in Canada, McMaster University has been a leading center for the scholarly study of religion for nearly six decades.

The Doctor of Ministry is a professional doctorate offering students advanced theological and pastoral formation for competent and effective pastoral ministry. We offer a Spirituality degree at the Catholic University of America.

The Doctor of Philosophy in Systematic Theology at Catholic University of America represents an achievement in theological scholarship and research.

The doctoral program in Theology at Boston College has as its goal the formation of theologians who intellectually excel in the church, the academy, and society. It is confessional in nature, and envisions theology as "faith seeking understanding."

Religion is a fundamental and distinctive aspect of human culture. As religion represents the deepest hopes, fears, concerns and values of human being, it can play both constructive and destructive roles in society. This PhD degree programme in Religious Studies is offered at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The Practical, Ecumenical Theology and Theological Ethics programme at Charles University provides doctoral research opportunities in practical, ecumenical, and ethical dimensions of theology across diverse contexts.

What cultural and societal processes shaped Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions? Discover the varied religious roots of modern society, studying the testimonies these traditions left behind. We offer a Jewish, Christian and Islamic Origins degree at the University of Groningen.

The Religion and Philosophy programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University develops advanced research in religious traditions and philosophical thought across ethical, cultural, and theoretical perspectives.

Contemporary Religion in Historical Perspective programme at the The Open University UK has considerable internationally recognised expertise in religious history, particularly pertaining to the 19th and 20th centuries and Protestant evangelicalism in the UK and elsewhere.

The Religious Studies program at Northwestern University is highly flexible and profoundly interdisciplinary. All students take courses both within and outside the department, most choose at least one dissertation adviser from another department, and many students take one qualifying examination in another discipline.