137 Full-time PhD programmes in Theology and Religious Studies

Our distance learning Theology PhD at University of Nottingham gives you the time and support to explore your theological interests while maintaining your existing commitments.

The main focus of the academic discipline Biblical Exegesis at Uppsala University is research relating to biblical texts (writings included in the Jewish and/or a Christian canon), studied in their original language.

Research within Systematic Theology at Uppsala University involves primarily a philosophical and history of ideas study of the religious ideas and traditions of thought, worldviews, philosophies, isms and ideologies that have formed our culture.

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

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 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. 

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree program at Boston University is offered to students wishing to enhance their knowledge and competence in teaching and research and to contribute to scholarship in a specialized area of Theological Studies.

Embark on a scholarly journey at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities with the Culture and Religion Studies doctoral program.

The Theological Studies and Research on Religion programme offered by University of Vienna offers an innovative, research-oriented doctoral programme in a stimulating environment characterised by interdisciplinary perspectives. 

The Doctor of Theology from Agora University aims to develop advanced theological researchers trained in the theological discourse of Eastern Christian traditions, preparing future leaders in interdisciplinary domains

We offer a phd programme degree in Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town. 

The Faculties of Theology of the Universities of Bern, Basel and Zurich jointly offer a new doctoral program in Religious Studies.

The PhD in Theology, History of Ideas and Philosophy programme offered by Aarhus University offers a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary doctoral research within and across the fields concerned. Theological research is characterized by interaction between historical, literary, and systematic methods.

The Faculty of Theology at the Heidelberg University offers the option of a structured Theology doctoral program towards a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).

The Catholic Theology programme is a four-year doctoral program at the Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech republic.

The outcome of a Church History and Church Polity programme at University of Pretoria is highly specialised, research-based knowledge and expertise.

This Philosophy of Religion programme at Charles University focuses on philosophical inquiry into religion through text-based analysis and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Education in this Theology program at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn is carried out within the framework of the theological teachings of the Christian religion of the Roman Catholic confession.

Friedensau Adventist University offers Theology PhD supervision in cooperation with the Gesellschaft für Bildung und Forschung in Europa (GBFE).