27 PhD programmes in General Studies in Europe

Are you in search of an inspiring research environment? Are you looking to improve your scientific and analytical skills to prepare you for a career in research and academia? The Interdisciplinary International Studies PhD programme at the Vienna School of International Studies might just be what you are looking for! 

The Practice-led Doctor of Philosophy programme offered by York St John University combines creative practice and academic research, enabling artists, writers, and performers to generate new knowledge through their professional work and critical inquiry.

The Doctorate in Professional Practice (DProf) at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David integrates doctoral-level study with continuing professional development and is an ideal way of obtaining a doctorate whilst maintaining professional commitments.

The focus of this Humanities Ph.D. program at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid on an interdisciplinary, creative, and innovative view of humanities as a set of closely related disciplines stands as its most distinctive feature since its inception.

Embark on an innovative academic journey at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities with the Industrial Doctorate program.

Focus on a research area in depth, receive substantial training in a range of research approaches and write a thesis that will demonstrate your understanding of how to develop a critical academic argument, all with this Doctor of Philosophy programme at Edge Hill University.

Transdisciplinary Doctor of Professional Studies by Portfolio at Middlesex University is an intensive two-year doctoral programme designed for high level leaders from a diversity of sectors. It concerns itself with complexity and futures and how these may be met with confidence, imagination and pragmatism through a rigorous critique of individual professional achievements.