218 PhD programmes in Geography

The Geography programme offered by Durham University supports independent research addressing social and environmental challenges through human and physical geography.

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at Florida State University is an interdisciplinary field of study in which the primary goal is an improvement in our basic understanding of fluid flows that occur in nature. 

The Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Geography and the Environment at University of Oxford is the department's premier research degree, awarded to candidates who have successfully completed a major piece of original research. 

Graduate students in the Department of Geography at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill benefit from a collegial and interdisciplinary environment, participation in our externally-funded research programs, and opportunities for involvement in teaching and departmental governance. 

The School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews is a leading centre for scholarship in the field of geography and sustainable development.

The Department of Geography and Planning ​at the University of Toronto offers facilities for research leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Geography is one of the four subject disciplines within the School of Environmental Sciences at University of Liverpool and offers excellent postgraduate research programmes.

Heriot-Watt University has an active and growing capacity in Applied Geoscience which sits alongside and complements its Petroleum Engineering capabilities and research. 

At University of Denver, we offer three different graduate degrees: a PhD in Geography, an MA in geography and an MS in geographic information science. 

Enriching the academic landscape in Poland, the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences proudly introduces its doctoral program in Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management.

Indiana University Bloomington's Department of Geography has an established reputation as a center of excellence in research and teaching. 

Understand changing human populations – past, present and future. Equip yourself with advanced demographic research skills. Learn more at the Demography (Social - Formal) from London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pennsylvania State University's Department of Geography is committed to excellence in a full range of geographic skills with outstanding faculty who work closely with students to help them reach their full intellectual and professional potential.

The Ph.D. degree in Geography and Environmental Science and Policy (GEP) at the University of South Florida is an interdisciplinary program, and its curriculum is designed around critical areas of geography and the environment.

Students in the Geographical Sciences Ph.D. program at the University of Maryland advance the scholarship in various areas among which are: Human Dimensions of Global Change, Land Cover, Land Use Change, Geospatial Information Sciences and Remote Sensing and Carbon, Vegetation Dynamics and Landscape-scale Processes.

A major concern of the 20th and 21st centuries has been the migration of people, objects, goods and ideas across and within borders. This Mobilities and Migration programme is offered at The Open University UK.

The Ph.D. Geography program at University of Guelph offers opportunities for advanced research in the areas of socio-economic spaces and change, environmental governance and management, and biophysical systems and processes. 

Our collective research agenda at The Open University UK is defined by our commitment to Open Geographies: fostering new and emerging research exploring what it means to think geographically about the many social, political, cultural and environmental issues shaping these turbulent times.

Research traditional economics such as spatial, urban and real estate economics, and approaches within regional science and local economic development. Learn more at the Economic Geography programme from London School of Economics and Political Science.

Research in Physical Geography at Keele University focuses predominantly on glacial and periglacial environments and Quaternary environmental change.