199 PhD programmes in History in Europe

The History programme offered by Aberystwyth University develops advanced expertise in historical investigation, archival research, and interpretation of societal change.

In the DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages programme at University of Oxford, students complete a major piece of original research. Supervision is offered in most fields from medieval and early modern literature and culture through to modern and contemporary literature, film and cultural history. 

The Studies in Antiquity and the Middle Ages programme offered by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona develops advanced research expertise in history, archaeology, and philology across ancient and medieval contexts.

The DPhil in Literature and Arts at the University of Oxford is a part-time doctorate in the Humanities offered by the Department for Continuing Education, focusing on a subject in British cultural history, which falls between the 15th and 20th centuries.

Through the Medical History PhD programme from The University of Exeter, you will work closely with your supervisors to develop, investigate and write-up a project at the cutting edge of historical research.

The aim of the doctoral programme Contemporary European Cultural History offered at Charles University is the scientific preparation of experts for thematically broad-based research on history and cultural history.

The Humanities programme at Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan coordinates doctoral education and prepares candidates for advanced academic research.

The History programme at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn offers a thorough knowledge of humanities and social sciences, including detailed and specialised knowledge in the scope of history.

The study curriculum in the Doctoral School of Humanities at the University of Lodz makes it possible to conduct research in the field of a selected discipline of humanities in the conditions of individual and team interdisciplinarity.  

Utrecht University is one of the best research universities in Europe, and we give talented researchers every opportunity to develop. We offer a History and Art History degree at Utrecht University.

The department of Art and Culture, History, and Antiquity at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is characterised by its staff's interdisciplinary and global approach to research and teaching on the present and the past.

The Leipzig School of Human Origins is a unique PhD program at Leipzig University that combines different disciplines to study the evolutionary history and origins of humans and other primates.

At University of Nottingham, we have a large Department of History, with over fifty research-active academics. 

The Biography study at the University of Buckingham can be on either a full-time or a part-time basis.

At the University of Buckingham, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in History. Join us!

The History of Science, Technology and Environment programme offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology develops advanced research expertise in historical analysis of science, technology, and environmental issues.

We offer a phd degree in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. We are internationally recognised for research excellence in modern economic and social history, with exceptional strengths in business and financial history, the history of medicine, and social and gender history.

The History of Science and Ideas programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in intellectual history, knowledge traditions, and the history of science.

Within the History discipline at The Open University UK a specific research group is devoted to the study of criminal justice history: the Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Criminal Justice.

The History of Science and Ideas programme offered by Uppsala University develops advanced research expertise in the historical development of scientific, intellectual, and cultural ideas within global and interdisciplinary contexts.