397 PhD programmes in History

The Department of History at University of Saskatchewan has thesis-based M.A. and Ph.D. programs. We specialize in eight signature research areas. 

The History programme at the University of Sheffield offers you the ideal setting to further your own interests and broaden your field of knowledge alongside developing your research skills and preparing for the future.

The Department of History at the University of Toronto offers a broadly diversified program of graduate studies leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Instruction is offered in all major areas of historical scholarship/

Research interests in this Early Modern Britain and Europe area at The Open University UK include social, political and cultural history in Britain, Ireland and Continental Europe between 1550 and 1750.

The History of Science and Ideas programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in intellectual traditions, knowledge formation, conceptual developments, humanistic perspectives, sustainability debates, and the evolution of thought across different historical periods.

The History programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in historical change, societal development, and past human experiences across different periods.

The History PhD course from Queen's University students complete their coursework in their first year, selecting from a wide array of graduate-only seminars focused on diverse regional and thematic topics. 

At the University of Guelph, we offer our graduate students a phd program degree in History. Join us! The Tri-University Doctoral Program requires sufficient knowledge of a second language and the successful completion of a qualifying exam,  a colloquium, major and minor fields, and a dissertation in one of nine areas of research.

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.

This Intellectual History programme combines a long tradition in a field of scholarship pioneered at the University of Sussex with a commitment to fostering new and emerging fields of inquiry.

American History at the University of Sussex welcomes research applications focusing on the social and political history of the United States.

Memorial University of Newfoundland offers unique opportunities for the study of history. As the home of the Maritime History Archive, the Folklore and Language Archive, the Centre of Newfoundland Studies, and several other research collections, the St. John's campus supports innovative and interdisciplinary research.

Study for a PhD in History at the University of Stirling and you’ll be part of a dynamic culture where collaboration is key, international links abound and the desire to make a meaningful contribution to society is always at the forefront of our minds.

The Class of Culture and History, integrated into the Graduate School Language & Literature Munich at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, offers graduate students the opportunity to study major issues in the history, culture, media, politics, and society of the United States, Canada and the Americas, including the Caribbean. 

The Department of History at Boston University offers doctoral degrees in African, American, Asian, and European history. The PhD program is distinguished by the strength of its faculty and by its commitment to training students broadly and as a community.

The DPhil in History at University of Oxford is an advanced research degree, awarded on the basis of successful completion of an individual research thesis and an oral examination. 

The PhD track in Classics with Historical Emphasis from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill offers students the opportunity to take an integrated approach to literature, material culture, and documentary sources of the Greco-Roman world.  

Graduate from the nation's first and longest-standing PhD program in Atlantic History, offered at Florida International University.

Our innovative PhD History program at Carleton University combines traditional academic strengths in historical theory, historiography and primary research. 

The Program in Medieval Studies at the Yale University was founded to offer advanced training in interdisciplinary research methods to graduate students with an interest in the Middle Ages.