581 PhD programmes in Humanities in United Kingdom

Religious Studies at University of Aberdeen focuses on explaining the origin and function of religion and not on evaluating the truth of the beliefs of religion.

Corpus Linguistics at The Open University UK uses specialised software to draw out patterns from large bodies of digitised language data (corpora).

The Digital Humanities at The Open University UK (DH_OU) Research Collaboration is an interdisciplinary network that has made major contributions to the subject internationally.

University of the West of Scotland is delighted to present its innovative, blended learning, part-time Doctor of Professional Studies.

The Creative Writing discipline at The Open University UK supports practice-based and critical research and PhD study focused on creative writing.

Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary subject area that brings a range of computational, quantitative and other innovative and collaborative methods to the study of texts, images, histories, languages and cultures, while also being critical about methodology, disciplinarity and pedagogy. We offer a Digital Humanities by Practice degree at the University of London.

In recent years, the spatial turn in the Humanities has been reinvigorated and shaped by the digital turn. Whether it is the ability to map texts, build 3-D models, or link resources, digital resources are transforming Classical Studies. We offer this Digital and Spatial Classics degree at The Open University UK.

Research interests in French Studies at the University of Liverpool cover all areas of French literature, culture and history, including Medieval studies, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century studies, French theatre, French cinema, travel literature, francophone postcolonial studies (including French language representations of India), modern and contemporary France, and sociolinguistics.

Could your passion for German language, culture and history help us better understand the world in which we live in today? We offer a phd degree in German University of Nottingham. 

The Modern Languages and Cultures programme at Durham University provides an excellent environment for postgraduate research. Students undertake work on a wide range of topics, including translation, literature, theatre, cinema, and photography, while participating in various postgraduate activities such as dialogue days and research seminars

Are you interested in how modern languages shape our understanding and experiences in the world? Do you have a particular intercultural topic you would like to research? We offer a Modern Languages and Culture Studies degree at the University of Nottingham.

Could your exploration of Russian and East European Studies at University of Nottingham, cultures and histories influence how future scholars understand the importance of this region? 

The Applied Linguistics programme at University of Strathclyde focuses on a wide range of aspects related to the study of speech, language and voice characteristics of typical as well as impaired populations across their lifespan, in order to further our understanding of these issues and impact positively on people’s lives.

The Humanities degree at University of Roehampton aims to provide its research students with the opportunity to study in a stimulating, responsive, supportive environment, which fosters independent, critical thinking.

The DPhil in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics at University of Oxford is an advanced research degree for qualified students who are ready to begin thesis work in the field of general linguistics (including phonetics but not applied linguistics), in historical and comparative philology and linguistics, or in the linguistics of a specific language.

At Royal Holloway University of London, we are one of the largest and most diverse History departments in the United Kingdom. We offer expert supervision in a wide range of subject areas, both in geographic and chronological terms - from the Reconstruction South of the US to colonial Tahiti, and from ancient Rome to contemporary Britain.

Help to enrich local, national and international communities through research by joining a team of expert researchers in the field of Culture, Heritage and Society. 

Through the Interdisciplinary Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter all students have a primary and a secondary supervisor who provide regular, high quality advice, support and direction in their academic endeavours. You will work closely with your supervisors to develop, investigate and write-up a project at the cutting edge of research.

In the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences programme from Bournemouth University, we conduct research in areas such as healthcare, midwifery, nursing, leadership or dementia, as well as radiography and medical imaging, nutrition, exercise, the social sciences, humanisation and social work. 

They offer supervision for the PhD Sociolinguistics from University of Essex in the areas of: conversation analysis, language variation and change, dialects and language contact, gender differentiation in language, multilingualism, intercultural pragmatics, language maintenance and shift, Pidgin and Creole linguistics, and language and human rights.