581 PhD programmes in Humanities in United Kingdom

Discover a Doctor of Philosophy degree awarded in any subject area at University of the Arts London (UAL)  with qualified and inspiring research supervision.

The Linguistics programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced expertise in language structure, variation, policy, and communication, preparing researchers to investigate how languages function, evolve, and shape social and cultural interactions.

It is part of the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy and has close interdisciplinary cooperation with Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical and Computing Sciences and Medicine subjects at the University of Aberdeen. 

Keele historians are enthusiastic, reflective and ambitious scholars. We offer a phd degree in History at the Keele University.

The Department of English at University of Liverpool conducts research in three main areas: literature, language, and Creative Writing. 

The PhD in Intellectual History at University of Buckingham is an advanced research degree, awarded on the basis of a thesis and an oral viva voce examination. 

Steeped in history, the study of Divinity and Theology has been undertaken since the foundation of the University of Aberdeen on 1495.

We have one of the world's largest groups of economic history researchers. We encourage different approaches and wide chronological and geographical coverage. Learn more at the Economic History programme from London School of Economics and Political Science.

Within the Department of Language and Linguistics, you will be allocated a supervisor whose role it is to guide you through the different stages of your research degree. In some cases, you may have joint supervision by two members of the staff. Learn more with the Translation Studies (Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling) programme from University of Essex.  

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.

MPhil/PhD Research Degree Programme in collaboration with the University of East London.

The Creative and Critical Writing programme offered by University of Sussex develops your creative writing skills while engaging with critical theory. Explore poetry, fiction and hybrid forms.

The Philosophy discipline at The Open University UK welcomes applications for graduate research work on Ethics.

At the Philosophy programme offered by University of South Wales you will learn to become an independent researcher by undertaking a significant and original piece of supervised research.

Candidates seeking a Doctorate in Military History by Published Works at University of Buckingham must be University of Buckingham graduates or members of staff. Graduates of other universities seeking to obtain a Doctorate by Published Work should contact the university from which they graduated.

The English programme at University of Strathclyde covers all periods from the Renaissance to the present day. 

The Philosophy discipline at The Open University UK welcomes applications for graduate work on Continental Philosophy.

The Classical Studies discipline has distinctive expertise in the material culture of the ancient world. Greek and Roman Material Culture research at The Open University UK covers a wide range of topics, including votive offerings from ancient sanctuaries, the archaeology of Etruscan Italy, ancient dress, ceramics, and Roman funerary monuments.

The Aberystwyth University DProf programme combines taught modules with research conducted by students under the supervision of staff who have expertise in the topic of study.

English and Creative Writing at The Open University UK supports research in a wide range of writings in this 20th Century and Contemporary Literatures programme.