9 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Department of Religious Studies at the Brown University maintains exceptional strength in the study of religion in antiquity, Asian religions, modern religious thought and the theoretical study of religion.

Brown University is one of the premier institutions for the study of Egyptology and Assyriology and the history of ancient science. 

The graduate program in French and Francophone Studies at the Brown University is the home of advanced studies in French and Francophone literatures, language and civilization.

Classics doctoral students at the Brown University have the opportunity to enrich their knowledge of many aspects of Greek and Latin literature, history and culture, as well as related fields, such as Sanskrit, archaeology and epigraphy.

The Ph.D. History program at Brown University offers courses to help students advance their critical reading, research and writing skills as they increase familiarity with different approaches to the past, build comparative understanding of major historical developments and gain competence in the literature and sources of their fields of specialization.

The Ph. D. Philosophy program at Brown University is designed to provide strong support for students’ research. 

The Department of German Studies at the Brown University offers a Ph.D. program that both provides a coherent perspective on major developments in German literature, culture and critical thought in the modern period (1650 to the present) and affords students the opportunity to develop their own specialized interests in German Studies.

Comparative Literature at Brown University is a vigorous and comprehensive program in literature and culture.

Brown University's graduate program in English offers professional training in literary research, theory, criticism and the teaching of literature and writing.