59 PhD programmes in International Development

For full-time students, the first year of the Politics and International Studies is spent in Cambridge with two major activities: firstly, developing a research topic with the guidance of a Supervisor, and secondly, training in research methods.

Welcome to the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE) at The Ohio State University. Housed in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, AEDE currently has twenty-two world-class faculty members and administers highly respectedbachelor’s, master’s and PhD programs.

The Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership with an Emphasis in Organizational Development program at Grand Canyon University helps graduates lead and transform organizations. Those seeking a doctorate in organizational leadership learn how to help organizations achieve success through growth.

The PhD in International Affairs programme from International Business School is aimed at policy-makers and experts of international affairs to address critical issues centred on diplomacy, foreign policy, and international relations.

The Global Studies Ph.D. program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell offers an advanced interdisciplinary education, the opportunity to work with diverse faculty conducting cutting edge research, and a supportive and multinational community committed to understanding and solving the world's most pressing issues.

The Tiffin University Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Change is designed with a curriculum to appreciate the challenges and tremendous opportunities within today’s cross-cultural work environment. 

The DPhil in International Development at University of Oxford provides an opportunity for outstanding students to pursue in-depth multi- and interdisciplinary research, guided by leading scholars in the field, into processes of social, political and economic development and change in the global South.

This Educational Research and Development at University of Lincoln  is a research qualification aimed at those who are, or aspire to be, senior academic or administrative leaders of primary, secondary, or tertiary educational institutions, or university lecturers and researchers.

The Global Development Studies programme offered by Saint Mary's University develops advanced expertise in international inequality, socioeconomic transformation, and development policy analysis.

The Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research is dedicated to providing supervision and support to post-graduate students pursuing a PhD in social sciences at the University of Amsterdam. It offers this degree programme in Geography, Planning and International Development Studies.

International Development Studies is a collaborative specialization offered for our students at the University of Guelph. 

The School of Life, Health and Chemical Science at The Open University UK has a strong track record of engagement with Global Health and Development Research projects.

The Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn is an international institute conducting interdisciplinary research on development-related issues all over the world.

The Doctoral Program in Global Health and Development (GHD) at Emory University is a new and distinctive training program anchored in the Hubert Department of Global Health, and affiliated with the Public Health Sciences cluster of doctoral programs within the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies.

This PhD programme in Development Studies is offered by the School of Social Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,

The International Environment and Development Studies programme of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is at the heart of the university's mandate with its focus on global challenges related to environmental and climate change, sustainable food production and natural resources management and the governance implications for people's rights and well-being.

Uneven development between countries can be attributed to structural differences in how their economies are organised and depend on each other. This Economics of Development and Structural Change programme is offered at The Open University UK.

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) transforms the knowledge, action and leadership needed for more equitable and sustainable development globally, through our world-class research, learning and teaching at the University of Sussex.

This Anthropology - Development Studies degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria.

The Human Development, Learning, and Culture (HDLC) program at University of British Columbia addresses the interface of research and practice in education, weaving together theoretical models and concepts in their application to real world educational issues.