PhD programmes in Language Studies in United States

The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program from University of Arizona provides an instructional program to prepare researchers, teachers, curriculum specialists, and administrators at all levels of instruction who are concerned with aspects of second language acquisition, learning, and teaching.

Graduate students in the Rhetoric, Composition and Teaching of English program from University of Arizona are often distinguished for their public engagement and action-oriented research, published scholarship, and innovative teaching. 

This is the first program in the United States that combines the strengths of major German and American Research I universities to create a truly joint international Ph.D. program in Transcultural German Studies at University of Arizona.

This Spanish - Hispanic Linguistics program from University of Arizona is designed to train students to address a variety of scientific and scholarly questions pertaining to the study of the Spanish language from structural, societal, experimental, acquisitional, and pedagogical perspectives.

The PhD program in English from University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a highly specialized program designed to develop a capacity for research, original thought, and writing and to equip students for careers in the teaching of English at the college or university level and in writing, editing, and publishing.

The joint degree in Anthropology and Linguistics from University of Arizona is designed for students with interests in both departments who would emerge from the program as job candidates for both linguistics and anthropology departments. Both the School of Anthropology and Department of Linguistics offer teaching assistantships and research support for students in the joint Ph.D. program.

The English program from University of Arizona provide students with professional preparation for teaching and conducting scholarly research at the university, college, and community college levels. 

The Linguistics program from University of Arizona is designed to produce scholars who can carry out research on human language in any of its aspects within a contemporary theoretical framework, and which challenges, modifies, and extends contemporary theory. 

The Language, Reading and Culture degree at University of Arizona provides a vehicle for training specialists who wish to prepare themselves for leadership roles in reading or bilingual/ESL education, and those seeking advanced academic preparation in these areas.

The interdisciplinary Language, Literacy and Culture program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) investigates the concepts and processes of Language, Literacy, and Culture in relationship to social, historical, technological, and ideological formations.

The PhD in Spanish at University of Arizona is distinguished by cross-unit collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches. 

The Persian and Iranian Studies program at the University of Arizona offers a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum. 

The Department of English offers programs in American and English literature and language leading to the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. At either the PhD level, students in the English program of the Case Western Reserve University may elect a concentration in Writing History and Theory or a practicum in Creative Writing.

The interests of the faculty cover a wide range of areas in theoretical and experimental linguistics. The field's graduate program covers all facets of linguistics, as well as an exceptionally broad spectrum of courses dealing with computational linguistics, field methods and historical linguistics. The Linguistics program is offered by Cornell University.

The English department offers a wide-ranging course of study that combines historical research with theoretical inquiry in a stimulating, challenging and supportive environment. The English programs from University at Buffalo, are among the most open and flexible in the country.

The program for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in NELC at The Ohio State University has as its aim a concentration and breadth of study designed to foster productive and independent scholarship. The Near Eastern Languages and Cultures programme is offered by The Ohio State University. 

Our graduate Greek and Latin programs at the The Ohio State University are anchored in solid knowledge of the relevant languages: Ancient Greek, Latin or Modern Greek as each student's particular course of study demands, as well as reading abilities in appropriate modern languages such as French, German and Italian. 

The Department offers a doctoral program in Italian Studies that gives students an opportunity to achieve a high level of scholarly competence and to develop the capacity to contribute original knowledge to the field.  The Italian programme is offered by The Ohio State University.

The Department of Linguistic's graduate program in linguistics has a strongly theoretical orientation, which is to say that our research is largely concerned with the development of a general theory of human language as well as detailed accounts of the structure, development and variation of individual languages. The Linguistics programme is offered by The Ohio State University.

The Department of English offers an integrated MA/PhD program at the The Ohio State University, giving graduate students a variety of opportunities to work closely with distinguished scholars and writers.