207 PhD programmes in Language Studies in United States

The graduate program in English at Binghamton University has distinguished faculty and outstanding graduates in a variety of fields.

The PhD in English - Rhetoric at Indiana University Bloomington, prepares engaged teachers, committed scholars, and skilled language professionals to shape the world by shaping its discourses.

Students at Washington State University entering the Ph.D. program in English are expected to have completed a master’s degree in English or in a related field of study at an accredited college or university, and to show promise of doing excellent work at the doctoral level. 

Pursue your passion for literature and prepare for roles in academia, writing, editing and research with this English degree program at the at the University of Missouri - Kansas City.

The English program at the University of South Florida features small seminar-style graduate classes and offers many opportunities for directed research and professional development.

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.

English from University of California, Berkeley is designed to assure that students are familiar with a wide range of literary forms, critical approaches, and scholarly methods. 

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. 

The Stanford University English department has a long tradition of training the next generation of scholars to become leaders in academia and related fields.  

The World Languages and Cultures PhD program offered at University of Utah is available with a specialization in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies (CLCS).

Columbia's Department of English and Comparative Literature has played a significant role in the history of literary study in the United States and abroad since its inception. The English and Comparative Literature program is offered by Columbia University.

The English program at Louisiana State University trains students to become expert researchers, writers, editors, and teachers.

At the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Italian.

The Program of Spanish and Portuguese offers BA, MA and PhD degrees in Spanish at Florida State University. The program's dedicated and diverse faculty are specialists in Iberian, Latin American and Caribbean Literary and Cultural Studies, Hispanic Linguistics, and Second Language Acquisition. 

Organized by the theoretical and interdisciplinary emphasis of critical and cultural studies, the Critical and Cultural Studies doctoral program at the University of Pittsburgh fosters challenging and inventive work in the ongoing project of English studies, broadly conceived.

The French and Francophone Studies Graduate Program at University of California, Davis provides graduate students with a strong base of historical coverage, spanning from the Middle Ages to the present, including Francophone studies. 

The Slavic Languages program from Columbia University is rigorous, requiring extensive study of the literature from the middle ages to the present, with some fundamental grounding in the region's history, linguistics, and culture.

Students from the Italian program at Columbia University are able to take advantage of the rich cultural and scholarly programs sponsored by the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America.

We admit students to the English Ph.D. program at Southern Methodist University who have been awarded a B.A. or M.A. degree. 

The Slavic Languages and Literatures program at Northwestern University, one of the best in the country, specializes in Russian literature and culture.