466 PhD programmes in Language Studies

The English and Creative Writing degree at University of Roehampton aims to provide its research students with the opportunity to study in a stimulating, responsive, supportive environment, which fosters independent, critical thinking.

The Language and Culture programme offered by Linköping University develops advanced research expertise in the relationship between language, literature, and cultural practices.

The Spanish Graduate Program at University of California, Davis offers comprehensive knowledge of the history of the Spanish language, literary or linguistic scholarship, and competence in two other foreign languages. 

The aim of the English program from Princeton University is to produce well-trained and field-transforming scholars, insightful and imaginative critics, and effective and creative teachers.

The Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies at University of British Columbia offers a dynamic curriculum focusing on a contextualized knowledge of the languages, literatures, and cultures of Latin America, Spain, and other Spanish-speaking communities within the US and Canada.

Take the opportunity to pursue an individual research project of your choosing full-time or part-time, with expert guidance and personal supervision from a member of the English team in English course at University of Plymouth.

The English Language and Literature programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University develops advanced scholarship in Chinese language, literature, and classical traditions across historical and theoretical contexts.

The PhD program in Comparative Culture and Language at Arizona State University offers professional training that is linguistically well-grounded, historically and culturally informed, and methodologically transdisciplinary, through courses and supervision of research.

Beyond their individual projects, our students are fully engaged in the rich intellectual life of our subject area and the School of Critical Studies, organizing reading groups and conferences, participating in colloquia, and, from the second year of study, contributing to undergraduate teaching. We offer a English Literature degree at the University of Glasgow.

In the Modern Languages and Cultures programme from the University of Glasgow, we have expertise and supervision in language, culture, sociolinguistics, literature and history for the subjects of French, German, Hispanic, Italian and Slavonic Studies, alongside a strong postgraduate community in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies.

Georgia State University offers the largest English - Rhetoric and Composition program in the Southeast, with eight specialized faculty members in rhetoric, composition, digital media and communication, writing center theories and pedagogies and language studies.

At the Johns Hopkins University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in French. The department has a number of fellowships for graduate students.

The French Division offers MA and PhD degree programs at Florida State University spanning many aspects of French and Francophone studies including literature, culture, and contemporary society.

The selective, top-ranked Ph.D. program in English at the University of Mississippi produces literary scholars, educators, and writers whose careers span academia and beyond.

The Applied English Linguistics research programme from Beijing Normal University - Hong Kong Baptist University aims to cultivates high level talents by providing a supportive environment for conducting applied research in one of the areas of specialization.

Could your passion for German language, culture and history help us better understand the world in which we live in today? Discover more with this German programme from University of Nottingham.

The Modern Languages programme of the University of Strathclyde has full-time staff in French, Italian, Spanish and Translation studies who can offer you great expertise and supervision in your area of research.

The doctoral programme in English Literature and Comparative Cultural Studies at University of Cyprus is designed for students who wish to undertake research in Anglophone or comparative literature, with particular emphasis on theoretical, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Cognitive Science of Language from University of Nova Gorica provides high quality training of young researchers in Linguistics in the context of contemporary Cognitive Science.

The English Language and Literature programme offered by Cornell University develops advanced research expertise in anglophone literary traditions, critical theory, and cultural analysis.