466 PhD programmes in Language Studies

Doctoral study in the English Department is possible in a range of topics in literary and cultural studies as well as in creative writing. We offer a English Studies degree at the Stellenbosch University.

The English program at Northwestern University offers advanced study and research in literary history, criticism, and theory, with excellent opportunities for interdepartmental and interdisciplinary study. 

The PhD in Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University is an interdisciplinary program with three intertwined concentrations: Visual Cultures, Linguistics, and Literature. The program prepares it's students for a career in fields such as education, translation, communications, diplomacy, health and social services.

The English Studies programme offered by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona develops advanced research expertise in language, literature, and cultural analysis.

The English Language Education programme at Bahçeşehir University (BAU) aims to enhance the teaching and learning of English as a second language.

The PhD in English Literature at Concordia University Montréal will deepen your mastery of period- and area-specific archives and develop your skills as a literary scholar. 

We offer a phd degree in East Asian Languages and Literatures at the Yale University. Students concentrating in Chinese or Japanese literature are encouraged to take at least one term course in Western literature or literary theory. 

The cross-disciplinary PhD program in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania is designed to train graduate students who can teach and conduct independent research in a variety of humanistic disciplines using Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, and occasionally other languages of East Asia.

The English and Comparative Literature Department at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill fosters insightful and imaginative thinking, with the goal of producing excellent scholars and teachers. 

Students in the English program from University of California, Davis gain advanced knowledge of literature from the British Middle Ages and colonial America to global/postcolonial and U.S. contemporary, as well as knowledge of literary theory, literary analysis, and interdisciplinary methods.

At the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, we offer a phd degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures.

At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Italian. 

The Ph.D. program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University explores the dynamic fields of Latin American, Luso-Brazilian, Latinx, and Iberian studies in all their rich and diverse linguistic, literary, and cultural traditions, and adopting multiple intellectual approaches.

This Greek degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria.

The Italian PhD program at Johns Hopkins University emphasizes work in three complementary areas: literary history, close textual analysis, and theory of interpretation, with a focus on the study of evolving cultures of literacy—from manuscripts and the material history of the book to performance, film, and emerging digital cultures.

The English Department at Oklahoma State University grants one doctoral degree, the Ph.D. in English. 

The Ph.D. in Language and Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon University focuses on developing the next generation of scientific and entrepreneurial leaders.

Are you interested in how modern languages shape our understanding and experiences in the world? Do you have a particular intercultural topic you would like to research? We offer a Modern Languages and Culture Studies degree at the University of Nottingham.

Could your passion for German language, culture and history help us better understand the world in which we live in today? We offer a phd degree in German University of Nottingham. 

The Modern Languages and Cultures programme at Durham University provides an excellent environment for postgraduate research. Students undertake work on a wide range of topics, including translation, literature, theatre, cinema, and photography, while participating in various postgraduate activities such as dialogue days and research seminars