12 PhD programmes in Liberal Arts in Asia

Humanities
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Humanities doctoral programme provides training for students who intend to pursue professional and academic careers.
Humanities and Social Sciences
The Humanities and Social Sciences programme from Hamad Bin Khalifa University is the first degree of its kind in Qatar, and one of the few in the world providing students with the philosophical and technical grounding to design and tailor their own interdisciplinary program while being able to specialize through a dissertation.
Proficiency in Art
The Proficiency in Art programme from Yasar University refers to specialization in one subject with the inspiration from other disciplines.
Humanities and Human Sciences
The Humanities and Human Sciences programme offered by Hokkaido University develops advanced research expertise in humanities and human sciences through academic training and scholarly engagement.
Humanities and Creative Writing
The Humanities and Creative Writing programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University supports advanced inquiry into literature, culture, and artistic expression through interdisciplinary and critical approaches.
Humanities
Humanities at Nanyang Technological University will enable you to gain a solid background in research and be fully equipped to have a career in research and teaching in world-class universities.
Arts and Social Sciences
The Arts and Social Sciences programme offered by Hong Kong Metropolitan University develops research capability across arts, humanities, and social sciences with a focus on interdisciplinary inquiry and societal impact.
Social Sciences and Humanities
Step into the world of academic excellence with the esteemed University Malaysia Sarawak's Doctoral Program in Social Sciences and Humanities.
Arts
The Arts program at Monash University involves the independent investigation of a research problem formulated by you in consultation with your supervisors.
Creative Arts
Designed for high performing university graduates, the Creative Arts program from James Cook University is a postgraduate research degree with a supervised project of original research at its core. Develop high level independent research skills while making an original contribution of knowledge to a specific discipline or area of practice.
Japanese Humanities
The International Master’s Program (IMAP) in Japanese Humanities (founded 2011) and the International Doctorate (IDOC) in Japanese Humanities (founded 2017) are the only two graduate programs conducted in English within Kyushu University’s Graduate School of Humanities.
Doctor of Philosophy
Embark on an enriching intellectual odyssey at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) with the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program.