94 PhD programmes in Liberal Arts

The Humanities 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 Interdisciplinary Studies  (IDS) Ph.D. program at The University of Alabama is designed for highly motivated students whose goals for research and classwork do not fit into one of The University of Alabama department-based Ph.D. programs. 

Education and Social Sciences at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano addresses the study of education and social sciences in an interdisciplinary context, providing the necessary skills to face research in the theoretical and empirical-experimental field and promoting the development of innovative application practices.

Through the Interdisciplinary Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter all students have a primary and a secondary supervisor who provide regular, high quality advice, support and direction in their academic endeavours. You will work closely with your supervisors to develop, investigate and write-up a project at the cutting edge of research.

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.

In the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences programme from Bournemouth University, we conduct research in areas such as healthcare, midwifery, nursing, leadership or dementia, as well as radiography and medical imaging, nutrition, exercise, the social sciences, humanisation and social work. 

One of the core values held by the University of New York in Prague is excellence in research. Offered at their partner, New York College Athens, in coordination with the University of Bolton, students will be able to earn their Ph.D. in Art and Design.

At Humanities from University of Groningen you will strive for excellence, not just for the benefit of your dissertation and the advancement of science, but also to launch your career, be it inside or outside of academia. 

The Graduate School for Humanities and Digital Sciences at Tilburg University is an attractive environment where PhD candidates become skilled and responsible academics. 

The Doctor of Professional Studies programme at Middlesex University is open to experienced practitioners from all professional areas who bring a high level of curiosity and passion to their commitment to make a positive difference to their sector/field. It is designed to help the individual practitioner respond to the complex, high level challenges that show up in their context.

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.

The PhD in Humanities, based in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC), can be undertaken in many areas of interdisciplinary expertise at Concordia University Montréal. 

The doctorate in Humanities at Pompeu Fabra University is oriented towards research from an interdisciplinary perspective, and aims to provide comprehensive knowledge of the fundamental problems in human sciences and especially those in art, literature and thought.

Digital Humanities at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne has become a vibrant, rapidly growing field in recent years. It witnessed major innovations, new technologies and methods, bringing together research initiatives in the arts and humanities with cutting edge empirical methods from data science, machine learning, visualization and other fields.

This Music and Dance Art programme from Academy of Performing Arts enables the most talented and well-rounded graduates of the master’s programme to further develop their artistic abilities, deepen their knowledge in the field of artistic reflection, and create comprehensive perspectives and outcomes in the field of artistic research.

MPhil/PhD Research Degree Programme in collaboration with the University of East London.

At the University of Glasgow’s rural campus in Dumfries we provide a friendly and focused learning environment with a high level of access to Interdisciplinary Studies.

At University of Glasgow, our outward-looking, multi-disciplinary research activities are based on high-quality, challenging and flexible graduate Theatre Studies programmes.

The Digital Humanities Research programme offered by King's College London explores how digital technologies, data, and computational methods are transforming humanities, culture, media, and society.

The postgraduate research students of the Social Sciences (Postgraduate Research) programme offered by the University of Wolverhampton are afforded the opportunity to develop their research skills through participation in training events organised by the Faculty of Social Sciences and the University’s Doctoral College.