220 PhD programmes in Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics at Simon Fraser University offers graduate work leading to MA and PhD degrees.

As part of its service to the University of Florida community, Linguistics also offers English as a Second Language training for international applicants and admitted students.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Linguistics - Language Acquisition offered by the Department of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes specialized and well-researched learning opportunities.

Our innovative PhD in Applied Linguistics at Northern Arizona University is a nationally recognized program for scholars interested in second language acquisition and production, pragmatics, and teaching English as a second language (TESL). 

The nexus between people and language is where most sociolinguistic research takes place, and at the University of Liverpool, research in Sociolinguistics focuses in particular on the relationship between society and language, drawing on expertise from Modern Languages.

The Applied Linguistics programme offered by Swansea University enables doctoral researchers to undertake a substantial project led by their own passions and interests. 

PhD studies in English at Karlstad University may be pursued with a specialisation in linguistics or literature, and admitted PhD candidates have the opportunity to design their dissertation projects within either of these subject areas.

The Dimensions of Constructional Space Research Training Group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will explore a relatively new paradigm in linguistics that has become known under the name of Construction Grammar (CxG).

This African Languages (Research) programme is offered by the Department of African Languages within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.

In this PhD Linguistics program at University of Victoria, you’ll study linguistics, building a broad and deep understanding of language.

Linguistics is the scientific study of language in all its aspects. At the University of South Carolina these issues are investigated from diverse perspectives, including biological, cognitive, developmental, educational, historical and sociocultural ones.

Staff at the Finno-Ugric Languages section of the Department of Modern Languages at Uppsala University have wide interests covering the whole Finno-Ugric language family, ranging from Scandinavia to Siberia.

The nationally ranked Ph.D. program in English Language and Literature at the University of Maryland provides specialized training in literary, cultural and language studies for students who plan to teach at universities and colleges. 

University of New Brunswick's celebrated English graduate programs offer both creative writing and academic streams of study, helping students reach both their creative and critical potential.

The University of Sussex offers research supervision in a wide range of subdisciplines of English language and Linguistics.

The curriculum of the Linguistics program at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn is designed to provide students with exhaustive knowledge on humanities and social sciences, as well as detailed linguistic knowledge.

The Applied Linguistics (Structured) program from Mary Immaculate College is a four-year, full-time programme which includes a combination of taught modules (in Year 1 of the programme) and individual research, the principal component being the doctoral thesis. 

The Linguistics programme at Rutgers University is structured by the guiding idea that linguistics is a unified discipline, with cross-fertilization between sub-disciplines a major source of growth and innovation. 

The Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (Online) programme from University of Nottingham offers a fascinating opportunity to study the interaction between language and the real world.

The Linguodidactics programme from University of Presov will help you understand the relationship between language acquisition and language learning, relations among teaching theories, concepts of language teaching, teaching methods, activities and the teacher's interaction style.