278 PhD programmes in Literature

The English Literature programme offered by Bogazici University develops advanced expertise in literary analysis and critical scholarship across historical periods and theoretical approaches.

In the Department of Comparative Literature at New York University, we examine the range of literature, its transmission, and its dynamic traversal of linguistic, geographic, cultural, political, and disciplinary boundaries.

Comparative Literature at University of Glasgow is an exciting interdisciplinary, intercultural, and inter-medial discipline housed in our School of Modern Languages and Cultures with expertise in ten modern languages and cultures.

The Slavic Languages and Literatures program at Stanford University is known for its innovative approach to the cultural disciplines, personalized guidance of graduate students, and insistence on the highest intellectual standards.

The English Ph.D. program at the University of Pennsylvania prepares students for full participation in the profession as scholars and teachers of English and American literature, broadly conceived.

A candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Comparative Literature at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign must fulfill the general requirements of the Graduate College in addition to those specified for the master's degree. 

This Literary Studies programme is offered by the Department of English Studies at Durham University, one of the leading English Departments in the UK, offering teaching and research of the highest quality.

Welcome to Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Members of FSGS have access to excellent infrastructure.

At Florida State University we offer an M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition and a Ph.D. in English with a specialization in Rhetoric and Composition. 

Our Literature, Media, and Culture program at Florida State University exposes students to provocative questions that spark scholarly engagement and creativity, helping them discuss the social and political impact of literature. Together, we explore literature's various histories, cultures, and philosophical and geographic movements.

Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Wisconsin Madison is a national leader of doctoral programs in the field, and welcomes students with a B.A./B.S. or M.A. who are interested in all areas of Russian and comparative Slavic prose, poetry, drama, and philosophy. 

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

The Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers a Ph.D. degree in the areas of literature studies, creative writing, and composition and rhetoric.

Students in our Language and Literacy Education programs at University of British Columbia are teachers and other professional educators who engage in courses, conversations and research addressing a broad range of issues and contexts – in and out of schools, nationally and internationally, and across the lifespan.

The Ph.D. program in Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University offers a global breadth of study of literature and other cultural productions.

The English Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland is a dynamic and productive community of full-time faculty members engaged in active research programs, graduate supervision, and publication of literary scholarship and creative writing.

The Comparative Literature programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in literary theory, literary history, and comparative analysis across national and international contexts.

The Postcolonial and Global Literatures research group at The Open University UK has contributed to major externally-funded projects, including: Making Britain: South Asian Visions of Home and Abroad, 1870–1950, and City Fictions of the New India: Literature, Infrastructure, Citizenship.

From Medieval and Renaissance writing to the 18th century to the present, from the novel to poetry to modernism, postmodernism and the contemporary scene – English at the University of Sussex is strongly committed to the interdisciplinary study of literature.

Undertaking doctoral English Studies research at University of London allows you to develop in-depth knowledge, while making a meaningful contribution to your chosen field.