46 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Arctic and Subarctic Futures graduate program at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Labrador Campus provides students with the opportunities to pursue graduate learning that emphasizes land-based learning, Indigenous pedagogies and research methods, and focuses on the needs and priorities of the North.

Memorial University of Newfoundland offers unique opportunities for the study of history. As the home of the Maritime History Archive, the Folklore and Language Archive, the Centre of Newfoundland Studies, and several other research collections, the St. John's campus supports innovative and interdisciplinary research.

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at the Memorial University of Newfoundland offers thesis-based graduate programs leading to a doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree in Oil and Gas Engineering.

The Management PhD program at the Memorial University of Newfoundland offers concentrations in one of four main areas of management: general management, information systems (IS), operations management (OM), and organizational behavior (OB)/human resource (HR) management.

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 Interdisciplinary PhD (ID PhD) program at Memorial University of Newfoundland is intended for students whose academic interests cross multiple academic disciplines.

The Division of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundland hosts the Neuroscience graduate program, offering students the opportunity to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

The Department of Ocean Sciences at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, located within metres of the North Atlantic, specializes in the study of biological and biochemical patterns and processes in cold-ocean environments and adaptations in resident organisms. It offers this PhD in Marine Biology.

The graduate program in Immunology and Infectious Diseases (I&ID) at the Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, provides graduate training towards the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

The PhD in Social Work program at the Memorial University of Newfoundland provides regionally relevant and accessible, advanced, and specialized education in social work.

The Division of Clinical Epidemiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundland hosts the Clinical Epidemiology graduate program, offering students the opportunity to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. 

The School of Pharmacy at the Memorial University of Newfoundland provides cutting-edge research in an up-close and personal environment.

Sociology aims to understand patterns of human social life in all their historical and current diversity: how people live, think, feel, believe, and act, comparing our own society with others. This PhD degree is offered at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

The Division of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) in the Faculty of Medicine at the Memorial University of Newfoundland hosts the Bioscience of Health and Disease graduate program, offering students the opportunity to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

The Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography at Memorial University of Newfoundland has a well-established graduate studies program backed by a strong tradition of research.

Our mission statement for the Geography program at Memorial University of Newfoundland is to foster a spirit of inquiry about the geography of the world around us through our teaching and research, and to provide our students with the analytical tools needed to explore the questions that arise and the skills with which to communicate their findings.

The only Anglophone university in Canada to offer comprehensive Folklore programs at all levels, Memorial University of Newfoundland is also a vital part of its community - one steeped in unique lifestyles and traditions, and where the study and celebration of culture and heritage is considered crucial.

Our graduate program in Biochemistry at Memorial University of Newfoundland provides an advanced education with the goal of preparing students for a career in research or other STEM disciplines.

The Department of Chemistry of Memorial University at Memorial University of Newfoundland is one of the largest Chemistry departments in Atlantic Canada, with numerous faculty, permanent laboratory instructors and instructional assistants, and a number of support and research staff.

The Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology Program (CABE) at Memorial University of Newfoundland is an interdisciplinary graduate program focused on animal behaviour and behavioural ecology.