80 Part-time PhD programmes in Literature

This Afrikaans (Research) programme is offered by the Department of Language, Cultural Studies and Applied Linguistics within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.

The University of Brighton offers an active, supportive and stimulating environment for English Literature PhD study in a range of literary fields.

English at University of Cambridge is an outstanding place to work on Anglophone literature. Students and scholars benefit from world-class libraries, and from each other. The PhD cohort is diverse and large in number. No particular area or approach is preferred.

We have outstanding facilities in the field of Text and Image Studies, from the holdings of the library from University of Glasgow, including the Stirling Maxwell Collection, and The Hunterian, to an environment that includes world-leading publications and journals, the hosting of conferences, and exhibition curation.

The School of Humanities at University of Westminster, based in our historic Regent Street building, offers a vibrant, multidisciplinary research environment, at the centre of which are several innovative research groups and centres. The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

The English Literature programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University explores literary texts, cultural production, narrative forms, and critical approaches across diverse historical periods, genres, and cultural contexts.

This is an innovative and exciting programme in which you focus on writing a full-length, literary novel of between 90,000 and 150,000 words. 

The Comparative Literature programme offered by Birkbeck, University of London critically explores literary works, visual culture, and other cultural forms across multiple linguistic, regional, and national settings.

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

The History of Books and Reading (HOBAR) Research Collaboration, based in English & Creative Writing at The Open University UK has made major contributions to the subject internationally.

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.

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.

The English Language and Literature programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University develops advanced scholarship in Chinese language, literature, and classical traditions across historical and theoretical 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.

Beyond their individual projects, our students are fully engaged in the rich intellectual life of our subject area and the School of Critical Studies, organizing reading groups and conferences, participating in colloquia, and, from the second year of study, contributing to undergraduate teaching. We offer a English Literature degree at the University of Glasgow.

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.

This Poetry - Text, Practice as Research  programme from University of Kent enables promising poets to develop the potential of poetry as a tool of inquiry within the humanities. 

The English Literature programme offered by Swansea University enables doctoral researchers to undertake a substantial independent research project which should be of a publishable standard. It offers supervision in most areas of literature from the middle ages to the present and supports original work across a wide range of literary fields.

Our research ethos underpins and stimulating and dynamic environment in which to study. As a PhD researcher in the School of English at the University of Sheffield, you'll be joining a community of world-leading researchers who are pushing the boundaries of literary and linguistic study.