168 PhD programmes in Political Science in Europe

The Literacy and Social Justice research area at The Open University UK is located in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport.

You’ll work with expert faculty at the cutting-edge of politics, covering Britain, Europe and international issues. This Politics programme is offered at the University of Sussex.

The Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen offers internationally-recognised expertise and postgraduate supervision across the various fields of our discipline.

The Politics programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in political institutions, public policy, international relations, political theory, and conflict studies, enabling students to investigate contemporary political challenges through original and independent research.

Politics at the University of Hull is recognised globally as contributing to the cutting-edge of research. 

The Social Policy and Criminology discipline at The Open University UK undertakes active and extensive research in Regulation, Governance, Policy Process.

Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at The Open University UK has an international reputation for research in the areas of British, Comparative and EU Politics.

A PhD at Essex makes you a member of the best political science department in the UK. We are renowned especially for the expertise in the areas of political behaviour, comparative politics, ideology and discourse analysis, international relations, and conflict resolution. Learn more at the Government programme from University of Essex.

The variety of studies in the area of human rights requires a critical and methodological apparatus that the PhD program in Advanced Studies in Human Rights at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid provides in a rigorous manner.

Address the world’s growing diversity, driven by migration and mobility, with this Migration Studies PhD programme offered at the University of Sussex.

As a student in the Politics programme from the University of Strathclyde, you can study an MPhil over one year or a PhD over the course of three years.

The Political Science and International Relations course at Bahçeşehir Cyprus University aims to provide students with a solid theoretical and methodological background in the field of global politics and to deepen their academic formations within this framework. 

The Political Science programme from Sabanci University offers a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the major fields of Political Science and provides the students with a rigorous conceptual framework, basic analytical tools and sound methodological training in the discipline. 

The Political Science and International Relations programme at the Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University aims to enable its students to follow, understand, question and analyze political, economic, social, cultural, philosophical and security-related issues by considering the developments at local, national, regional and global levels in a changing world.

Political Science at Luleå University of Technology focuses on the scientific study of politics and political systems, and comprises both empirical and theoretical studies.

Multicultural Life, Citizenship, Difference, Political Conflict and Social Divisions research is part of the Sociology research group at The Open University UK.

In terms of political concepts, Political Ideas staff at The Open University UK can supervise students working on citizenship, justice, rights, duties, governance, power, community, ecology, and democracy, to name a few.

Politics is inextricable from human society and our teaching in this Social and Political Thought programme at the University of Sussex reflects this.

The Social Sciences programme at Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan provides doctoral training focusing on research and analysis of social, economic, legal, and political phenomena.

The University of Brighton welcomes PhD research in Philosophy, Politics and Ethics through its specialist research Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE).