300 PhD programmes in Political Science

The Social Sciences - Territories, Economics, Law Doctoral School regroups all of the potential research training of the University of Tours and University of Orleans within the COMUE Val-de-Loire in the fields of law, economics, management, geography, sociology, demography, anthropology, development/urban planning, communication sciences and political science.

The Department of Political Science at University of Alberta offers programs leading to the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, and the Master of Arts in Policy Studies.

The University of Warwick's Politics and International Studies department (PAIS) offers the PhD in Politics and International Studies. 

The Language, Literature and Politics (LLP) research group at The Open University UK is a cross-faculty collective bringing together researchers from the School of Arts and Humanities and the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics.

A University of Hertfordshire research degree in Politics and International Relations is internationally recognised signifying high levels of achievement in research.

The Ph.D. programme in International Affairs and Political Economy (DIA) at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) reflects society's need for highly qualified individuals that take on global challenges from multidisciplinary perspectives.

The Political Science Department at Western University - Canada is known for the outstanding quality of its research and teaching in Democratic Engagement, Global Justice, Urban Politics and Local Governance, and Research Methods. 

We offer exceptional research International, Political and Strategic Studies degrees at Australian National University. 

Research in Political Economy and Environmental Politics at The Open University UK explores conceptual and practical issues at the intersection of environmental concerns, politics and justice.

Research within Social Policy and Criminology at The Open University UK explores the intersections of Social Policy and Social Justice.

The Politics, International Relations, and Sociology programme offered by Canterbury Christ Church University develops expertise in governance, global affairs, and social structures.

Law operates in a context of public administration and society where historical, political, economic, social and technological aspects play a part. The Kooijmans Institute for Law and Governance at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam hosts research programmes relating to the central theme of Law and Governance. 

The Catholic University of America is one of the oldest research universities in the United States, and the Politics Department has a long tradition of doctoral scholarship.

Our graduate program at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, currently ranked 11th among U.S. graduate programs in Political Science, is small and very selective; each year’s entering cohort is approximately 15 students. 

The PhD in Human Rights offered at the University of Sussex is radically interdisciplinary, spanning the social sciences and humanities.

Religions are implicated in cultural and national traditions as well as in questions of identity and subjectivity. Political and national commitments and involvements are topics of interest here, ‘civil religion’ is a strong area of our existing research. This The State, Citizenships and Identities programme is offered at The Open University UK.

A major concern of the 20th and 21st centuries has been the migration of people, objects, goods and ideas across and within borders. This Mobilities and Migration programme is offered at The Open University UK.

Our research in the States, Political Systems and Development degree at The Open University UK seeks to shed light on how states as drivers and agents of development, while also exploring  alternative political systems that challenge the prevailing development paradigms. 

Graduate study in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers students the opportunity to work directly with nationally and internationally known scholar-teachers in American politics, international relations, comparative politics, public policy, and political theory.

Rice University is proud to offer a high quality Political Science Ph.D. program that trains students in cutting edge methods of social science research.