936 PhD programmes in Social Sciences in United Kingdom

The Department of Psychological Sciences conducts world-leading research on mind, brain and behaviour. We offer a Psychology degree at the University of Liverpool.

This Digital, Material Transformation and Infrastructures research area at The Open University UK considers cities not just as cultural and political sites, but also as sites where socio-material relations are enacted.

University of Plymouth’s Social Policy programme has a long and distinguished history and has an international reputation for research excellence.

As a PhD researcher in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Stirling, you’ll benefit from our desire to engage with communities around the world and produce research that makes a positive difference to society.

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 Psychology is an internationally recognised degree signifying high levels of achievement in research.

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.

The aim of the PhD Economics programme at the University of Stirling is the development of students who develop a very high degree of technical ability in economic theory and methods, to allow advanced career progression in the field, and who are supported to make an original research contribution to knowledge through high level peer-reviewed publication.

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) transforms the knowledge, action and leadership needed for more equitable and sustainable development globally, through our world-class research, learning and teaching at the University of Sussex.

For those who wish to improve their command of a foreign language or to embark on a new one, day and evening classes at all levels from beginners to advanced are available within the college. We offer a Russian Studies degree at the Imperial. 

The Geography programme offered by Durham University supports independent research addressing social and environmental challenges through human and physical geography.

The DPhil in Archaeological Science from University of Oxford provides students with the opportunity to pursue substantial independent research that contributes to the development and application of scientific methods to the study of the past.

Studying for a PhD with University of East London's School of Education and Communities, Department of Social Sciences will push you to the limit - and you'll be supported all the way by our world-class academic staff.

The English Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter covers all areas of Victorian Britain and the Empire: culture (high Victorian and fin de siecle literature, gender, and sexuality); science (biology and economics); technology (print, optical and sound media). 

The Cornish Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter staff in the History department research political, economic, social, cultural, religious, medical, maritime, military, humanitarian, environmental and international history. We range in time from the early medieval period to the late 20th century.

This Archaeology MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter covers human origins through to the recent past, and is characterised by theoretically informed field-based approaches and a strong commitment to methodological innovation.

The Postgraduate Research Degrees in Psychology from The University of Lancashire will enable you to enhance your skills as a researcher and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in this field.

This Psychology programme at the University of Lincoln is designed to train students from diverse backgrounds to become resourceful clinicians capable of drawing on a broad range of psychological models and theories, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

Through independent research, supervisory meetings, and departmental seminars, this Physical Geography programme at University of Lincoln provides the opportunity to conduct an in-depth research project in an area of physical geography, and aims to build key skills for positions in research, spatial planning, and environmental consultancy and management.

This Neuroscience and Behaviour research area is centred on the Neuroscience Research Cluster, a multidisciplinary grouping of faculty, research technicians and postgraduate research students based primarily in the School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences at The Open University UK.