15 PhD programmes offered by the university

Interdisciplinary Geography and Environment research at University of Aberdeen is addressing societal challenges, earth surface processes and environment change.

Students entering the Sociology PhD programme at University of Aberdeen should have prior methods training at the postgraduate level. 

Ground-breaking research exploring social and cultural worlds and relations between humans and their environments. We offer a Anthropology degree at the University of Aberdeen.

Specialising in Economics at University of Aberdeen, particularly labour and energy economics and with significant expertise in macroeconomics, economics of health and wellbeing and experimental economics.

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.

Ethnology, Folklore, and Ethnomusicology at University of Aberdeen are disciplines built on the study of culture in context.

Our Scandinavian Studies research at University of Aberdeen explores early Scandinavia, Vikings, and Old Norse language and literature.

At University of Aberdeen, in the Psychology programme, you can explore the themes of Cognition, Perception and Attention and Social Cognition.

Exploring the literature and culture of the Celtic West and the Old North with our Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies degree at the University of Aberdeen. 

We offer a phd degree in Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen. Reap the benefits of our unique location in North-East Scotland, surrounded by major archaeological sites from ancient civilisations on the mainland (and Orkney).

Spanish and Latin American Studies at University of Aberdeen are centred on staff research interests and are integrated across research centres.

The Geology and Geophysics programme at University of Aberdeen has an international reputation, with many former graduates in prominent positions in academia, industry and government worldwide. 

In the Gaelic Studies programme from University of Aberdeen we offer leading research and teaching in Gaelic literature, society and culture.

Research into German culture, its literature, language and film, society, history and the environment at the University of Aberdeen. 

At University of Aberdeen, in the French and Francophone Studies programme, you can Investigate the rich diversity of French and Francophone cultures, histories and societies from the seventeenth century to the present day.