24 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Spanish programme from The University of Cambridge offers undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan. It is unique in its commitment to exploring the trans-historical and cross-cultural interrelations between all these language areas and their corresponding cultural formations.

The Land Economy course from The University of Cambridge department leads the field in the UK's latest Research Excellence Framework rating of Land Economy's joint submission with Architecture. 87.5% of our impact case studies, including research on the transition to a low-carbon economy, were judged to be 'world-leading'.

The Philosophy (PhD) in Psychology course from the University of Cambridge is intellectually demanding, and applicants must have a high level of attainment and motivation to pursue this programme of advanced study and research.

For full-time students, the first year of the Politics and International Studies is spent in Cambridge with two major activities: firstly, developing a research topic with the guidance of a Supervisor, and secondly, training in research methods.

The German programme from University of Cambridge can offer postgraduate supervision in literary and cultural topics across the full historical range from the medieval period to the present day, as well as significant coverage of topics in intellectual, social and political history, and in the history of the German language.

This Criminology course from the University of Cambridge is an advanced research degree awarded on the basis of a thesis and an oral examination (viva voce).

The Slavonic Studies programme from The University of Cambridge, includes seminars and workshops on library resources, giving conference papers, publishing, applications and interviews, and teaching skills. 

This Asian and Middle Eastern Studies course from the University of Cambridge is offered at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies to those students who wish to study Chinese Studies, East Asian Studies, Hebrew Studies, Korean Studies, Japanese Studies, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Arabic or Persian), and Sanskrit and South Asian Studies.

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.

The Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies from University of Cambridge students will develop both general knowledge of the field(s) of gender studies as well as specific knowledge related to their own research project.

The Latin American Studies course from University of Cambridge offers a full-time and a part-time PhD programme. The Centre currently has approximately 15 PhD students at different stages of the programme, working in a range of areas.

Through the Italian programme from The University of Cambridge, you will have the opportunity to work closely with a Supervisor who is a specialist in your research area. 

The Biological Anthropology from University of Cambridge, is an opportunity for original research leading to a thesis within a structured research environment that encourages both independence and collaboration. 

The Geography course from the University of Cambridge welcomes applications from well-qualified candidates with previous training in geography or a related discipline and normally a relevant master's qualification. 

This is the most advanced programme of graduate studies in Economics at University of Cambridge which offers the opportunity for detailed research on a specific topic within the broad field of Economics under the supervision of leading experts.

The French course from The University of Cambridge, is awarded on the basis of a thesis, a substantial piece of writing which reports original research into a closely defined area of enquiry.

The Social Anthropology course from the University of Cambridge is very highly regarded, both in the UK and overseas. We have some extremely distinguished alumni who have been enormously influential in academic Anthropology globally. 

The Archaeology course from University of Cambridge, is normally obtained after three years of study (five years part-time) on an approved subject within the field of Archaeology, and includes an oral examination on the thesis and the general field of knowledge in which it falls.

The Sociology course from the University of Cambridge offers a world-class programme of a research study in sociology supervised by world-renowned experts in their fields.

Literature, Culture and Thought at University of Cambridge supports interdisciplinary projects that by virtue of their design clearly transcend or stand outside any one Section in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics.