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3.6k PhD programmes in Social Sciences
Psychology
The Department of Psychology at The University of Maine offers graduate study leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degree in Psychological Sciences (including social, cognitive, and biological psychology). We believe that a quality graduate education involves a close working relationships between faculty and individual students.
Economics
The PhD program in Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) combines the advantages of a small department with close and informal connection to faculty, with the breadth of courses and seminars associated with a larger department.
Speech and Hearing Science
The department of Speech and Hearing Science offers the PhD degree with concentrations in Speech-Language Science or Hearing Science. The Speech and Hearing Science and Portuguese program is offered by The Ohio State University.
Economics and Management
The PhD programme in Economics and Management of the University of Padua offers a full-time, four-year advanced doctoral programme for outstanding students who want to achieve an ambitious training in one of our two curricula: Economics or Management.
Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance
The International Joint Ph.D Programme in Human Rights, Society, and Multi-level Governance at University of Padua is a three-year, interdisciplinary, joint academic programme managed by Universities in Australia, Croatia, Greece, Italy, coordinated by the University of Padova (Italy).
Anthropology
The PhD in Anthropology at The New School, open to those who have completed the Anthropology MA at The New School for Social Research, prepares students for creative independent research and teaching.
Science and Policy
The Science and Policy program from the University of Zurich includes a written dissertation about the own independent scientific research project in natural sciences.
Politics
The PhD in Politics at The New School is designed for students who have completed the Politics MA at The New School for Social Research or a comparable master's degree from another university.
Cognitive Science and Language
The Cognitive Science and Language course from Rovira i Virgili University aims to train students to carry out high-quality advanced research.
Psychology
Are you interested in doing some independent research work and would like to start a Psychology doctorate at the University of Bern?
Irish and Celtic
The Irish and Celtic programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in Irish language, literature, history, linguistics, and cultural identity, enabling students to undertake original interdisciplinary research across modern and medieval Irish studies.
Epistemology of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Epistemology of the Humanities and Social Sciences from University of Ljubljana is very problem-oriented. Its purpose is to show the logic behind theoretical processes in the humanities and social sciences. It analyses the way theories create their own sphere of problems and raise questions, and the way they open up new prospects for theoretical work and renounce the rest.
Applied Social and Economic Research
For Applied Social and Economic Research programme from University of Essex we offer supervision in quantitative research in sociology and other social sciences.
Contemporary India Research
The Contemporary India Research programme offered by King's College London supports interdisciplinary investigation of India within comparative and global contexts.
Psychology
Psychology from Louisiana State University follows the mentor model. For this reason, it is recommended that prospective students review our Faculty web pages along with this document. Each faculty member has additional information regarding his/her interests and publications listed there.
International Relations
The International Relations programme offered by King's College London examines global politics, foreign policy, international cooperation, and Brazil’s evolving role in world affairs through advanced interdisciplinary research.
Gulf Studies
The Gulf Studies course from Qatar University offers students the unparalleled opportunity to study the Gulf region while living in the region itself, and is the only graduate program of its kind in the Middle East.
East Asian Languages and Literatures
The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (DEALL) at the The Ohio State University offers the MA and PhD in both Chinese and Japanese in the disciplines of literature, linguistics and language pedagogy.
Social Anthropology
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.
Geodetic Science
A student at The Ohio State University with the proper background typically needs three years beyond the MS in Geodetic Science to complete the PhD requirements.