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3.6k PhD programmes in Social Sciences
Counselling
This Counselling Doctorate from The University of Notre Dame Australia designed to meet the needs of professionals who aspire to achieve academic excellence and lead the development of knowledge within their profession.
Economics
This Economics PhD course from Queen's University is widely recognized as one of the leading Economics departments in Canada.
Psychology
Normally, students are admitted into the Psychology PhD program at University of Alberta after completing either a bachelor’s or a master’s degree program.
Scandinavian Languages
The Scandinavian Languages programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in Scandinavian languages, linguistic theory, and language analysis.
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.
Economics
As the largest program within GSEFM, the overarching objective of the Ph.D. Program in Economics at Darmstadt University of Technology is to produce outstanding economists capable of taking leading positions in academia or serving as experts in international institutions, government, and the private sector.
Gender Studies
The Gender Studies programme at the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University includes courses and an independent research project that should generate new knowledge within an area of scientific interest.
Sustainability - Economics, Environment, Management and Society
The Sustainability - Economics, Environment, Management and Society programme offered by University of Trento develops interdisciplinary expertise for designing sustainable development strategies and managing natural resources, organisations, and institutions across economic, environmental, and social dimensions.
Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences
Utilise expertise in quantitative methods from a range of disciplines to a higher level than is usually offered with this Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences programme at the University of Bath.
Psychology
The PhD in Psychology at the University of Manitoba offers a higher degree of specialization and more intensive training in research and application.
The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition, and Science
How do we conceive of the world? What is the structure and composition of our concepts? How do we represent in our minds categories, individuals, relations, properties, events, or sentence meanings? The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition, and Science at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is a research centre that addresses such issues.
Economics
The Economics Department at National University of Singapore is widely considered a world leading Economics Department and perhaps the best in Asia in terms of research.
History and Philosophical-Social Sciences
The PhD program in History and Philosophical-Social Sciences at Tor Vergata University of Rome is organised in two curricula: History and Philosophical-Social Sciences.
Psychological Science
The PhD program in Psychological Science at Lakehead University is a research-intensive program in all areas of psychology including biological, cognitive, individual and social bases of behaviour.
Sociology
Sociology aims to understand patterns of human social life in all their historical and current diversity: how people live, think, feel, believe, and act, comparing our own society with others. This PhD degree is offered at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Politics, Languages and International Studies
Develop as an independent and competent researcher, and gain a greater understanding of research techniques appropriate to your subject area with this Politics, Languages and International Studies programme at the University of Bath.
Anthropology
Simon Fraser University offers an excellent environment for research and graduate Anthropology studies. The institution is home to a variety of world-class research facilities, innovative programs, and world-renowned scholars.
Organisational Behaviour
The Organisational Behaviour programme offered by London Business School develops advanced expertise in understanding individual, group, and organisational dynamics through rigorous empirical research grounded in psychology, sociology, and management theory.
Geography
The Ph.D. Geography program at University of Guelph offers opportunities for advanced research in the areas of socio-economic spaces and change, environmental governance and management, and biophysical systems and processes.
Human Geography
The Human Geography programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in spatial, social, and economic processes and their impact on places and societies.