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3.6k PhD programmes in Social Sciences
Queen's University Belfast4,2(80)
Belfast, United Kingdom Top 4% in Worldwide Social Policy
The Social Policy programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in social welfare, inequality, wellbeing, public policy, and social change, enabling students to investigate complex societal challenges through multidisciplinary research with local and global impact.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$31,721/yr
Queen's University Belfast4,2(80)
Belfast, United Kingdom Top 4% in Worldwide Cognition and Culture
The Cognition and Culture programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced expertise in the cognitive and evolutionary study of cultural phenomena, preparing researchers to investigate cultural transmission, belief systems, social reasoning, and human behaviour through scientific methods and cross-disciplinary perspectives.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$31,721/yr
Memorial University of Newfoundland4,1(53)
St. John's, Canada Top 9% in Worldwide Geography
Our mission statement for the Geography program at Memorial University of Newfoundland is to foster a spirit of inquiry about the geography of the world around us through our teaching and research, and to provide our students with the analytical tools needed to explore the questions that arise and the skills with which to communicate their findings.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$3,184/yr
University of Delaware4,1(39)
Newark, United States Top 5% in Worldwide Education and Social Policy
The University of Delaware’s interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Education and Social Policy program, a collaboration between the College of Education and Human Development and the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, prepares students to address these complex education and social policy questions.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$11,606/yr
Queen's University4,2(35)
Kingston, Canada Top 4% in Worldwide Gender Studies
This Gender Studies PhD program from Queen's University sustains our program focus on critical race, gender, and sexuality studies while offering advanced training in applications of Gender Studies research within work for social change.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$4,087/yr
Simon Fraser University4,1(86)
Burnaby, Canada Top 5% in Worldwide Sociology
Simon Fraser University offers an excellent environment for research and graduate Sociology studies.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
$3,044/yr
University of Aberdeen4,4(65)
Aberdeen, United Kingdom Top 4% in Worldwide Gaelic Studies
In the Gaelic Studies programme from University of Aberdeen we offer leading research and teaching in Gaelic literature, society and culture.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$29,167/yr
University of Bonn4,4(117)
Bonn, Germany Top 2% in Worldwide The Macroeconomics of Inequality
Economic inequality shapes our times. The research training group in The Macroeconomics of Inequality provides a unique research environment that brings together ambitious doctoral students, expert members of the University of Bonn economics faculty, and external academics.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 yearsFree
University of Amsterdam4,2(101)
Amsterdam, Netherlands Top 1% in Worldwide Cultural Analysis
The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis is a research institute and doctoral school at the University of Amsterdam dedicated to the critical and innovative study of culture from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective grounded in the humanities but increasingly extending to non-humanities fields.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 yearsFree
Lund University4,4(106)
Lund, Sweden Top 2% in Worldwide Research Policy
The Research Policy programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in the governance, organisation, and evaluation of research and innovation systems.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 yearsFree
University of Saskatchewan4,2(38)
Saskatoon, Canada Top 6% in Worldwide Culture, Human and Health Development
This Culture, Human and Health Development program at University of Saskatchewan seeks to understand developmental processes in cultural context and across the lifespan.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$3,849/yr
Karlstad University4,3(8)
Karlstad, Sweden Media and Communication
In Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University the focus is on the role of media in society and the conditions of media production, content and audience.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 yearsFree
Keele University4,3(14)
Keele, United Kingdom Top 15% in Worldwide English
Research in English and American literatures has a long and distinguished history at Keele University.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$23,997/yr
Rutgers University4,2(56)
New Brunswick, United States Top 4% in Worldwide Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental function, including perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, language, and decision making. The Cognitive Psychology course at Rutgers University offers students the opportunity to conduct original research in modern laboratories featuring state-of-the-art equipment.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
$37,176/yr
Trent University4,3(50)
Peterborough, Canada Interdisciplinary Social Research
The Interdisciplinary Social Research program at Trent University is addressing social issues of the past, present and future.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
4 years$9,000/yr
Keele University4,3(14)
Keele, United Kingdom Top 15% in Worldwide Physical Geography
Research in Physical Geography at Keele University focuses predominantly on glacial and periglacial environments and Quaternary environmental change.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$23,997/yr
University of Plymouth4,3(101)
Plymouth, United Kingdom Top 8% in Worldwide Sociology
University of Plymouth’s Sociology programme has a long and distinguished history and we have an international reputation for research excellence.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
2 years$22,675/yr
Washington State University4,5(33)
Pullman, United States Top 6% in Worldwide Prevention Science
The Prevention Science Graduate Program at Washington State University provides training opportunities at the doctoral level for students interested in developing expertise in the study of individuals and families and in the development and evaluation of prevention programs.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$15,109/yr
Washington State University4,5(33)
Pullman, United States Top 6% in Worldwide Experimental Psychology
The doctoral program in Experimental Psychology at Washington State University is designed to produce highly skilled, innovative, and productive experimental psychologists in terms of research and teaching.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$15,109/yr
Florida Atlantic University4,0(29)
Boca Raton, United States Top 15% in Worldwide Experimental Psychology
Florida Atlantic University offers a Ph.D. degree in Experimental Psychology. Graduate students specialize in one of four research areas of psychology.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$19,056/yr