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3.6k PhD programmes in Social Sciences
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
The Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program at the University of Maryland offers a wide range of research and training opportunities for students who are interested in pursuing doctoral-level research in a variety of areas within neuroscience and cognitive science.
Geography
The Departments of Geography at San Diego State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara offer a distinctive doctoral program in Geography, bringing together two outstanding institutions.
Strategic Communication
This Strategic Communication degree program is offered by the School of Communications and Media at the University of Central Florida.
Political Science
At Indiana University Bloomington, we offer our graduate students a phd program degree in Political Science.
School Psychology
You can take your passion to new heights with a doctoral degree in School Psychology and open new career opportunities through research in the field at Baylor University. The 101-hour PhD includes coursework, research and a one-year internship.
Slavic Languages
In Slavic Languages at Uppsala University, we conduct research in linguistics, literary studies and culture as well as society. Our research focuses on Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian themes and general Slavic and Church Slavonic. Research in the non-Slavonic language Albanian is also part of the subject.
German
Our department at Pennsylvania State University offers an innovative graduate program in German that combines modern cultural studies with a state-of-the-art applied linguistics curriculum.
Public Affairs
The Public Affairs program offered by University of Missouri - Columbia are trained for careers in academic and research institutions.
Ethnomusicology
The University of Maryland School of Music provides an exceptional professional musical education within the context of a college of arts and humanities and a major research university. If offers this doctoral degree in Ethnomusicology.
Criminal Justice and Criminology
The Ph.D. in Criminal Justice and Criminology program at Georgia State University is designed to train researchers and teacher-scholars in criminal justice and criminology.
Counseling Psychology
A Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Georgia State University prepares students for a broad range of leadership roles, including university professors, researchers, psychotherapists, consultants, or directors of psychological services.
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources
Organizational Behavior and Human Resources is one of seven majors offered through Florida State University College of Business’ Ph.D. in Business Administration. The major admits two or three candidates each cohort, and the program takes four to five years to complete.
Literary and Cultural Studies
The Literary and Cultural Studies program offered by University of Memphis emphasizes the importance of discourse in structuring human experience.
Communication
Graduate study at the University of South Florida Department of Communication emphasizes critical, qualitative, and quantitative research, a comprehensive focus that is unusual among graduate programs in the field of Communication.
Geography
How does climate change impact Arctic nature, communities, and economies? Why are some places and regions growing and developing, while others are declining and suffering? What explains the location of different services, and how can their accessibility be modelled and developed? Find out on the Geography programme from University of Oulu.
Management - Organisational Behaviour
How does organisational culture impact success? How can we create effective teams and get the best from people? Explore these questions on this Management - Organisational Behaviour programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Economics
The PhD in Economics degree program at University of Texas at Dallas provides a cutting-edge education in economic theories and the development of a rigorous toolkit of mathematical and econometric techniques.
Social Policy
Drive social change through pioneering research on pressing social issues. Join a world-renowned social policy department. Learn more at the Social Policy programme from London School of Economics and Political Science.
Global Governance and Human Security
The Global Governance and Human Security PhD program at the University of Massachusetts Boston combines interdisciplinary knowledge with hands-on research experience to prepare you to become a creative global problem solver.
Psychology
The graduate program in Psychology at Pennsylvania State University is characterized by individualized study leading to the Ph.D. degree. Emphasis is placed on research, teaching, and professional career development.