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3.5k PhD programmes in Social Sciences
University of Cape Town4,2(163)
Cape Town, South Africa Top 3% in Worldwide Archaeology
The Archaeology PhD at University of Cape Town is a research degree on an advanced topic under supervision which can be taken in any of the departments in the faculty. Examination is by thesis alone.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
2 years$1,636/yr
University of Bari Aldo Moro4,0(46)
Bari, Italy Top 8% in Worldwide Mediterranean Rights, Economies, and Cultures
Welcome to the University of Bari Aldo Moro's Mediterranean Rights, Economies, and Cultures Doctoral Program.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 yearsFree
University Kebangsaan Malaysia4,3(31)
Kampung Baru Subang, Malaysia Top 6% in Worldwide Social Sciences and Humanities
The Doctor of Philosophy in Social Sciences and Humanities programme at University Kebangsaan Malaysia covers a wide range of research disciplines offered by the six Research Centres at FSSK.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$4,248/yr
Arizona State University4,3(214)
Tempe, United States Top 3% in Worldwide Environmental Social Science
Explore complex social forces shaping how humans interact with the environment. This Environmental Social Science degree at Arizona State University incorporates planning, anthropology and economics to broaden your view of the factors surrounding environmental practice and facilitate new areas of innovation for a more sustainable future.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$27,810/yr
Arizona State University4,3(214)
Tempe, United States Top 3% in Worldwide Family and Human Development
The PhD program in Family and Human Development at Arizona State University is devoted to the study of families, children and youth.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
10 years$27,810/yr
London Business School4,3(3)
London, United Kingdom Economics
The Economics programme offered by London Business School develops advanced research expertise in economic theory, econometrics, and quantitative analysis, preparing scholars to produce original contributions at the frontiers of economics research.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 yearsFree
University of Delaware4,1(39)
Newark, United States Top 5% in Worldwide Communication
The Communication Ph.D. program at the University of Delaware provides advanced training to students in the field of communication and others with relevant disciplinary interest, such as social sciences or technology, with the goal of preparing them for research-based careers.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$13,392/yr
Pennsylvania State University4,5(40)
University Park, United States Top 2% in Worldwide Economics
With leading researchers in economic theory, econometrics, international economics, and macroeconomics, the Economics Department at Pennsylvania State University is an outstanding department.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
Tuition not available
Purdue University4,5(33)
West Lafayette, United States Top 2% in Worldwide American Studies
The American Studies programme offered by Purdue University develops advanced research expertise in American culture, society, and transnational perspectives through interdisciplinary inquiry.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
$29,194/yr
University of Jyväskylä4,2(17)
Jyväskylä, Finland Top 7% in Worldwide Social Sciences and Philosophy
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree presupposes the doctoral studies required in the curriculum as well as a dissertation. The Doctor of Social Sciences (D.Soc.Sc.) degree presupposes the doctoral studies required in the curriculum as well as a dissertation. University of Jyväskylä offers the Social Sciences and Philosophy programme.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 yearsFree
University of Massachusetts Boston4,8(5)
Boston, United States Top 9% in Worldwide Counseling Psychology
The Counseling Psychology program at the University of Massachusetts Boston prepares counseling psychologists for advanced careers as scholars and practitioners.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
8 years$29,932/yr
University of Plymouth4,3(101)
Plymouth, United Kingdom Top 8% in Worldwide Heritage
The Heritage course offered at University of Plymouth benefits from a range of staff with professional expertise in architecture, archives and museums, and community-based and collaborative research.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
2 years$25,638/yr
University of Aberdeen4,4(65)
Aberdeen, United Kingdom Top 4% in Worldwide German
Research into German culture, its literature, language and film, society, history and the environment at the University of Aberdeen.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$28,803/yr
Cardiff Metropolitan University4,2(105)
Cardiff, United Kingdom Education and Social Policy
The Education and Social Policy at Cardiff Metropolitan University has been recognised for its pedagogic excellence and proactive engagement with the development of education.
Ph.D. Part-time On-campus
4½ years$23,361/yr
National University of Singapore4,5(61)
Singapore, Singapore Top 0.5% in Worldwide Southeast Asian Studies
The research Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme in Southeast Asian Studies at National University of Singapore is primarily intended to develop scholars and academics who can contribute, through undertaking original research, to our knowledge and understanding of the Southeast Asian region.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$31,373/yr
University of Cincinnati4,3(17)
Cincinnati, United States Top 8% in Worldwide Communication
The Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Cincinnati gives students the opportunity to investigate the power of communication to shape our personal identities and impact our social, organizational, mediated, and political lives.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$26,644/yr
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg4,2(158)
Johannesburg, South Africa Top 4% in Worldwide Migration and Displacement
This PhD in Migration and Displacement is offered through the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
2 years, 2 months$1,893/yr
Kyushu University4,0(2)
Fukuoka-shi, Japan Top 4% in Worldwide Psychology
The Faculty of Human-Environment Studies will step ahead into new research areas, which a coexistent society in the twenty-first century is asking for, based on this new and reorganized research body, and we will play an important role in studies within Asia of course and further internationally. The Psychology program is offered at Kyushu University.
Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
$3,354/yr
The University of Exeter4,3(102)
Exeter, United Kingdom Top 3% in Worldwide Magic and Occult Science
The Magic and Occult Science programme from The University of Exeter studies the magic and occult sciences spans historical, literary and social science approaches, covering witchcraft, folklore, Western Esotericism, occult traditions in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, as well as links to gender, sexuality, philosophy, metaphysics, nature, and the history of science and medicine.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus +2
4 years$32,454/yr
London School of Economics and Political Science4,3(71)
London, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide 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.
Ph. D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$33,582/yr