74 PhD programmes in Social Work in Europe

The University of Cologne offers a doctoral programme in Social Sciences consisting of a set of core courses that are supplemented by a wide range of elective courses, including ones from the economics and management programmes.

This Social Work programme at The University of Manchester gives students the opportunity to work with internationally renowned scholars engaged in innovative research that will make a difference in people's lives and in health and social care.

The Social Work and Social Policy program at Trinity College Dublin  is both challenging and rewarding. It is a chance to make new discoveries about the world - and about yourself. The outcome of postgraduate research is not just the product (the thesis that is produced); it is also about the process of research training that you undergo.  

The Social Work programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in social welfare, wellbeing, social justice, and community-focused practice, enabling students to investigate complex social challenges through multidisciplinary research that informs policy, services, and professional practice.

A University of Hertfordshire research degree in Health and Social Care is an internationally recognised degree signifying high levels of achievement in research.

Death, Dying and Bereavement has been a major research and teaching theme in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at The Open University UK for over 20 years.

The Social Work programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in social welfare, social problems, and professional practice.

The School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care’s work in the area of Living With Disability and Long-Term Conditions at The Open University UK covers research on a wide spectrum of people’s experiences and care across the life course, including physical and learning disability, living with a long-term condition and receiving and giving care.

The PhD in Social Work at the University of Warwick allows you to select a topic of your choice linked to our expertise within the broad field of social work.

The Social Work programme at University College Dublin has commencement dates in January, May and September annually.

The PhD Social, Occupational and Medico - Legal Sciences at Tor Vergata University of Rome intends to train young researchers whose career prospects will be boosted by their participation in a series of different research projects having as their central theme issues relating to medicine applied to the social, forensic and occupational system. 

A University of Hertfordshire research degree in Adolescent, Child and Family Health is an internationally recognised degree signifying high levels of achievement in research.

The Sociology and Social Policy and Social Work PhD from University of Brighton brings you to an established research environment rich in achievement and ambition with impactful social change at the heart of the knowledge exchange agenda.

This Children's, Young People's and Community's Services programme at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is aimed at professionals involved in the children and young people's workforce in a wide range of roles.

The Practical Theology programme of the University of Roehampton is committed to high level research, grounded in faith practice.

This Health and Social Care Research Opportunities programme from University of Lincoln provides candidates with an opportunity to develop advanced and specific knowledge in a particular field of study. Students will have the freedom and flexibility to choose and develop their own subject area and enhance highly transferable research and project management skills.

The The inter-university Migration Studies programme in which, as well as Pablo de Olavide University includes research areas in social and cultural areas of migration, as well as globalisation and legal and political analysis of migration and human development.

A University of Hertfordshire research degree in Social Work is an internationally recognised degree signifying high levels of achievement in research.

Our unique Professional Practice Community and Social Care - Policy and Practice degree at The University of Lancashire is delivered entirely online, offering you a flexible route into doctorate-level study. 

The dissertation project in this Social Work programme at Karlstad University belongs to one of the subjects two research orientations: Critical welfare studies or Applied welfare research. The subject of social work belongs together with sociology, psychology, and gender studies to the Department of Social and Psychological Studies.