425 PhD programmes in Sociology

The Social Policy and Social Work programme from Masaryk University aims to prepare professionals focused on the exploration of social and public policy issues, social work and human resources development programmes.

A truly interdisciplinary approach, this Social and Political Thought program at York University aims to integrate intellectual interests common to the humanities and social sciences.

The Sociology programme offered by University of Waterloo develops advanced expertise in social structures, institutional dynamics, and contemporary societal challenges.

The Sociology - Co-op programme offered by University of Waterloo develops advanced expertise in social structures, institutional dynamics, and workplace-integrated scholarship.

The Humanities and Social Sciences programme from Hamad Bin Khalifa University is the first degree of its kind in Qatar, and one of the few in the world providing students with the philosophical and technical grounding to design and tailor their own interdisciplinary program while being able to specialize through a dissertation.

In the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences programme from Bournemouth University, we conduct research in areas such as healthcare, midwifery, nursing, leadership or dementia, as well as radiography and medical imaging, nutrition, exercise, the social sciences, humanisation and social work. 

Students in the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion programme from University of Lincoln can benefit from a supportive academic community, where ideas and experiences are shared with the aim of advancing knowledge, and informing strategy, policy and practice across the sector and the wider field.

The Socio-Informatics programme at Stellenbosch University does not involve any formal lectures, class work or assessments (other than that of the dissertation itself). 

The Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences at Tampere University provides you with versatile abilities to successfully perform expert tasks that require extensive and in-depth understanding of the interaction between society and individuals, and to work in academic research and teaching positions in Finland and abroad.

They offer supervision for the PhD Sociolinguistics from University of Essex in the areas of: conversation analysis, language variation and change, dialects and language contact, gender differentiation in language, multilingualism, intercultural pragmatics, language maintenance and shift, Pidgin and Creole linguistics, and language and human rights.

The Business and Social Sciences PhD programme from University of Southern Denmark is a research programme, where you complete an independent scientific project that culminates in a PhD thesis.

The Sociology PhD program at the University of Central Florida provides training in the skills necessary to secure research careers in both academic and non-academic professions and emphasizes applied research in community-based settings.

Research at the Department of Sociology at Uppsala University covers a broad range of areas and approaches. This variety in theoretical and methodological perspectives has helped to produce a vivid and creative research environment.

The principal aim of the doctoral program in Rural Sociology at Pennsylvania State University is to impart the research and analytical abilities necessary to understand and explore the problems, structure and functioning of rural society.

The Social Innovation and Sustainability course at Thammasat University is the unique PhD programme in Thailand, a combination of social innovation and sustainability, two very important policy areas at the forefront of our contemporary society in the twenty-first century. 

The Survey and Data Science PhD program at the University of Maryland blends together faculty with diverse disciplinary backgrounds, all devoted to teaching state-of-the-art practices in the statistical and methodological aspects of surveys.

The Sociology programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University enables advanced research on social structures, relationships, and global societal issues across diverse contexts.

Upon completion, our Sociology graduates at Western University - Canada work in a variety of academic institutions, government agencies and private businesses around the world.

The PhD program in Sociology at the University of Windsor critically examines the emergence of contemporary global society, analyzing and evaluating its effects on people’s lives.

The Sociology and Work Science programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in social structures, working life, and contemporary societal change.