425 PhD programmes in Sociology

Step into the world of academic excellence with the esteemed University Malaysia Sarawak's Doctoral Program in Social Sciences and Humanities.

Sociology research at University of Hull is focused on creating a positive impact on the real-life conditions and experiences of individuals and communities, at a local, national and global level.

The doctoral program in Intangible Heritage in Socio-Cultural Innovation at University of Milano - Bicocca was created in agreement with the University of Perugia and Basilicata to promote the diversity of the country system, without losing sight of local specificities. 

Our Ph.D. Social Science or History Education program at Auburn University prepares graduates for faculty positions in post-secondary education and for leadership positions in secondary education.

The Applied and Forensic Cognition Research Group at The Open University UK is a vibrant team of psychological researchers interested in all aspects of forensic and cognitive psychology addressing applied issues in collaboration with practitioners from a range of backgrounds.

The Department of Sociology at Florida State University actively works to collaborate and support graduate students through working groups, such as the Inequalities and the Aging Research on Contexts, Health and Inequalities (ARCHI) working groups, as well as reoccurring Brown Bag presentations through the Center for Demography and Population Health.

This rigorous, strongly interdisciplinary Performance Studies program at University of California, Davis encourages students to develop original dissertation research that explores and questions the artistic, social, and political ramifications of performance and the performative.

This Industrial Sociology programme is offered by the Department of Sociology within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.

The Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Department at the Yale University aims to understand and improve health equity, both domestically and globally. 

The Department of Sociology and the Department of Community & Environmental Sociology from University of Wisconsin Madison conduct a combined graduate program in sociology designed to prepare students for scholarly research, teaching, or applied work. 

The Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford entails the carrying out of a research project and writing a thesis of between 75,000 and 100,000 words. 

The Social and Behavioural Science programme offered by Heriot-Watt University develops advanced research expertise in human behaviour, psychological processes, and social phenomena through independent investigation and rigorous scholarly inquiry.

At the Oklahoma State University, the Department of Sociology's graduate programs emphasize the fundamentals of sociological inquiry (i.e. theory, methods and statistics) combined with specialty areas within the field.

The Social and Behavioral Interventions program at Johns Hopkins University offers multidisciplinary training for researchers and public health practitioners who wish to use the social sciences in the design, implementation and evaluation of public health programs, particularly community-based interventions.

The University of New Brunswick Sociology Graduate Program offers full-time or part-time research-intensive degrees that equip graduates with the skills and knowledge necessary for advanced positions with private, public, and charitable employers. 

The University of Sussex is the place to be if you want to do a Gender Studies (Social Sciences) PhD that addresses social, economic, political, professional and policy debates around gender.

The Department of Sociology at University of Saskatchewan offers a thesis and non-thesis program leading to a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Sociology and a thesis-based Ph.D. program.

The development of science and technology which copes with rationalization and internationalization of financial assets management could be done through research of financial engineering and mathematical finance. We offer a Mathematical Science for Social Systems degree at the Osaka University. 

Graduates in the Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education program from The University of Vermont will be highly skilled in conducting meaningful research and prepare resilient educators and leaders to ensure the social, emotional and behavioral health of future generations.

The Social Anthropology programme at Stellenbosch University involves independent and original research, leading towards the writing of a dissertation on an approved topic, as developed in an approved research proposal and under the supervision of a supervisor and, where appropriate, a co-supervisor.