193 PhD programmes in Theology and Religious Studies

The PhD in Theology, History of Ideas and Philosophy programme offered by Aarhus University offers a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary doctoral research within and across the fields concerned. Theological research is characterized by interaction between historical, literary, and systematic methods.

The Faculty of Theology at the Heidelberg University offers the option of a structured Theology doctoral program towards a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).

The Catholic Theology programme is a four-year doctoral program at the Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech republic.

The outcome of a Church History and Church Polity programme at University of Pretoria is highly specialised, research-based knowledge and expertise.

This Philosophy of Religion programme at Charles University focuses on philosophical inquiry into religion through text-based analysis and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Education in this Theology program at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn is carried out within the framework of the theological teachings of the Christian religion of the Roman Catholic confession.

Friedensau Adventist University offers Theology PhD supervision in cooperation with the Gesellschaft für Bildung und Forschung in Europa (GBFE). 

Embark on a scholarly journey at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities with the Culture, Religion Studies, and Literary Studies doctoral programs.

As a PhD student in Languages, Cultures and Religions at the University of Stirling you’ll contribute to a research culture that cuts across the disciplinary units of English, Modern Languages, Global Cinema and Religion, and foregrounds their intersections.

The History, English, Linguistics, Theology programme offered by Canterbury Christ Church University develops expertise in historical inquiry, language analysis, literary study, and religious thought.

Religious traditions relate to each other in different ways. In today’s global world practices, rituals and ideas are formed, confronted and discussed within different traditions, between traditions and in the societies where the traditions exist. This History of Religions and World Christianity programme is offered at Uppsala University.

The graduate program in Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania offers unique research opportunities for students to become first class scholars, teachers and expositors in the field.

The Religion program is a cooperative program between the Departments of Religion at Columbia University, Barnard College, and Union Theological Seminary. 

The Department for the Study of Religion at the University of California, Riverside offers a focused Religious Studies graduate program that is designed to train advanced students in the critical study of religious traditions through close study with our faculty.

Religions are implicated in cultural and national traditions as well as in questions of identity and subjectivity. Political and national commitments and involvements are topics of interest here, ‘civil religion’ is a strong area of our existing research. This The State, Citizenships and Identities programme is offered at The Open University UK.

Designed to prepare tomorrow's leaders in the field of religious education, the Theology and Education Ph.D. curriculum at Boston College is an expression of practical theology.

At the Florida State University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in American Religious History.

Has God called you to ministry as a chaplain leader? Regent University’s Doctor of Ministry – Chaplain Ministry and Leadership gives you the tools to fulfill that call.

Emory University’s Graduate Division of Religion (GDR) is a unit of the Laney Graduate School and draws on the resources of the Department of Religion in Emory College and Candler School of Theology.

Church musicians serve congregations faithfully throughout the United States and beyond. While continuing education events are numerous, few programs exist for church musicians that allow them to retune their vocation in the context of the changing demands of the music ministry. We offer a Pastoral Music degree at Southern Methodist University.