102 PhD programmes offered by the university

Based at Dumfries Campus, our staff at University of Glasgow are experts in many areas of Environmental Sustainability, including sustainable tourism, environmental risk, community resilience, hydrology and environmental stewardship. 

We have outstanding facilities in the field of Text and Image Studies, from the holdings of the library from University of Glasgow, including the Stirling Maxwell Collection, and The Hunterian, to an environment that includes world-leading publications and journals, the hosting of conferences, and exhibition curation.

We offer a phd degree in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. We are internationally recognised for research excellence in modern economic and social history, with exceptional strengths in business and financial history, the history of medicine, and social and gender history.

Our Law staff at University of Glasgow are experts from across all areas of the law, supervising top-calibre international research students.

In the Social and Public Health programme from University of Glasgow, we welcome applicants from low- and middle-income countries and we have significant experience of supervising students whose PhD research takes them overseas.

Urban Studies at University of Glasgow is widely recognised as a world-leading centre for innovative, interdisciplinary urban research with high international impact. 

Information Studies at University of Glasgow has a vibrant research culture with a growing number of doctoral and masters students, exploring a range of topics in the fields of information studies, museology, digital culture and digital humanities.

The Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering programme offered at University of Glasgow from research division is home to more than 70 research students working in fields as diverse as atomic force microscopy, quantum sensors, high speed optical devices and atomistic device simulations.

We address key questions in the fundamental biology of ageing, animal welfare and food security. How and why does ageing occur and what are its impacts on health and well-being? How do animals cope with pollutants? How do we achieve sustainable animal production whilst protecting animal health and welfare? Ageing, Health and Welfare is offered  at the University of Glasgow.

At University of Glasgow, we are ranked 2nd in the UK for Animal Science as well as Veterinary Medicine by the Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide. 

The School of Mathematics & Statistics at University of Glasgow combines world-leading research expertise in pure and applied mathematics and statistics in areas such as mathematical biology, fluid dynamics, geometry and topology and environmental statistics.

At University of Glasgow, we are engaged in a wide range of research in experimental Psychology, cognitive neuroscience, language, perception, statistics and research methods in psychology, social robotics, and health cognition. 

Our Molecular Genetics research at University of Glasgow lies at the interface of organismal, functional and systems biology. 

Beyond their individual projects, our students are fully engaged in the rich intellectual life of our subject area and the School of Critical Studies, organizing reading groups and conferences, participating in colloquia, and, from the second year of study, contributing to undergraduate teaching. We offer a English Literature degree at the University of Glasgow.

A PhD in Applied Linguistics at the University of Glasgow will support students in the development of their theoretical and empirical skills, so that they are well-placed to make an original contribution to this dynamic field.

Comparative Literature at University of Glasgow is an exciting interdisciplinary, intercultural, and inter-medial discipline housed in our School of Modern Languages and Cultures with expertise in ten modern languages and cultures.

Ever since the seventeenth century Glasgow has been a gateway for economic, social and cultural exchange between Scotland and North America. The American Studies PhD is offered at the University of Glasgow.

Hispanic Studies at University of Glasgow is a small, vibrant and dynamic research unit with strong connections to institutions in the USA, Latin America, Spain and Portugal.

French at University of Glasgow offers a broad spectrum of expertise and supervision from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period, on poetry, the novel, theatre and performance studies, language studies, cultural studies, theory and thought, and visual cultures including emblems, fine art and cinema.

Along with Edinburgh and St. Andrews, we form the Politics and International Relations  at University of Glasgow pathway of the Economic and Social Research Council-funded Scottish Doctoral Training Centre (S-DTC).