12.0k PhD programmes in selected countries

The primary objective of the Performance program from West Virginia University is the recognition of the highest achievement in music performance and teaching, preparing artist-pedagogues for careers in higher education and in the professional world.

The Department of Economics at University of Houston offers a program leading to the Ph.D. degree in Economics designed to provide students rigorous training in economic theory and quantitative skills as well as an intensive exposure to several specialized areas of Economics. 

A research degree at Oxford Brookes University allows you to develop your research knowledge and skills to advance Nursing and Midwifery theory and practice.

At Oxford Brookes University you can pursue independent research in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation, developing specialist expertise and contributing to knowledge in your field.

The Department of Developmental Biology at Stanford University includes a critical mass of scientists who are leading the thrust in developmental biology and who can train new leaders in the attack on the fundamental problems of development.

The Department of Animal Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers graduate study emphasizing animal breeding and genetics, meat and poultry products, non-ruminant and ruminant nutrition, and physiology. Analytical laboratories and animal facilities are available for graduate research.

Housed in the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, the PhD Program in the Constructed Environment builds on and expands the school’s existing forms of knowledge by connecting them to one another and to a broader range of disciplines and methods of research.

The prescribed curriculum for this Optometry program at the University of the Incarnate Word is based in the medical model, emphasizing individualized attention and clinical development.

The Doctor of Plant Medicine (DPM) program at University of Florida is an intensive doctorate-level graduate level training program for students interested in plant health diagnosis and management. 

The Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University offers Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Computer Science and Information Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.

Our PhD Linguistics program at Yale University takes a distinctively integrative and interdisciplinary approach in investigating the systems of knowledge that comprise our linguistic competence. Students are exposed to different methodological approaches, while receiving firm grounding in the traditional domains of linguistics.

If you're interested in becoming an advocate for women and the LGBTQ community, the joint program in Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University at Albany will prepare you for your professional journey.

The major and minor courses comprising a degree plan for a doctoral student will be determined by the student’s advisory committee. We offer a Civil and Environmental Engineering degree at Southern Methodist University.

The School of Computing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln aims to increase graduate students' breadth of knowledge and develop depth of expertise in a subfield of Computer Science and Engineering.

Upon entry into the Computer Engineering Ph.D. program, students at Southern Methodist University are assigned a faculty adviser who acts as an academic adviser.

A graduate degree in Plant Pathology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers a wide range of research opportunities in both basic and applied topics. Our graduate programs are designed around your own research, extension, and career goals.

Are you interested in using sophisticated research methods and an interdisciplinary perspective to study society’s most significant challenges? We offer a Public Policy and Governance degree at the University of Washington.

The Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management (QERM) program at University of Washington is a unique interdisciplinary graduate program designed for students interested in applying quantitative tools to ecological and resource management issues. 

Your Pharmacology and Drug Discovery research degree is bespoke at the University of Nottingham, and allows you to choose your own area of interest to research, under the title of your choosing.

The Department of Biology at West Virginia University offers graduate courses and research that lead to MS and PhD degrees in the areas of ecology, bioinformatics, genetics, genomics and evolutionary biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, neurobiology, behavior and physiology, plant sciences, cell and developmental biology, biology education and forensic biology.