Overview
The Humanities and Social Sciences programme from Hamad Bin Khalifa University is flexible, accommodating students who wish to apply their interdisciplinary research in a variety of subjects in the fields of humanities and social sciences, while allowing for specializations through a pathway to a PhD in an established field at the time of graduation.
It exposes them to identity making, policy-making, development strategies, institution building, leadership guidance, and sustainable development.
Graduates of the program are equipped to:
- Engage with themes and ideas that cut across disciplines
- Demonstrate expertise in disciplines within relevant fields
- Demonstrate expertise in theory
- Acquire knowledge for advancing research towards societal and scholarly impact
- Produce original interdisciplinary research
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Explorations in Global Humanities
- Explorations in Interdisciplinarity
- Proseminar
- Dissertation
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- International deadline: 1 February
- National deadline: 15 March
Language
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Credits
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Disciplines
Liberal ArtsAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants seeking admission to the PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences should have a master’s degree in a relevant field with a minimum 3.0 GPA or equivalent.
- Applicants are required to submit an IELTS score of 6.5 or a TOEFL score of 79 in order to demonstrate their proficiency in English.
- Applicants are required to submit a GRE score at the time of application.
Tuition Fee
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International
37500 QAR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 112500 QAR for the full programme during 36 months. -
National
37500 QAR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 112500 QAR for the full programme during 36 months.
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