Overview

Through the Philosophy PhD course from Queen's University in their first year, students complete course work that satisfies distribution requirements in the areas of Value Theory and Metaphysics and Epistemology, for the sake of acquiring an advanced, general education in philosophy.

Key facts:

Recent graduates of the Ph.D. Philosophy program from Queen's University have gone on to tenure-track positions, sessional and other teaching positions, postdoctoral fellowships, bioethics fellowships, and professional work in clinical ethics and bioethics.

Programme Structure

In their second year, students complete comprehensive papers on areas pertinent to their proposed doctoral research as well as a doctoral dissertation proposal, under the supervision of their dissertation committees.

Upon successfully completing their comprehensive requirements and orally defending their dissertation proposals, doctoral candidates begin writing their dissertations.

The program is structured to ensure that candidates are able to defend in their fifth year.

Candidates also acquire teaching experience, often having opportunities to take full responsibility for courses as Teaching Fellows, typically in their fourth or fifth years.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

7

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PTE Academic

65

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TOEFL^® IBT

88

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Kingston, Canada

Disciplines

Philosophy View 18 other PhDs in Philosophy in Canada

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

7

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PTE Academic

65

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88

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Other requirements

General requirements

Transcripts can be uploaded to the online application, as PDF files. The transcripts must be scanned (black and white recommended) and saved as a PDF file, and uploaded successfully. Complete instructions are available to applicants on the Transcript Upload section of the online application.

If a transcript or transcripts cannot be successfully uploaded to the online application, applicants are responsible for ensuring that an official transcript or transcripts of all current and previous university-level studies are sent to the School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs by all universities previously attended. All hard copy transcripts received as part of an application for admission must be received in sealed envelopes.

Letters of Recommendation: For applicants to research programs, two current academic recommendations are required from professors under whom the applicant has recently studied.

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Tuition Fee

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International

5772 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 5772 CAD per year during 48 months.
National

5772 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 5772 CAD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Kingston

1015 - 1615 CAD /month

Living costs

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Funding

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