897 Doctoral Degree Programs in United Kingdom

The University of Hertfordshire Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a part‑time, 100% online professional doctorate for experienced business leaders. Over five years you will develop advanced research methods, produce original applied research, and strengthen your leadership and academic credentials while continuing to work.

Earn a groundbreaking US-accredited Doctorate in Business Administration through part-time study with minimal disruption to your work and home life.

The SOAS History Department is one of the world’s major centres offering supervision for research degrees in African and Asian history. The Department combines individual supervision, taught courses and seminars and attracts students and scholarly visitors from around the world.

Join SOAS's MPhil/PhD in Religions — a research-focused doctoral programme offering individual supervision across a wide variety of religious traditions and comparative and interdisciplinary topics. Students may attend seminars, lectures and conferences run by SOAS Research Centres.

The MPhil/PhD in Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS is a research degree combining research methods training, supervised research, an assessed research report and fieldwork, and a doctoral dissertation. Students undertake intensive research training in year 1.

The Department of Media Studies at SOAS offers a doctoral research programme focused on media and digital communication and practices in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The programme emphasises critical theoretical skills, in-depth regional, political, social and cultural knowledge.

The Research Degrees (MPhil/PhD) in Music have regional interests in the music of East and Central Asia (Harris), India and Pakistan (Williams), the Islamic Middle East (Saeid Kordmafi) and Jewish world (Webster-Kogen), and South and East Africa (Impey).

The Research Degrees (MPhil/PhD) in South Asian Studies welcomes applications for the PhD degree on any topic related to the research interests and disciplines of the Department’s research-active staff. Prospective candidates should consult the details of the various staff members’ research areas.

On the MPhil/PhD in African Languages and Cultures, supervision is provided for research leading to MPhil and PhD degrees within the broad area of African studies. Research topics include the study of languages, literature, and the performing arts.

The School of History, Religions and Philosophies at SOAS offers an MPhil/PhD in Philosophy within a "vibrant, stimulating, and interdisciplinary research environment." Members of staff cover a wide range of philosophical traditions across the Global North and the Global South.

MPhil and PhD in Japanese and Korean Studies covering cultural and linguistic subjects. Research is based on literary, documentary and archival material and fieldwork in Japan and Korea. Students have primary and secondary supervisor and follow the Doctoral School and departmental research training.

The Research Degrees (MPhil/PhD) in Near and Middle Eastern Studies programme provides training in research methods and the study of the Near and Middle East, an interdisciplinary subject area, with research undertaken in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at SOAS.

This MPhil/PhD in Creative Arts and Cultural Industries offers doctoral-level training in the intersection of the arts, cultural production and the cultural economy. It emphasises cultural and creative industries practice and policy, curation, politics of cultural production, and moral economies.

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Graduate degree (MPhil/PhD) in Finance and Management at the School of Finance and Management. Research supervision covers areas including corporate governance, finance, law, public policy and management, regulation (developed and developing countries), sustainable development and agribusiness.

The MPhil/PhD in Linguistics is a research-training degree combining foundational and advanced courses in core areas of linguistics, research methods training, departmental research seminars and individual supervision leading to an MPhil upgrade and progression to a PhD dissertation.

The MPhil/PhD in Film Studies (Centre for Creative Industries, Media and Screen Studies) is a research degree focusing on film and screen studies with particular reference to Africa, Asia and the Near & Middle East. Research, fieldwork and thesis writing are supervised by a supervisory committee.