8472 PhD Degree Programs

Our MPhil and PhD degrees are grounded firmly in research theory and methods, while maintaining and encouraging a high degree of creativity and experimentation.

The Doctoral School of Biology and Spotbiology provides PhD in Biology in wide range fields of biology and sportbiology including genetics, microbiology, plant biology, ecology, regulatory biology, fitness, stress, sport and immune system. Excellently equipped laboratories are available in the biology departments and at the Szentágothai Research Center of UP, as well as at the Balaton Limnological Institute. By international contacts we give opportunity to our PhD students to mobility.

The PhD program in Finance at Iscte is a rigorous program designed to train students to produce high quality research. The program is suited to students who want to become faculty members at research universities, lead research departments at financial institutions or be at the forefront of the application of state-of-the-art models and techniques in the financial industry activities. The program, fully taught in English, is highly quantitative in nature and therefore new PhD students often have a background in finance, economics, engineering, math, or statistics. Although some students have completed graduate work prior to entry into the PhD program, it is not necessary to have any graduate training.

The inter-relationship between theory, scholarship and the creative process is key to the Goldsmiths MPhil/PhD Creative Writing.

The PhD Psychology is a 36-month full-time research degree conducted under the supervision of a faculty member culminating with submission of a research thesis.

Our goal is to cultivate the next generation of pioneering researchers and leaders in medical science through a PhD programme that emphasises innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

The part-time Executive PhD programme in Private Sector Development (preferably for emerging economies) allows working professionals and researchers with full-time or part-time jobs to combine their careers with obtaining a PhD. The programme equips you with the theory, skills, and methodologies crucial for addressing private sector challenges. As the highest academic qualification, earning a PhD will enhance your career prospects in both business and academia. Whether you aspire senior leadership roles, a transition into academia, or becoming a recognised thought leader, this programme provides the knowledge and research capabilities to help you achieve your goals. In addition, you will make an original contribution to your field of interest by developing novel insights and practical solutions to contemporary management challenges. The MSM Executive PhD programme emphasises empirical research, high ethical standards, and critical reflection, ensuring that your work meets academic rigor while having a real-world impact. Throughout your journey, you will benefit from the guidance of leading scholars and expert supervisors, who will support you in conducting research that is both theoretically robust and managerially relevant. By joining the programme, you will become part of the stimulating and challenging research community of Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (SBE) and Maastricht School of Management (MSM).

The structure of the PhD in Clinical Neurosciences of the Medical Faculty is similar to those of most European and American universities. The doctoral (PhD) degree, as the highest qualification attainable at university, is confer- red by the University of Pécs on those who have given evidence of having acquired sufficient practical skills and theoretical knowledge to conduct scientific research independently.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business Administration: The PhD is a programme of independent, self-directed academic research degree, supported by a team of supervisors that makes an original contribution to knowledge written up in a publishable dissertation. The PhD programme also supports the development of research and generic skills to equip you to operate successfully as a professional researcher in any setting. The essential requirement of a PhD is the creation of new knowledge. Being a researcher means developing new ideas and improving understanding through the creation of new knowledge.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Information Technology: The PhD is a programme of independent, self-directed academic research degree, supported by a team of supervisors that makes an original contribution to knowledge written up in a publishable dissertation. The PhD programme also supports the development of research and generic skills to equip you to operate successfully as a professional researcher in any setting. The essential requirement of a PhD is the creation of new knowledge. Being a researcher means developing new ideas and improving understanding through the creation of new knowledge.

PhD in Advanced-Systems Engineering The purpose of this international PhD programme is to train a new generation of researchers able to carry out independent research in the areas of Advanced-Systems Engineering and give them the opportunity to transfer and exchange knowledge with national and international research centers and industries.

PhD in Education and Social Sciences This PhD programme addresses the study of education and social sciences in an interdisciplinary context, providing the necessary skills to face research in the theoretical and empirical-experimental field and promoting the development of innovative application practices.

PhD in Sustainable Energy and Technologies With this PhD programme we train young researchers in the field of sustainable use of resources in the production systems of energy, of buildings, in energy final utilisation, in the development of products and in manufacturing.

PhD program in Management belongs to the third-level educational system and it aims to prepare researchers, who will possess deep theoretical knowledge and methodological skills necessary to conduct research.

The PhD in Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences trains ~350 postgraduate research students undertaking PhD, MD, and MPhil degrees in Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Experimental Medicine, Public Health, Medical Education, and Dentistry each year. Its diverse postgraduate student population comprises both basic and clinical scientists from across the globe engaged in wide-ranging research projects spanning the breadth of the School’s research portfolio from traditional population-based epidemiology to 'big data' science and bioinformatics, through molecular and cell biology to clinical trials.