35 PhD programmes in Anthropology in Europe

Anthropology and Sociology
A majority of our Anthropology and Sociology PhD graduates at SOAS University of London have embarked on an academic career, taking up lectureships in universities in the UK as well as abroad, or pursuing further their interests through post-doctoral fellowships and other research-based posts.

Anthropology
The Anthropology programme from Maynooth University is an advanced research degree that requires considerable initiative on the part of the student to engage in independent, original scholarship.

Social Anthropology
Research social and cultural complexities around the world. Delve into areas of study that interest you, from religion and belief to inequality and marginalisation, activism and social transformation, gender and sexuality, or contemporary popular culture with the Social Anthropology degree at the University of Birmingham.

Anthropology and Archaeology
The Anthropology and Archaeology department at University of Bristol has an international 'four-field' approach, combining archaeology with evolutionary, social and linguistic anthropology.
Social Anthropology
Are you interested in doing some independent research work and would like to start a Social Anthropology doctorate at the University of Bern?
Anthropology
Ground-breaking research exploring social and cultural worlds and relations between humans and their environments. We offer a Anthropology degree at the University of Aberdeen.
Social Anthropology
Examine the diverse ways human beings establish and live social lives. From Western urban cities to indigenous cultures in the Amazon, with this Social Anthropology programme at the University of St Andrews you will learn to understand how humans live and think by looking at all aspects of their experience.
Social Anthropology
The Social Anthropology programme at Comenius University Bratislava encompasses the knowledge on human society, communities and cultures in their various shapes, on their functionning, evolution and interactions, obtained by means of long-term ethnographic fieldwork.
General Anthropology
The aim of the General Anthropology programme offered at Charles University is a broad-based (general) anthropological study of the nature of human behaviour, conduct and cognition in both their biological (genetic) dimension as well as evolutionary, culturally, socially or environmentally conditioned variability.
Anthropology, Global Studies and the Study of Religion
The PhD in Anthropology, Global Studies and the Study of Religion programme at Aarhus University draws on well-established research and teaching in European and Asian Studies, the Middle East, Africa, and the circumpolar regions.
Anthropology, Media and Performance
This practice-based Anthropology, Media and Performance PhD programme at The University of Manchester will see you carry out an extensive piece of research in the field.
Studies of Cultures
The Studies of Cultures programme of Tallinn University is an umbrella study programme, covering fields like Cultural Theory, Estonian Literature and Culture, English Literature and Culture, German Literature and Culture, Romance Studies, Russian Literature and Culture, Middle Eastern and Asian Literatures and Cultures, Cultural Geography, Philosophy, and Social and Cultural Anthropology.
Anthropology
At University of Oxford, the DPhil in Anthropology is the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography’s advanced research degree, and is awarded to candidates who have completed a substantial original piece of research in the field.
Social Anthropology
The PhD Programme in Social Anthropology at the University of Gothenburg aims to understand people's ways of organizing and understanding the world, in both local and global contexts.
Cultural Anthropology
The PhD studies in both Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at Uppsala University are part of the activities supported by the Faculty of Arts.
The Leipzig School of Human Origins
The Leipzig School of Human Origins is a unique PhD program at Leipzig University that combines different disciplines to study the evolutionary history and origins of humans and other primates.
Biological Anthropology
The Biological Anthropology from University of Cambridge, is an opportunity for original research leading to a thesis within a structured research environment that encourages both independence and collaboration.
Social Anthropology with Visual Media
This Social Anthropology with Visual Media programme at The University of Manchester is intended for those with a degree in social or cultural anthropology who wish to use visual media in the course of pursuing doctoral research.
Anthrozoology
Throughout the Anthrozoology MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter you have the opportunity to undertake advanced postgraduate research in a friendly, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and highly productive community
Social and Cultural Anthropology
The PhD programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona provides training for researchers, with an emphasis on social research methodologies and techniques and, in particular, ethnographic research, which, together with anthropological theory, leads into the doctoral thesis.