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35 PhD programmes in Anthropology in Europe

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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.

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
4 years$31,644/yr

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. 

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
4 years$16,496/yr

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. 

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus +2
3 years$31,644/yr

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. 

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus +2
4 years$29,628/yr
University of Bern4,2(11)
Bern, Switzerland Top 1% in Worldwide

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?

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$514/yr
University of Aberdeen4,4(80)
Aberdeen, United Kingdom Top 1% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$29,357/yr
University of St Andrews4,4(21)
Saint Andrews, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$29,182/yr
Comenius University Bratislava3,9(109)
Bratislava, Slovakia Top 4% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus +2
3 years$1,178/yr
Charles University4,3(119)
Prague, Czech Republic Top 2% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$825/yr
Aarhus University3,9(222)
Aarhus, Denmark Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 yearsFree
The University of Manchester3,9(97)
Manchester, United Kingdom Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$40,451/yr
Tallinn University3,9(31)
Tallinn, Estonia +1 Top 8% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 yearsFree
University of Oxford4,2(114)
Oxford, United Kingdom Top 0.1% in Worldwide

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. 

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$44,591/yr
University of Gothenburg4,1(67)
Göteborg, Sweden Top 1% in Worldwide

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. 

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 yearsFree
Uppsala University4,2(124)
Visby, Sweden Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 yearsFree
Leipzig University3,9(39)
Leipzig, Germany Top 3% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 yearsFree
University of Cambridge4,4(63)
Cambridge, United Kingdom Top 0.1% in Worldwide

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. 

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$55,879/yr
The University of Manchester3,9(97)
Manchester, United Kingdom Top 0.5% in Worldwide

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. 

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
4 years$30,440/yr
The University of Exeter4,3(115)
Exeter, United Kingdom Top 1% in Worldwide

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

Ph. D. Full-time +2 On-campus
4 years$31,793/yr
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona4,0(138)
Barcelona, Spain Top 1% in Worldwide

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.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$899/yr

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