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250 PhD programmes in Area & Cultural Studies

Hispanic Studies
The School of Modern Languages offers the possibility to do a PhD/MPhil in Hispanic, Catalan or Galician Studies. The Hispanic Studies programme is offered at Bangor University.

Languages and Translation Studies
Languages and Translation Studies programme from Cardiff University aims to offer knowledge and expertise in subject-specific and generic skills, qualifying you for both academic and non-academic positions in a variety of organisations.

Welsh
The Welsh Programme offered at Cardiff University, aims to offer knowledge and expertise for a career in language planning, media, government, teaching, management and research.

Media and Cultural Studies
Throughout this Media and Cultural Studies PhD programme from Newcastle University you'll gain access to a wide range of professional and academic opportunities including regional, national and global links with creative and cultural industries.

Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies
The Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies programme from Maynooth University offers research opportunities for students with specific interest in the field of Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies.

South East Asian Studies
The South East Asian Studies programme from SOAS University of London offers the widest coverage in Europe of research and teaching related to the languages and cultures of the principal countries of South East Asia.

Literary and Cultural Studies
Here at the University of Surrey while studying the Literary and Cultural Studies, you’ll join a cosmopolitan, multilingual and multicultural community of students and scholars.

Hispanic Studies
Do you want to be part of a stimulating research environment? Join the Hispanic Studies course at University of Birmingham.

American Studies
University of Hull pioneered American Studies in Britain. After more than half a century, American Studies at Hull has one of the finest collections of American resources of any British university.

Te Ao Māori
The values of Aotahi have been modelled on the traditions of Māui-Tikitiki-a-Taranga – the Māori demigod famous for obtaining the knowledge of fire and snaring the sun. The Te Ao Māori programme is offered at University of Canterbury.

Society, Technology and Culture
The Society, Technology and Culture doctoral programme from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) provides tools for analysing the complex relationships between technology and society, understanding and contributing to improving the key challenges that define contemporary societies.

Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies
The Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies programme offered at SOAS University of London welcomes applications from students wishing to undertake research in the disciplines of Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies and Postcolonial Studies.

Cultural Studies
Students in the Cultural Studies course from University of Canterbury develop advanced skills in reading, writing, and critical thinking, while pursuing their own interests in a range of topics exploring the plurality of culture.

English Literature
The English Literature course at Bangor University provides you with the opportunity to work over an extended period on a collection of short stories, a novel or a collection of poems under the individual supervision of a writer actively publishing in your field.

Global Studies
The specific focus of this Global Studies programme from SOAS University of London is twofold: thematically, the programme addresses the analysis of contemporary globalisation processes and of the political, economic, social and cultural relationships and structures that define and shape these processes.

Doctor of Philosophy - Aboriginal Studies
Undertake meaningful research in the Doctor of Philosophy - Aboriginal Studies from Curtin University grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing.

Spanish and Latin American Studies
On Spanish and Latin American Studies programmes at University of Reading, we offer expert supervision in a wide range of areas.

Comparative Literatures and Cultures
Research in Comparative Literatures and Cultures sits within the School of Modern Languages and builds on two areas of strength within the school: transnational studies and intermediality. University of Bristol offers the Comparative Literatures and Cultures programme.

Film, Screen and Popular Culture
The PhD in Film, Screen and Popular Culture from University of Brighton has a research culture in film and screen studies that has fostered national archives and given critical insight across practice, theory and history.

Creative Arts and Cultural Industries
The Creative Arts and Cultural Industries programme offered at SOAS University of London provides advanced training and research experience at a doctoral level in the broad areas at the intersection of the Arts and cultural production and the cultural economy.