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39 PhD programmes in Community Development

Semiosis - Semiotic Enhancement of Visual Communication for Improved Audience Engagement
How can Peircean semiotic theory facilitate this in visual communication’s primary audiences for mutual benefit? The Semiosis - Semiotic Enhancement of Visual Communication for Improved Audience Engagement programme is offered by the University of Dundee.

Education, Social Work and Community Education
This Education, Social Work and Community Education PhD degree programme is offered at the University of Dundee.

Community Care and Counseling - Traumatology (Online)
This Community Care and Counseling - Traumatology (Online) program from Liberty University can help prepare you to make a lasting difference in the lives of the people you serve.

Community Care and Counseling (Online)
The Community Care and Counseling (Online) Eds program from Liberty University is for you if you are looking to further your education but are not ready to commit to a doctoral program,

Community Care and Counseling - Pastoral Care and Counseling (Online)
This Community Care and Counseling - Pastoral Care and Counseling (Online) EdD program from Liberty University can help equip you with the tools and knowledge you need to provide professional counseling services in a ministry setting.

Community Care and Counseling (Online)
This Community Care and Counseling (Online) EdD program from Liberty University can help you refine your approach to research, educational methods, diagnosing, treatment, counseling techniques, and scholarly writing while allowing you to maintain your personal and professional life.

Pastoral Counseling (Online)
Within this Pastoral Counseling (Online) programme from Liberty University you can learn how to combine biblical principles with effective counseling techniques and help hurting people find healing.

Community Care and Counseling - Traumatology (Online)
This Community Care and Counseling - Traumatology (Online) EdD program from Liberty University focuses on personal research and writing. You can learn the core, expert-level content you need to succeed in trauma counseling for communities, families, and individuals. Then, you will take what you have learned and apply it to your dissertation, which will be an original, written work.

Community Care and Counseling - Marriage and Family (Online)
This Community Care and Counseling - Marriage and Family (Online) EdD program from Liberty University designed to help you counsel families. Whether you are a licensed counselor, marriage and family therapist (MFT), or ministry associate looking for further training, an EdD or PhD in marriage and family therapy online can help.
Community Care
The Community Care programme from University of Kent offers excellent opportunities for full or part-time research in intellectual disability and community care leading to higher degrees. The Tizard Centre has a strong track record of attracting University and ESRC research studentship funding.
Geography, Environment and Development Studies
PhD researchers in Geography, Environment and Development Studies at Birkbeck, University of London can specialise in geography, geographical information science, environmental studies, development studies, international childhood studies, or community, youth and voluntary sector studies.
Community Health and Prevention
The Doctor of Philosophy degree in Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University will prepare doctoral-level public health graduates who have a broad-based, systemic understanding of public health scholarship related to the social and behavioral determinants of health and illness, and the ability to conduct original research to advance this understanding to benefit the public’s health.
Human and Community Development
The objective of this Human and Community Development program at West Virginia University is to provide doctoral students the opportunity to study and conduct research with faculty in areas of excellence in the Division of Resource Management, in particular, and in other divisions in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, in general.
Development Studies (Research)
This Development Studies (Research) programme is offered by the Department of Development Studies within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.
Community Resources and Development
The PhD in Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University is a research-intensive doctoral degree program grounded in theory and designed to prepare graduates for research-oriented careers in many areas.
Education, Development and Community Engagement
In the Education, Development and Community Engagement Graduate Program, we support and develop your capacity to be an agent of change. You will leave the program at Pennsylvania State University with a mastery of applied research and actionable scholarship, translating your findings into real world applications
Community Studies
One of the core values held by the University of New York in Prague is excellence in research. Offered at their partner, New York College Athens, in coordination with the University of Bolton, students will be able to earn their Ph.D. in Community Studies.
Integrated Rural Development
The graduate of this Integrated Rural Development programme from Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra will find employment in scientific and research institutions and as a researcher and/or leader of interdisciplinary research teams and projects at universities with the ability to take an integrated approach to solving the issue of sustainable rural development.
Community Psychology
The Community Psychology program at National Louis University aims to develop skills necessary to promote positive change at a systemic level between individuals, organizations and communities.
Integrative Social Work - Integrative Community Studies
Advance community-based approaches to health, justice, and progress through this Integrative Social Work - Integrative Community Studies degree at Saybrook University.