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20 PhD programmes in Film Studies in North America
Queen's University4,2(40)
Kingston, Canada Top 2% in Worldwide Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies
This Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies PhD program from Queen's University provides students with a wide range of course options and professional opportunities, including academia, arts management, programming, media production (from mainstream media to artistic and activist production), and curation.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$4,231/yr
Concordia University Montréal4,2(97)
Montréal, Canada Top 3% in Worldwide Film and Moving Image Studies
The PhD in Film and Moving Image Studies at Concordia University Montréal trains the next generation of film scholars in the dominant forms of contemporary visual culture.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$16,368/yr
University of Oklahoma4,5(30)
Norman, United States Top 3% in Worldwide Journalism and Mass Communication
At Journalism and Mass Communication from University of Oklahoma we seek junior colleagues who wish to explore deeply the practices and values of journalism, mass communication and the media professions.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
$11,128/yr
University of British Columbia4,2(215)
Vancouver, Canada Top 0.5% in Worldwide Cinema and Media Studies
The Ph.D. program at University of British Columbia offers students the opportunity to pursue Cinema and Media Studies through coursework, comprehensive exams, a viva, and a dissertation project.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
6 years$7,244/yr
Northwestern University4,2(54)
Evanston, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide Rhetoric, Media, and Publics
The Rhetoric, Media, and Publics program at Northwestern University is grounded in the humanistic tradition of rhetoric and its focus on the study of politics, philosophy, and the arts.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$9,344/yr
University of Washington4,2(55)
Seattle, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide Cinema and Media Studies
At University of Washington, our five-year Ph.D. program in Cinema and Media Studies concentrates on scholarship and research as preparation for teaching at the university or college level in cinema and media studies.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
10 years$33,171/yr
York University4,0(150)
Toronto, Canada Top 2% in Worldwide Art History and Visual Culture
This Art History and Visual Culture program at York University focuses on the Canadian heritage in the visual arts, including works of art made by Canadians as well as works that have been brought to Canada and remain here on a permanent basis.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$8,796/yr
The Ohio State University4,5(31)
Columbus, United States Top 2% in Worldwide Theatre
The Department of Theatre is a vibrant, active department committed to teaching and training the artist-scholars of the future. In addition to our highly regarded seasons, we regularly invite theatre artists and scholars to join us in making and thinking about performance. The Theatre program is offered by The Ohio State University.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$14,318/yr
University of California, Berkeley4,3(94)
Berkeley, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide Film and Media
Students at Film and Media from University of California, Berkeley are encouraged to situate moving images within the larger theoretical and analytical frameworks of a range of other disciplines.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$13,140/yr
York University4,0(150)
Toronto, Canada Top 2% in Worldwide Cinema and Media Studies
The PhD in Cinema and Media Studies at York University, incorporating theoretical, historical and critical approaches to visual media, is designed to encompass a variety of methodological frameworks, cultural practices, and historiographic models.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
3 years$8,796/yr
The University of Iowa4,3(3)
Iowa City, United States Top 2% in Worldwide Film Studies
It is no stretch to say that The University of Iowa helped to invent Film Studies as a discipline. The first graduate thesis on film at UIowa dates all the way back to 1916.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$32,776/yr
Northwestern University4,2(54)
Evanston, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide Screen Cultures
The Screen Cultures program at Northwestern University continues the historical leadership in the cultural and critical analysis of film, television, and emerging media by integrating interdisciplinary opportunities both within the School of Communication and across the University.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$9,344/yr
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)4,2(74)
Beverly Hills, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide Film and Television
At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) we offer our students a phd degree in Film and Television.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$36,297/yr
Northwestern University4,2(54)
Evanston, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide Media, Technology and Society
The Media, Technology and Society program at Northwestern University offers an innovative, interdisciplinary, and flexible curriculum focusing on the impact of our dynamic media and technology environment.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$9,344/yr
University of Pittsburgh4,0(7)
Pittsburgh, United States Top 1% in Worldwide Film and Media Studies
The PhD in Film and Media Studies at the University of Pittsburgh is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental degree that stresses the history, theory, and aesthetics of international cinema, video, television, and new media.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
5 years$47,378/yr
University of Toronto4,1(303)
Toronto, Canada Top 0.1% in Worldwide Cinema Studies
The Cinema Studies Institute offers a program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Cinema Studies. Faculty members at the University of Toronto have expertise in several areas, including film history, film theory, film analysis, and film and cultural practices.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$4,552/yr
Yale University4,3(50)
New Haven, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide Film Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures
To be accepted into the combined degree Film Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures program, students at Yale University must be accepted by both departments. Each student’s program of study will be planned in consultation with the DGS in each area.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
6 yearsFree
Yale University4,3(50)
New Haven, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide German Studies - Film and Media Studies
At the Yale University we offer our graduate students a phd degree in German Studies - Film and Media Studies.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
6 yearsFree
University of California, Irvine (UCI)4,4(7)
Irvine, United States Top 1% in Worldwide Film and Media Studies
The Film and Media Studies Ph.D. program at University of California, Irvine (UCI) is dedicated to understanding film, television, and digital media texts in relation to questions of power, inequality, and difference.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
7 years$37,217/yr
Georgia State University4,3(61)
Atlanta, United States Top 3% in Worldwide Communication Studies - Moving Image Studies
The Ph.D. in Communication Studies - Moving Image Studies at Georgia State University is specifically designed to provide students with the conceptual and methodological tools to study the complex and vastly expanded moving image environment of the 21st century, where the boundaries separating cinema, television and new media are breaking down.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$31,726/yr