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12 PhD programmes in Literature in Canada
Concordia University Montréal4,2(97)
Montréal, Canada Top 3% in Worldwide English Literature
The PhD in English Literature at Concordia University Montréal will deepen your mastery of period- and area-specific archives and develop your skills as a literary scholar.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$16,368/yr
Concordia University Montréal4,2(97)
Montréal, Canada Top 3% in Worldwide Humanities
The PhD in Humanities, based in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC), can be undertaken in many areas of interdisciplinary expertise at Concordia University Montréal.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$16,368/yr
University of Manitoba4,2(107)
Winnipeg, Canada Top 2% in Worldwide English
Students in the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in English program at the University of Manitoba will develop a higher degree of specialization and advanced training in research and application in English literature.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$4,603/yr
University of Toronto4,1(303)
Toronto, Canada Top 0.1% in Worldwide Comparative Literature
The Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto offers a Doctor of Philosophy degree program to students qualified to pursue literary studies involving several languages. Students pursue research across languages and national literatures, and theoretical issues that cross traditional disciplines.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$4,552/yr
University of British Columbia4,2(215)
Vancouver, Canada Top 0.5% in Worldwide Language and Literacy Education
Students in our Language and Literacy Education programs at University of British Columbia are teachers and other professional educators who engage in courses, conversations and research addressing a broad range of issues and contexts – in and out of schools, nationally and internationally, and across the lifespan.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
6 years$7,244/yr
York University4,0(150)
Toronto, Canada Top 2% in Worldwide Comparative Literature
This challenging graduate diploma highlights the comparative, multilingual, cross-cultural nature of a student’s graduate training. We offer a Comparative Literature degree at the York University.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
3 years$8,796/yr
Memorial University of Newfoundland3,9(67)
St. John's, Canada Top 3% in Worldwide English
The English Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland is a dynamic and productive community of full-time faculty members engaged in active research programs, graduate supervision, and publication of literary scholarship and creative writing.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$3,296/yr
Western University - Canada4,0(56)
London, Canada Top 2% in Worldwide Comparative Literature
Western University - Canada’s program in Comparative Literature has recognized strengths in various literatures (especially – but not limited to – American, Canadian, Classical, English, French & Francophone, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Spanish).
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$4,930/yr
University of Ottawa4,1(89)
Ottawa, Canada Top 1% in Worldwide English
The Department of English at the University of Ottawa offers the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in English. The program equips students to pursue advanced studies in British, Canadian, or American literature informed by a broad knowledge of literary history and by recent developments in literary criticism and cultural theory.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$8,539/yr
University of Toronto4,1(303)
Toronto, Canada Top 0.1% in Worldwide English
One of the strongest and most diversified graduate English programs in North America, the University of Toronto’s Graduate English Department presents a wide array of approaches to the study of literature that includes both rigorous historical scholarship and the innovations of new theoretical, cultural, and interdisciplinary methods.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$4,552/yr
University of New Brunswick4,4(12)
Fredericton, Canada Top 4% in Worldwide English
University of New Brunswick's celebrated English graduate programs offer both creative writing and academic streams of study, helping students reach both their creative and critical potential.
Ph.D. Full-time On-campus
4 years$7,663/yr
McMaster University4,4(66)
Hamilton, Canada Top 1% in Worldwide English
This English program at McMaster University combines a long-standing commitment to the exploration of English literatures of all periods with the study of critical theory and cultural studies.
Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus
4 years$3,082/yr