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26 PhD programmes in Middle Eastern Studies

Near and Middle Eastern Studies
The Near and Middle Eastern Studies programme from SOAS University of London provides training in research methods and the study of the Near and Middle East, an interdisciplinary subject area, with research undertaken in the School of Languages, Cultures and linguistics at SOAS.
Arab World Studies
Our PhD Arab World Studies programme at The University of Manchester offers wide-ranging opportunities for research and advanced training in the history, politics, gender studies, literatures, religious traditions and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Middle East Politics
The Middle East Politics MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter is an Area Studies department grounded in multidisciplinary approaches to research and training.
Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
The idea of the Orient has changed and been deconstructed by Columbia’s own faculty, but Columbia’s eminence has never wavered. The Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies program is offered by Columbia University.
Hebrew and Judaic Studies
The Hebrew and Judaic Studies Ph.D. is a research degree at New York University. Its completion signifies that the recipient is able to conduct original research and has made a serious contribution to knowledge of the field.
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies - Law
At the New York University we offer a phd degree in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies - Law. Join us.
Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in two fields: Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Mesopotamian Civilization
MELC’s PhD program in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Mesopotamian Civilization at University of Pennsylvania offers advanced study of the languages and philology of ancient Mesopotamia as well as the history and archaeology of that region in its Middle Eastern context.
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
The doctoral programme in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at Stockholm University consists of regionally focused multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary area studies with focus on one or several of the language and culture areas of the Middle East and North Africa.
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Doctoral students in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC) at Indiana University Bloomington pursue an academic discipline grounded in a cultural and linguistic study of the Middle East.
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
This Asian and Middle Eastern Studies course from the University of Cambridge is offered at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies to those students who wish to study Chinese Studies, East Asian Studies, Hebrew Studies, Korean Studies, Japanese Studies, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Arabic or Persian), and Sanskrit and South Asian Studies.
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Classical and Medieval Hebrew Literature
Students in the Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Classical and Medieval Hebrew Literature program at University of Pennsylvania are expected to command Hebrew as a primary research language and another as a secondary research language.
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
At University of Oxford, the DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies' main research degree.
Arabic
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Arabic is to be awarded upon successful completion of the third-cycle programme at the University of Gothenburg.
Turkish Studies
The aim of the Doctoral Program of Studies at the University of Cyprus is to render the students capable of using scientific methods and knowledge, in order to be able to work autonomously on a scientific field of Turkish Studies.
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Students in the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies doctoral program at New York University concentrate their studies in one of the three tracks which the department offers.
Hebrew and Judaic Studies - Law
At the New York University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Hebrew and Judaic Studies - Law.
Middle Eastern and North African Studies
The School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies from The University of Arizona offering the Middle Eastern and North African Studies PhD is a multi-disciplinary unit focusing on the region extending from Morocco to Afghanistan which includes the Arab world, Iran, Israel and Turkey, providing a full range of language courses in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish.
Near and Middle Eastern Studies
The University of Washington Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies is designed for students who wish to pursue research with a comparative perspective.
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Middle Eastern Literatures and Societies
MELC’s PhD program in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Middle Eastern Literatures and Societies at University of Pennsylvania offers advanced study of the languages, literatures and societies of Islamic civilizations, and also Islamic history and thought in their Middle Eastern context, in modern and pre-modern settings.