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Biochemistry
The Biochemistry program is offered by Kansas State University explores the molecular basis for life processes through chemical and physical studies on the structure and behavior of complex molecules found in biological materials.
Orchestral Instrument
The D.M.A. Orchestral Instrument program at University of British Columbia is designed for performers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level.
Africana Studies
The Africana Studies Ph.D. program at Cornell University is a small and high quality program designed to expand knowledge production about peoples of African descent and to train future generations of scholars who will deepen and refine the field.
Evolution and Behaviour
Students in this Evolution and Behaviour program at the University of Lethbridge are normally supervised by Faculty members in the following contributing departments/areas: Biological Sciences, Neuroscience, and Psychology.
Art History
Critically assess art from the medieval period to the present day, and learn to analyse its style, content, meaning, theory and aesthetics. At the University of St Andrews School of Art History, you will focus on the major arts of painting, sculpture and architecture, but your studies can also encompass applied art, performance art, graphic art and photography.
Political and Social Sciences
On the Political and Social Sciences programme offered at European University Institute (EUI) researchers will study the important issues of our time that social science can uniquely address, with PhD opportunities across politics and comparative politics, political theory, international relations, and sociology.
Music
Embark on a transformative journey into the world of music with UCSI University's comprehensive Music doctoral program.
Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
The Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Group in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at The Open University UK is made up of the Fluid Dynamics and Soft Matter Group, Mathematical Biology, Mathematics of Planet Earth Group, Statistical Physics Group, and Theory of Condensed Matter Group.
States, Political Systems and Development
Our research in States, Political Systems and Development at The Open University UK seeks to shed light on how the state becomes a driver and an agent of development while contributing to the construction of alternative political systems that challenge the current conceptualisation and practice of development.
Materials Science and Engineering
The Materials Science and Engineering PhD degrees at the University of Virginia involve extensive research, leading to a thesis or dissertation, respectively.
Law and Social Change
The PhD programme in Law and Social Change is offered under an international consortium arrangement led by the University of Roma Tre. The programme provides the opportunity to obtain a double doctoral qualification at Birkbeck, University of London and at the University of Roma Tre.
Cancer Biology
Exhibiting the core values of The Open University UK, the Cancer Biology research group is ‘open to people, places, methods and ideas.’
American Studies
A PhD in American Studies at Swansea University enables you to undertake a substantial project led by your own passions and interests.
Business Administration and Management
The aim of the interuniversity doctoral programme in Business Administration and Management at Polytechnic University of Catalonia is to foster, develop and provide a framework for research in fields of business administration and management at the participating universities.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Your research Ecology and Evolutionary Biology degree is bespoke at the University of Nottingham, and allows you to choose your own area of interest to research, under the title of your choosing.
Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation
At Comenius University in Bratislava, we offer a program degree in Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation.
Epidemiology
The Ph.D. program in Epidemiology at the Brown University provides students with the training to become independent researchers in academia, government and industry.

Chemical Engineering
With a strong focus on interdisciplinary research, doctoral candidates engage in innovative projects that contribute to scientific and technological advancement. The Chemical Engineering degree is offered by Silesian University of Technology.

Metallurgy and Materials
Advance your career in materials science and engineering research by collaborating with internationally renowned partners within the Metallurgy and Materials Science course at University of Birmingham.
Sustainable Development
The PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University includes a set of rigorous core requirements in the social and natural sciences designed to provide a deep understanding of the interaction between natural and social systems, and provides students with the flexibility to pursue in-depth research in a broad variety of critical policy areas.