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Geography
How does climate change impact Arctic nature, communities, and economies? Why are some places and regions growing and developing, while others are declining and suffering? What explains the location of different services, and how can their accessibility be modelled and developed? Find out on the Geography programme from University of Oulu.
Population Health
The Population Health doctoral program is offered through a collaboration of five faculties at the University of Ottawa: the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Telfer School of Management, and the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section).
Political Science
The Political Science programme from Bilkent University is designed to provide Ph.D. candidates with theoretical background, analytical abilities, and empirical research skills in accordance with international academic standards in four major fields (Turkish Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Social Theory and Cultural Studies).
TETRAD
Faculty and students in the TETRAD Graduate Program from University of California, San Francisco are driven by curiosity, leading to fundamental discoveries in all areas of basic biology and biomedical sciences.

English Literature
On this English Literature programme at the University of Surrey you will perform innovative and world-leading research across literature, writing and linguistics.
Health Behavior Health Promotion
The Health Behavior Health Promotion program from The University of Arizona has an emphasis on the biological, behavioral, and socio-cultural determinants of health and health behavior, as well as the interventions and policies aimed at improving community and population health.
Engineering Management - Technology Management
The Engineering Management - Technology Management PhD program from Portland State University is a research-focused, part or full-time doctoral degree program, housed in the Department of Engineering and Technology Management.
Innovation, Economics and Governance for Development
At Innovation, Economics and Governance for Development at Maastricht University through our disciplinary and multidisciplinary research, our ambition is to contribute to the academic debate and to societal policy and innovation solutions at all stages of the policy process: from the setting of a policy agenda to the delivery and evaluation of public policy.
Economics
The Department of Economics at Royal Holloway University of London has strength across all main fields of the discipline, and so supervision can be offered in most areas of research.
Economics
Welcome to The University of New Mexico’s Graduate Program in Economics! We offer students a unique experience as an applied economics department, working hard to improve the global community through academics and policy-relevant research.
Philosophy
The Graduate Program in Philosophy at York University offers rigorous training for MA students in preparation for admission to PhD programs, and supports PhD students in developing a professional research profile.
Conservation Biology
The Conservation Biology PhD at University of Cape Town is a research degree on an advanced topic under supervision which can be taken in any of the departments in the Faculty. Examination is by thesis alone.
Research in STEM Education
In addition to scientific research, the School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences also has strengths in pedagogic research (particularly within the STEM disciplines). This Research in STEM Education programme is offered at The Open University UK.
Construction and Architecture
The Construction and Architecture programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in the planning, design, construction, and lifecycle management of the built environment.
Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research
Helmholtz International Graduate School for Cancer Research PhD students at Heidelberg University conduct research at the forefront of basic, computational, epidemiological and translational cancer research.

Health Services Management
Students of the Health Services Management course at University of Birmingham have the opportunity to take part in a wide range of events including departmental research seminars, research centre seminars, postgraduate research student seminars, as well as a vibrant and a engaged PhD researcher community.
English
The Department of English at Lehigh University has a focus on Literature and Social Justice, the outcome of a multiyear effort to revitalize the traditional period-based approach to literary studies.
Mechanical Engineering
The requirements for the degree in Mechanical Engineering at Florida Atlantic University include the performance of original research, the preparation of a dissertation describing this research, and systematic advanced studies in engineering and the underlying sciences.
Mechanical Science and Bioengineering
The Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering at Osaka University constitutes one department specializing a study of mechanical or dynamical "function" of man-made objects and/or nature including human bodies, along with the other two departments specializing "materials" and "systems."

PhD in Commerce
The PhD in Commerce program from Victoria University of Wellington involves original and sustained research, mentored by an academic supervisor. It’s an opportunity to make new discoveries, address some of the big issues of our time, challenge yourself, and develop a mix of transferable and specialised skills.