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Emergency Services Management
Join a research degree for senior managers from the emergency services (ambulance, police, or fire and rescue) where you will engage in cross-disciplinary dialogue, develop as a researcher and gain skills to apply to professional practice. This Emergency Services Management professional doctorate is offered at Edge Hill University.
Health Sciences
This Health Sciences DHSc degree from the University of New Haven takes you to the top of your field — to a career in administration, teaching, or applied research or practice – where advanced capabilities in conceptual thinking, original research, data analysis, and writing are essential in order to advance to high-level executive positions or academic appointments.
Software Engineering
The PhD in Software Engineering program at University of Texas at Dallas is tailored to the student. The student must arrange a course program with the guidance and approval of a faculty member chosen as their graduate advisor.
Linguistics
Ph.D. students in the Department of Linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington build on coursework to establish themselves as experts in specific areas of language investigation.
Public Law
The Faculty at University of Cape Town offers a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Public Law which is examined by a thesis.
Nursing
The goal of the PhD Program in Nursing at University of Kentucky, which is ranked among the top eight programs in the U.S. by the National Research Council, is to prepare students to conduct clinical research that generates new knowledge applicable to nursing practice.
Leadership Studies with Reference to Security and Development
This exciting PhD Leadership Studies with Reference to Security and Development programme at King's College London offers supervision for MPhil/PhD research investigating the interaction between leadership and the security-development nexus, with a focus on developing countries.
Statistics
Statistics at University of Kwazulu Natal deals with creating, developing and applying scientific methods on collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data. Statisticians determine what information is reliable and which predictions can be trusted.

Bioengineering
Create medical engineering technologies for rehabilitation, therapeutics, and medical informatics with this Bioengineering degree from the University of Canterbury.
Microbiology
Microbiology is one of eight interdisciplinary PhD themes within Graduate Biomedical Sciences at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Students select a theme upon application but have access to faculty and courses from across GBS, allowing for flexibility in both research and academics.
Organizational Leadership - Special Education (Qualitative Research)
The online Organizational Leadership - Special Education (Qualitative Research) degree at Grand Canyon University empowers learners to become leaders in K-12 special education.
Business Administration - Marketing
Business Administration - Marketing is one of seven majors offered through Florida State University’s College of Business’ Ph.D. in Business Administration.
Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner
An FNP is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who provides a broad range of family-focused health care services to patients of all ages, including infants, adolescents, adults, and seniors. We offer a Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner degree at the Florida State University.

Contemporary Art and Scottish Colonialism
What are your understandings and experiences of historical and contemporary legacies of Scottish colonial history and how can they be share and communicated through contemporary art practice and research? Join the Contemporary Art and Scottish Colonialism programme from the University of Dundee to find out more.
Economics
Lingnan University's Economics Doctoral Program, a pinnacle of academic excellence, is meticulously designed to cultivate exceptional scholars within a dynamic research environment.
Curriculum and Instruction
Develop the knowledge, professional skills, ethical sensibilities, and leadership potential to make a difference in the lives of all children and youth. This Curriculum and Instruction program is offered at Boston College.
Economics
The Department of Economics at University of Missouri - Columbia offers graduate work leading to the master of arts and the doctor of philosophy degrees.
Physical Therapy
Learn to diagnose and treat movement dysfunction to help people live healthier lives with this Physical Therapy degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Poetry - Text, Practice as Research
This Poetry - Text, Practice as Research programme from University of Kent enables promising poets to develop the potential of poetry as a tool of inquiry within the humanities.
Biostatistics
Biostatistics from University of California, Berkeley offers training in the theory of statistics and biostatistics, computer implementation of analytic methods and opportunities to use this knowledge in areas of biological/medical research.