Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

Why do your PhD at The University of Auckland?

New Zealand's leading and largest faculty of arts

The Faculty of Arts at The University of Auckland was recently ranked among the top arts faculties in the world. We were ranked number 39 for arts and humanities and number 30 for social sciences by the 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings.

We offer the PhD across an extensive variety of study areas, with over 35 subjects available for PhD research.

New Zealand's most research-active faculty of arts

You can work on your PhD with leading academics, many of whom are engaged in significant research programmes. We have the highest number of A-rated researchers overall in New Zealand (2006-7 Performance Based Research Fund evaluation, New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission).

Our staff research interests are listed here. To view staff web pages visit our department websites.

You should also download and read the University Doctoral Handbook.