Islamic Studies (PhD)

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Islamic Studies offered by the Institute of Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Arts is a research-intensive program that emphasizes innovative and specialized learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in out-of-the-box thinking, literature synthesis, and the presentation of complex topics to pursue professional opportunities in academia or industry.

The program may also be taken as a Gender & Women's Studies option where students focus on gender and women's studies, and issues in feminist research and methods. In this option, the student's Ph.D. thesis must be on a topic centrally relating to issues of gender and/or women's studies.

Keywords: Arabic, Persian, Islamic Studies, Women’s Studies, Middle Eastern, Urdu, Turkish, South Asia, Islamic theology, Islamic philosophy, Anthropology of Islam, Qur'an, Sufism, Safavid, Shi’i, Islam and Politics, Ottoman, Africa.

• An eligible Bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA out of a possible 4.0 GPA. For this program, an eligible MA degree (or equivalent) in the Humanities or Social Sciences, with an emphasis on Islamic Studies or Middle Eastern Studies
• English-language proficiency

Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents. Please visit the program website for more details.

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