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PhD in Anthropology: Sociocultural, Archaeological, and Biological Anthropology at UC Berkeley University of California, Berkeley in United States
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Anthropology
Funding
Available
Deadline
Dec 1, 2026
Country
United States
University
University of California, Berkeley
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The University of California, Berkeley Anthropology PhD offers advanced doctoral study of diverse analytic and substantive problems in the contemporary world, with research sites globally.
Students may pursue concentrations in Sociocultural Anthropology, Archaeology, or Biological Anthropology. The program supports research across a broad range of topics, including political economy and finance; race, gender, and sexuality; psychological and medical anthropology; religion and secularism; genomics and the anthropology of science and reason; folklore theory; linguistic anthropology; long-term human-environment relations; and the cultural politics of food, energy, and space.
Additional research directions include aging and the life course, historic archaeology, archaeology of the contemporary, bioarchaeology, biocultural approaches in human biology, human evolution, cultural politics of identity, space and the body, agrarian micropolitics, and urban anthropology. This breadth allows doctoral researchers to develop projects connecting cultural, biological, archaeological, linguistic, and environmental perspectives.
The program is based in Berkeley’s Department of Anthropology and is designed for students pursuing independent, research-oriented doctoral work across global contexts.
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How to apply
Review the Anthropology PhD program information and follow the University of California, Berkeley graduate admissions process. Submit the application by December 1, 2026.
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