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PhD in Philosophy

2026-07-20

Admission Requirements

Applicants must pass a personal interview.

Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s degree (Licentiate) in Philosophical Studies with at least a “Good” grade. International applicants are exempt from the grade requirement.


Target Audience

Egyptian and International Students.

Program Duration

Minimum duration: 3 years

Maximum duration: 5 years

Application Period

From the beginning of August until the end of the second week after the start of classes.

Credit Hours

50 Credit Hours


Program Advantages

  • • Meets the needs of academic writing in the humanities.
  • • Develop advanced digital skills for conducting and publishing philosophical research.
  • • Engages with contemporary digital transformations and artificial intelligence.
  • • Strengthens research capacities in the humanities.
  • • Offers diverse specialization and research fields.
  • • Enhance career advancement opportunities across multiple sectors.
  • • Prepares graduates for teaching philosophy locally and internationally.
  • • Improves responsiveness to social and technological changes.
  • • Expands employment opportunities across various sectors.
  • • Strengthens communication and teamwork skills.
  • • Contributes to building a philosophical academic community.
  • • Develops advanced philosophical research competencies aligned with labor market needs.

Graduate Competencies

  • • Conduct advanced philosophical research and publish in high-impact academic journals.
  • • Apply philosophical research methodologies and concepts effectively.
  • • Critically and creatively analyze philosophical texts.
  • • Use modern technologies in philosophical writing and research.
  • • Strengthen academic and administrative competencies.
  • • Employ artificial intelligence tools in philosophical analysis and research.
  • • Manage research projects and collaborate within humanities disciplines.
  • • Teach and supervise academic research.
  • • Communicate effectively in academic and professional contexts.
  • • Analyze key problems in Hellenistic philosophy and their relevance to modern thought.
  • • Study historical transformations in modern science and contribute theoretically to research development.
  • • Examine Sufi traditions and their connection to contemporary mysticism.
  • • Analyze ancient Eastern thought and its relation to Western philosophy.
  • • Understand Orientalism and apply critical perspectives (“Occidentalism”) in studying Western thought.
  • • Apply ethical theories to contemporary social issues.
  • • Analyze Jewish philosophical traditions and their development.
  • • Develop linguistic and philosophical translation skills.
  • • Apply educational philosophy to curriculum development.
  • • Use interpretive methodologies in legal and religious texts.
  • • Address contemporary theological and doctrinal issues.
  • • Study modern Western philosophical movements and their relation to Arab thought.
  • • Explore the relationship between metaphysics and science.
  • • Address environmental and medical ethics issues.
  • • Analyze mythology and ideology from a philosophical perspective.
  • • Contribute to philosophy of mind and consciousness studies.
  • • Apply philosophy in literature and media analysis.
  • • Study postmodernism and its relevance to Arab intellectual contexts.
  • • Understand artificial intelligence through logical and theoretical frameworks.
  • • Analyze digital media from a philosophical perspective.
  • • Develop philosophical approaches to language and linguistics.
  • • Critically analyze cinema using philosophical tools.

Contact Information

Email:

gehan.elsayed@art.asu.edu.eg

Program Website:

https://arts.asu.edu.eg/storage/uploads/mediacenter/2022/7ILSRrRBNMM3834g.pdf





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