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PhD in Philosophy

2026-06-25

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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