PhD Program

The Department of Religious Studies at Rice University is a research program dedicated to describing and analyzing all forms of religion and religious behavior with a wide variety of philosophical, historical, social-scientific, theological, and literary methods.

Our select Ph.D. program boasts significant financial support, training in specific religious traditions and methodologies, apprentice experience, and a faculty deeply involved in scholarship of international scope while remaining attentive to the intellectual projects of individual students.

One of the benefits of work within a small, well supported, and distinguished department is the ability to tailor the program to meet the needs and interests of each student. Requirements for the Ph.D. degree reflect this unique dimension of the training offered.