The PhD in Philosophy comprises of the writing of a personal and original thesis which takes into account current debates in the field of international philosophy.
At the Higher Institute of Philosophy, various philosophical methods are employed: analytic philosophy, critical philosophy, phenomenology, etc. and all philosophical disciplines are practiced: history of philosophy (from antiquity to the contemporary period), theoretical philosophy (epistemology, metaphysiology, ontology) et practical (moral, political, applied ethics (economic, social, bioethics, biomedical ethics)), philosophy of sciences, arts, etc. It is possible to write a thesis in any of these fields of investigation.