PhD Dissertation

1. Abdullah, Irwan. 1994. The Muslim businessmen of Jatinom : religious reform and economic modernization in a Central Javanese town. Amsterdam: Uiversiteit van Amsterdam.
2. Alfian. 1969. Islamic modernism in Indonesian politics: the Muhammadijah movement during the Dutch colonial period (1912-1942). Thesis (Ph.D.), The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1969, 636 pages; AAT 6909662
3. Arifianto, Alexander R. 2012. Faith, Moral Authority, and Politics: The Making of Progressive Islam in Indonesia. Thesis (PhD) - Arizona State University.
4. Asyari, Suaidi. 2007. Islam and democracy in Indonesia: political responses of Muhammadiyah & Nahdlatul Ulama in the outer islands of Java 1998-2007. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Asia Institute, 2008.
5. Candraningrum, Dewi. 2008. The challenge of teaching English in Indonesian's Muhammadiyah Universities (1958 - 2005) mainstreaming gender through postcolonial Muslim women writers. Uni-Press-Hochschulschriften, Bd. 157. Berlin: Lit.
6. Djamil, Fathurrahman. 1994. Ijtihad Muhammadiyah Dalam Masalah-masalah Fiqh Kontemporer. Doctoral Dissertation. IAIN Syarif Hidyatullah Jakarta.
7. Fachruddin, Fuad. 2005. Educating for democracy: ideas and practices of Islamic civil society association in Indonesia. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 2005.
8. Fathurrahman H. 1995. Metode Ijtihad Majelis Tarjih Muhammadiyah. Doctoral Dissertation. IAIN, Yogyakarta.
9. It, Suraiya. 2005. The women's movement in Indonesia: With special reference to the 'Aisyiyah organization. Ph.D. dissertation, Temple University, United States -- Pennsylvania.
10. Jainuri, Achmad. 1997. The formation of the Muhammadiyah's ideology, 1912-1942. Thesis (Ph.D.), McGill University (Canada), 1997, 236 pages; AAT NQ36987
11. Jung, E.. "Taking care of the faithful: Islamic organizations and partisan engagement in Indonesia". Ph.D. diss., The University of Wisconsin - Madison ,2009.
12. Ka'bah, Rifyal. 1998. "Keputusan Lajnah Tarjih Muhammadiyah dan Lajnah Basul Masail NU sebagai Keputusan Ijtihad Jama'i di Indonesia. (Disertasi Doktor. Universitas Indonesia. Jakarta)
13. Kato, Hisanori. 1999. Religion and its functions in society: Islam and the creation of a democratic civilised society in Indonesia : with special attention to Nahdlatul Ulama, Muhammadiyah and Ikatan Cendekiawan Muslim se-Indonesia. Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Studies in Religion, Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney, 1999.
14. Kim, Hyung-Jun. 2007. Reformist Muslims in Yogyakarta Village: the Islamic transformation of contemporary socio-religious life. Canberra: ANU E Press.
15. Mulkhan, Andul Munir. 1999. Gerakan "Pemumian Islam" Di Pedesan. Doctoral Dissertation. UGM, Yogyakarta.
16. Nakamura, Mitsuo. 1976. The crescent arises over the banyan tree a study of the Muhammadijah movement in a Central Javanese town. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, 1976.
17. Noer, Deliar. 1963. The rise and development of the modernist Muslim movement in Indonesia during the Dutch colonial period (1900-1942). Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, 1963.
18. Ryan, Bartholomew John. 1999. Alif lam mim: reconciling Islam, modernity, and tradition in an Indonesian kampung. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1999.
19. Saleh, Fauzan. 2001. Modern trends in Islamic theological discourse in 20th century Indonesia: a critical survey. Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, v. 79. Leiden: Brill. 
20. Salman, Ismah. 2005. Keluarga Sakinah dalam `Aisyiyah: Diskursus jender di organisasi perempuan Muhammadiyah.Jakarta: PSAP Muhammadiyah
21. Shihab, Alwi Abdurahman. 1995. The Muhammadiyah movement and its controversy with Christian mission in Indonesia. Thesis (Ph.D.), Temple University, 1995, 369 pages; AAT 9600080
22. Syamsiyatun, Siti, and Susan Blackburn. 2006. Serving young Islamic Indonesian women: the development of gender discourse in Nasyiatul Aisyiyah 1965-2005. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Monash University, 2006.
23. Syamsuddin, M. Sirajuddin. 1991. Religion and politics in Islam: the case of Muhammadiyah in Indonesia's New Order. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1991.
24. Wan Yusof, Wan Sabri. 1997. Hamka's "Tafsir al-Azhar": Qur'anic exegesis as a mirror of social change. Ph.D., Temple University, 1997, 291 pages; AAT 9813562
25. White, Sally Jane. “Reformist Islam, Gender and Marriage in Late Colonial Dutch East Indies, 1900–1942”. Ph.D. thesis, The Australian National University, 2004.
26. Yusuf, M Yunan. 1989. Corak Pemikiran Kalam Tafsir Al-Azhar. Doctoral Dissertation. IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta.