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Join an institution with over 100 years of research expertise. Challenge yourself and your subject to improve society. Make an original contribution to knowledge.
Completing a research degree is a significant achievement, one of the greatest academic challenges.
Our research degrees provide the ideal opportunity for you to make an original contribution to knowledge.
Each degree is unique, built around the topic of your choice.
You’ll be supported by a Research Student Manager (RSM) who will be by your side from registration to graduation.
Your supervisory team – including your Director of Studies (lead supervisor) and at least one co-supervisor – will play a vital role in advising and supporting you, helping you to think about fresh possibilities.
You’ll benefit from their varied expertise in the area of your research as they guide you through your journey as a researcher.
Take a look below to find the right course for you.
Take your education to the next level. Choose the areas you want to study, and which questions you want to research. Take the initiative while we support you with advice, guidance and facilities.
Find out more about Master of Philosophy
Refine your own agenda and do what you find interesting every day. Develop mastery of research methods that are appropriate to your chosen field. Discover things that no-one else has ever discovered.
Find out more about Doctor of Philosophy
Take the fastest route to a PhD. Convert your previous research outputs into a qualification which will increase your employability and open up new opportunities. Progress your academic career and add credibility in applications for research funding.
Find out more about Existing Published or Creative Work
Take your academic career to the highest level. Make a very significant and sustained contribution to your subject. Gain an elite qualification that will mark you out as an outstanding contributor to your field.
Find out more about Higher Doctorate
Explore the link between issues in the professional practice with relevant academic theory, and apply this to the critical investigation of problems, the creation of solutions, and the introduction of change within the workplace. Develop pragmatic solutions by gaining a wider perspective on issues within the professional role, and draw theory from different academic disciplines to synthesize diverse ideas.
Find out more about Doctor of Business Administration via Study Centres
Explore links in professional practice with relevant academic theory, and apply this to the critical investigation of problems, the creation of solutions and the introduction of change within the workplace. Develop pragmatic solutions by gaining a wider perspective to issues within the professional role, and draw theory from different academic disciplines to synthesize diverse ideas.
Find out more about Professional Doctorate via Study Centres
Take your education to the next level. Choose the areas you want to study, and which questions you want to research. Take the initiative while we support you with advice, guidance and facilities.
Find out more about Master of Philosophy
Refine your own agenda and do what you find interesting every day. Develop mastery of research methods that are appropriate to your chosen field. Discover things that no-one else has ever discovered.
Find out more about Doctor of Philosophy
Take the fastest route to a PhD. Convert your previous research outputs into a qualification which will increase your employability and open up new opportunities. Progress your academic career and add credibility in applications for research funding.
Find out more about Existing Published or Creative Work
Take your academic career to the highest level. Make a very significant and sustained contribution to your subject. Gain an elite qualification that will mark you out as an outstanding contributor to your field.
Find out more about Higher Doctorate
Explore the link between issues in the professional practice with relevant academic theory, and apply this to the critical investigation of problems, the creation of solutions, and the introduction of change within the workplace. Develop pragmatic solutions by gaining a wider perspective on issues within the professional role, and draw theory from different academic disciplines to synthesize diverse ideas.
Find out more about Doctor of Business Administration via Study Centres
Explore links in professional practice with relevant academic theory, and apply this to the critical investigation of problems, the creation of solutions and the introduction of change within the workplace. Develop pragmatic solutions by gaining a wider perspective to issues within the professional role, and draw theory from different academic disciplines to synthesize diverse ideas.
Find out more about Professional Doctorate via Study Centres
Take your education to the next level. Choose the areas you want to study, and which questions you want to research. Take the initiative while we support you with advice, guidance and facilities.
Find out more about Master of Philosophy
Refine your own agenda and do what you find interesting every day. Develop mastery of research methods that are appropriate to your chosen field. Discover things that no-one else has ever discovered.
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For over 100 years, researchers at the University have been challenging themselves and their subjects to improve society – from the early days of pharmacy to the support for heavy industry at its height, to today's new sciences and advanced artificial technologies.
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