RDRSARCH - MPhil / PhD Research Degree

Many people with an MPhil or PhD become lecturers, teachers or researchers, but these are by no means the only destinations.

Depending on your discipline, you may go into industry (this is frequently the case for graduates in biological or computer science), the City (business and law graduates), public sector management and/or policy-making (social science and business graduates), international governmental organisations (social science and business graduates) or non-governmental organisations.

Many of our graduates are mid-career and use their degree for career enhancement in (for example) the police or security services, education, counselling, or diplomacy.

The normal minimum requirement for enrolment for a research degree is a good honours degree from a UK university or equivalent (first or second class).

Increasingly, applicants tend to have obtained a Masters degree before entry. Candidates with other qualifications are considered on their merits. The University is sympathetic to mature applicants whose experience of research might be judged to compensate for a lack of formal qualifications at the required level.

English language requirements

In addition to academic requirements, we normally expect applicants whose first language is not English to have an IELTS, or equivalent English language qualification recognised by the University and the Home Office.