Location
St Luke’s Campus, Exeter
We offer an experienced support structure of Professors, Associate Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers and Research Fellows. Full technical and administrative support is also provided. Postgraduate experiences are enhanced with a programme of workshops and seminars, including sessions with internationally recognised visiting academics.
As a research student you will be housed in a modern study suite and provided with a personal computer with specialised software and internet access. You will also have access to generous travel funds. The majority of research students have presented their work to international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals prior to graduation.
Over the years research students have won numerous international and national awards for research excellence and all students have moved into full-time employment on graduation. Former students work in universities all over the UK as well as in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore and the USA.
What is an MPhil or PhD?
Both MPhil and PhD research degrees involve an extensive investigation of a particular topic.
MPhil research takes a maximum of three years to complete full-time, or five years part-time, and is assessed by the submission of a dissertation of up to 60,000 words. The PhD takes a maximum of four years full-time and seven years part-time and the results of your research will normally be assessed by a written thesis of up to 100,000 words and oral examination. The PhD is only awarded when the results of your investigation make an original contribution to knowledge in the field.
A PhD is the highest qualification that a university can award and offers a challenging and exciting opportunity to work at the cutting-edge of research: if you have these qualities Exeter can offer a very supportive environment in which to pursue research.
Advice for PhD applicants
Our online learning resource 'Considering a UK PhD?' provides lots of helpful advice and information from staff and students about the PhD experience at Exeter.
You may wish to read our general advice for PhD applicants webpages, which give tips on how to put together a successful research degree application.
Applicants for research programmes are also advised to visit the College's webpages to check for specific advice (see further information link). Here you will be able to find out about staff research interests and make preliminary enquiries about supervision. We advise that you do this before applying.
