Midwifery Research PhD

King's College London, University of London

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London is a QS World Top 1-ranked centre for nursing and midwifery research. Our MPhil and PhD programmes are tailored for qualified midwives from any country who wish to lead cutting-edge research in maternity care, perinatal health, and related policy. Expert supervisors support a wide range of midwifery and maternal health related research. Our work drives improvements in maternal and newborn outcomes, service delivery and policy, earning King’s 1st place in the UK for research quality, outputs and impact in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF). The Joint PhD is an innovative integrated programme that offers unique opportunities for the very best PhD supervision in an international context. The programme offered provides candidates with the opportunity to divide their PhD study between three prestigious universities (King’s, the University of Hong Kong and the National University of Singapore), enjoying full supervision at both. While supervisions and regular graduate seminars enable students to construct a theoretical, historical and systematic framework for their research, the Joint PhD also organizes international colloquia and workshops at which students can present and discuss their work with peers and academic staff across the institutions involved. The programme builds on an extensive network of existing institutional links, joint teaching experience and collaborative graduate programmes between King’s and our partner universities.