Full time
3 years
APR-24
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
English Language
Research
English at Leicester All research areas within English are offered as:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - campus based full-time and part-time
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - campus based full-time and part-time
Supervision and research areas
We offer PhD and MPhil supervision in English in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:
Themes
History of the Book
Literature, Medicine, and Science
Literature and War
Literature, Art, and Film
Literature and Adolescence
Life Writing
Gender and Sexuality
Periods
Renaissance and Early Modern
Romantic and Victorian
20th Century and Contemporary
PhD description
PhD students complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team. The maximum period of registration permitted before thesis submission is 4 years full-time / 7 years part-time.
Active research (including all experimental work, laboratory work, field work, and data collection) will typically take 3 to 3.5 years full-time / 6 to 6.5 years part-time. On completion of active research students may request approval to register for a writing-up period of up to 12 months. The period of active research and writing-up together must not exceed the maximum registration period.
The thesis should not normally exceed 80,000 words and must make an original contribution to knowledge and contain work of publishable quality. The thesis must then be defended in a viva voce (oral) examination before a degree can be awarded.
For this course (per year)
£4,786
For this course (per year)
£17,550
You must hold a UK undergraduate (Bachelor's) degree with at least First-Class or Upper Second-Class honours or an equivalent qualification from a recognised overseas institution. We would also normally expect applicants to hold a Master's degree.
The University of Leicester has a distinguished history of excellence in education for more than a hundred years. It has been a crucible in which great minds and mentors have come together to break new ground, develop fresh ideas and invent useful methods of understanding our world. Research has always been a driving force behind the university’s success, and Leicester’s postgraduate community engages with some of the most significant social,...more
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