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MPhil - Master of Philosophy
Plymouth Campus
Full Time
Oct 2026
1 Year
Most of our programmes comprise input from researchers, current practitioners, professional bodies, business and industry. This ensures they are current, relevant and stimulating, and enable you to develop practical skills sought by employers. You work on an advanced research project with a small supervisory team of academic experts under the Director of Studies. You are expected to fully engage with your personal skills development and to present your research in a range of scholarly contexts.
This programme is suitable for people who have a particular research question or topic in mind, and wish to explore this through independent study in order to produce an original contribution to the subject. If you aspire to a research career this is the most appropriate research degree to undertake.
You will be guided by a small supervisory team of academic experts under the direction of a Director of Studies.
You will be expected to fully engage with skills development and training and to present your research in a range of scholarly contexts.
You will be assessed via submission of either a written thesis (up to 40,000 words), or one that combines critical writing with artistic, creative and/or professional practice, and a viva voce (an oral examination).
The University of Plymouth's campus is centrally located within Britain's Ocean City, perched on the south western coast...
