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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Campus East
Part Time
Feb 2027
6 Year
York Law School was ranked joint first for the excellence of its research outputs in Times Higher Education's ranking of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. 46 per cent of our publications were classed as ‘world leading’ (4) and 34 per cent ‘internationally excellent’ (3). We encourage PhD, MPhil and MA (Research) applicants from all over the world to join us in one of the best Schools in the UK for legal and socio-legal research. We have an international reputation for research excellence in legal and socio-legal studies. We are a vibrant community committed to research excellence. Research in the School is focussed around six research clusters, which include PGR students.
