37 PhD programmes offered by the university

Within the broad areas of Business and Management, there are multiple themes available to study a PhD at Abertay University.

Abertay University’s Division of Psychology has a strong and active role in delivering research degrees, including those in partnership with the NHS, local education authorities, Police Scotland, and the business and digital technology communities. The university offers this PhD in Cognitive Psychology and Vision Science.

Abertay University’s Sport and Exercise Sciences Division has expertise in women’s sport equity; sedentary lifestyle risk factors; exercise and health training interventions; high-intensity exercise; elite sports performance; and healthy ageing. The university offers this PhD in Duty of Care in Sport.

Abertay’s Division of Psychology and Forensic Sciences has a strong and active role in delivering research degrees, including those in partnership with the NHS, local education authorities, Police Scotland, and the business and digital technology communities. This Evolutionary Psychology and Relationship Science programme is offered at Abertay University.

Abertay University’s Division of Psychology and Forensic Sciences has a strong and active role in delivering research degrees, including those in partnership with the NHS, local education authorities, Police Scotland, and the business and digital technology communities. The university offers this PhD in Fingerprints and Forensic Mark Visualisation.

Game Studies at Abertay University investigates digital games from a humanities-oriented perspective, utilising critical, historical, and social research methodologies.

Sociology’s postgraduate culture centres on students completing a PhD. Abertay University has been a key partner in a number of large European grants specifically examining the interaction between technology, society and social innovation, as well as exploring social network dynamics for collective awareness.

Interactive Sound and Music researchers at Abertay University are operating at the forefront in dynamic audio production for applications including games, immersive experiences, installations, and performance and play.

Abertay’s Division of Psychology and Forensic Sciences has a strong and active role in delivering research degrees, including those in partnership with the NHS, local education authorities, Police Scotland, and the business and digital technology communities. This PhD in Forensic Psychology, Crime Scene Evidence and Policing is offered at Abertay University.

This PhD in Impact of Contaminants on Metabolic Health by Abertay University's Sport and Exercise Sciences Division will prepare you for a rewarding career as an academic and researcher, as well as opening up opportunities for a diverse range of careers outside of academia.

Research and knowledge exchange within the field of mental and physical health/wellbeing is a key priority for the 21st century. This PhD in Professional Development in Mental Health Nursing and Counselling is offered at Abertay University.

Much of our Sport and Development, Exercise and Physical Activity research at Abertay University focuses on work involving populations with protected characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disability) and aims to contribute to the duty of care agenda, which has growing salience as an issue in contemporary sport.

Research within the Division of Engineering and Food Science at Abertay University is at the forefront of new developments and knowledge transfer in food innovation and sustainability. The university offers this Human Nutrition, Dietary Patterns and Physical Activity Linked to Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan PhD.

The divisional expertise spans a number of areas central to responding to societal and medical needs. This is carried out within a range of contexts and using a number of research methodologies. This PhD in Infertility and Sperm Function is offered at Abertay University.

Immersive Experiences and Technologies at Abertay University covers a wide range of applied and theoretical research.

With more than two decades of experience in computer games education, Abertay University helped to pioneer the development of academic study for artists engaged with new and emergent media technologies. It offers this PhD in Computer Arts.

The food and drink industry is extremely important to the UK/Scottish economy and Abertay research within the Division of Engineering and Food Science is at the forefront of new developments and knowledge transfer in food innovation and sustainability. This PhD in Food and Drink Science and Technology - Novel and Sustainable Production is offered at Abertay University.