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Musicology
Want to further your research on how music has developed over time and in different cultures across the world? Pursue the Musicology degree at the University of Birmingham where you'll be supervised by world leading academics with specialist knowledge in your research area.

Ageing Research
This Ageing Research course from the University of West London provides an opportunity for those with an interest in older adults and ageing to undertake advanced studies within your chosen area.

Medieval Irish
The aim of this Medieval Irish programme from Maynooth University is to provide students with a professional training in advanced academic research in early Irish literature, language and history, to deepen their knowledge in specific areas of these, and to endow them with the research skills appropriate to work in this field.

Medicine
The Medicine degree at the University of Leicester is a postgraduate research degree awarded for original research carried out in a clinical or health-care related context.

Micro-Nano Manufacturing
In Micro-Nano Manufacturing, researchers from Brunel University of London use a range of bench-top devices for the manufacturing of micro and nano-structures as well as technologies for developing agile, personalised and bespoke manufacturing.

Psychology
This Psychology programme at the University of Huddersfield is centred in the Brain, Behaviour and Cognition (BBC) research group, which brings together work spanning health and wellbeing, cognitive science and neuroscience, and forensic and investigative psychology in an interdisciplinary community exploring how people think, feel, learn and act.

Biomedicine
Throughout the Biomedicine MPhil, PhD, MD programme from Newcastle University we aim to understand the ways disease impacts patients’ lives. We do this by using new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.

Music, Media and Performance
The Department of Music, Media and Performance at the University of Chester offers research students the opportunity to work alongside well-practiced and experienced researchers.

Electronic Engineering
The Electronic Engineering programme of the Queen Mary University of London is part of the wider School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. This School has a dynamic community of over 200 PhD students and 80 Post Docs working on cutting-edge research.

Education EdD
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This Education programme at the University of Huddersfield allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.

Materials Science
At the Queen Mary University of London, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Materials Science.

Mechanical Engineering (Combined PhD)
Mechanical Engineering (Combined PhD) at Istanbul Aydin University is an integrated doctoral program designed for academically strong students who wish to pursue direct doctoral level education after completing their bachelor’s degree.

Modern Languages
The Modern Languages MPhil, PhD programme from Newcastle University are research-based programmes. You can specialise in topics in the languages of: Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American studies. Specialism is also possible in translating and interpreting.

Computer Systems Engineering
PhD in Computer Systems Engineering at Brunel University of London expands to different research areas such as audio and video networking, multimedia architectures and applications, data communications and networking, computer engineering, video, image processing and computer vision.

Chemical Process and Energy Engineering
The Chemical Process and Energy Engineering programme at London South Bank University aims to provide a thriving research environment and advanced training in a broad range of areas relating to Materials Engineering, Green Process Engineering, Explosions and Fire Research and Energy related topics.

Mathematics
Research in the Mathematics programme at the Queen Mary University of London covers a broad range of key subjects in pure and applied mathematics, and is consolidated into research groups reflecting the School’s key strengths.

Disability Studies
The Disability Studies programme at University of Bristol links theory, policy and practice in a multidisciplinary, research-intensive environment. Its research engages with and influences national and international policy.

Cancer Biology and Clinical Oncology
Jointly offered by the School of Medicine and the School of Sciences, the Cancer Biology and Clinical Oncology course from European University Cyprus (EUC) trains candidates to become independent scholars and researchers in biomedical sciences, contributing to progress in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer.

Industrial Engineering and Management
The Industrial Engineering and Management programmes offered by Universidade de Aveiro is designed to equip students with the knowledge, methodologies, and critical thinking skills necessary to make meaningful scientific contributions to Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM).

Geographic Data Science
This Geographic Data Science programme at University of Bristol trains the next generation of geographic data and quantitative social scientists who are interested in understanding how to use data science and other quantitative methods to tackle pressing geospatial challenges in social and natural environments.