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Industrial Engineering
Dalhousie University's Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering programme prepares you for impactful roles in optimizing complex systems. Prepare for a career optimizing processes, enhancing efficiency, and driving innovation in industries including manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, transportation telecommunications, technology, aerospace, automotive, and e-commerce.

Film, Theatre and Television
The Department was one of the first in the country to offer practice-as-research PhDs. This type of Film, Theatre and Television doctorate at University of Reading allows you to refine your ideas and present your postgraduate research as both practice and thesis.

Economics
In line with our Public Value ethos, the PhD in Economics degree offered by Cardiff University, is a programme designed for highly qualified and motivated students who wish to research current and important problems and phenomena facing our economy and society.

Economics and Finance
As a Nova School of Business and Economics Ph.D. graduate from the Economics and Finance programme, you will systematically be suited for positions in competitive international academia and research institutions. You will also be prepared to fill top positions in business companies, financial institutions, and governmental organizations.

Fire Engineering
The Fire Engineering degree at University of Canterbury is open to graduates from relevant branches of engineering, and covers all aspects of fire safety in buildings and other structures, human safety, and risk assessment.

Applied Clinical Research and Public Health
Applied Clinical Research and Public Health is a research programme from Cardiff University, within which you can focus your studies as part of the suite of Dentistry research programmes.

Culture and Evolution
Research in the area of Culture and Evolution delivered by Brunel University of London focuses on cultural variation in, and evolutionary origins of, psychology and behaviour – integration of proximate and ultimate perspectives, across levels of analysis from individual biology and personality, through group and social processes to the broader culture.

Cancer and Genetics
The Cancer and Genetics programme from Cardiff University strategy is to drive research for the benefit of patients affected by cancer and by inherited disease in Wales and beyond.

Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainability Science and Technology
This Sustainability Science and Technology programme from Sunway University aims to produce leaders in academia and industry through its multi-disciplinary approach to sustainability. Graduates will be equipped with quantitative and qualitative analytical skills necessary to formulate and champion technological solutions to global sustainability issues.

World Economics
The World Economics programme from Corvinus University of Budapest is an academic workshop with a history spanning more than a quarter of a century, founded by internationally renowned professors of international economics and development studies.

Biomedical Science
Our Biomedical Science integrated programme at University of Southampton is aimed at students who want to become independent researchers in biomedical sciences. You'll develop the advanced research, quantitative and bioinformatics skills, you'll need.

Information Systems
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Information Systems follows a strong research-intensive tradition on the North American model.

African Languages and Cultures
On the African Languages and Cultures programme offered at SOAS University of London supervision is provided for research leading to MPhil and PhD degrees within the broad general area of African studies.

Business and Management
The Business and Management programme of the Queen Mary University of London is one of the most vibrant and intensive research degrees in London. Students become members of an internationally recognised research community in which scholarly excellence and innovative training are highly valued.

Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
By studying for a PhD with us, you will be joining a thriving research community of over 200 Doctoral Researchers from across the globe. You will add to world-leading research that is helping to shape the latest advancements across the sport, exercise and health sectors. The Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences programme is offered at Loughborough University.

PhD in Health Leadership and Management
Master the tools and models that enhance strategic thinking, decision-making and leadership. Improve your ability to collaborate with other health professionals to provide quality, people-centred leadership and management in the health sector. We offer a PhD in Health Leadership and Management degree at Victoria University of Wellington.

Physics and Astronomy
Join our rich and vibrant community of researchers in the Physics and Astronomy programme from University of Southampton. Together we’re understanding the physics behind the fabric of the Universe and how it affects the world we observe.

Business Computing
The PhD Business Computing programme from the Technological University of the Shannon in the Faculty of Business and Hospitality will open up a wide range of career opportunities, depending on your specitic topic of study, your motivations, and your nterests and skills.

Information Systems and Computing (Integrated)
Research in Information Systems and Computing (Integrated) programme at Brunel University of London is internationally recognised, ranked 5th in the UK in the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities and 1st in the UK for H-index (source NTU 2018).

Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy
Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy programme offered at Cardiff University is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences research programmes (MPhil, MD, PhD).