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Health and Psychology
There is an obvious need for research training in the health and psychology field from a multidisciplinary perspective; with the Health and Psychology doctoral programme, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) aim to answer this need.

Medicine
Medicine students from University of Brighton are awarded a joint degree from the University of Sussex. Research at BSMS spans basic science through to clinical projects, medical ethics and social science, offering a wide and exciting range of possibilities for postgraduate students.

Public Health
This Public Health programme from 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.

Clinical Dentistry (Oral Surgery)
The Clinical Dentistry (Oral Surgery) programme from University College Cork is a full-time programme running for 36 months from the date of first registration for the programme. It is run on a cyclical basis with an intake of students in October 2027 with four students maximum per intake on a three year cycle.

Gerontology
Join our community of Gerontology researchers at University of Southampton, and help us contribute to a better understanding of the experience of ageing amongst different groups and societies.

Population Medicine
You can conduct your research degree within Division of Population Medicine. Research in Population Medicine from Cardiff University, considers the whole environment within which healthcare is delivered, far beyond the individual.

Forensic Clinical Psychology
Join the first practitioner Doctorate in the UK to provide expertise in two different branches of applied psychology and embark on a transformative journey to eligibility to practise as a Forensic and Clinical psychologist. The Forensic Clinical Psychology programme is offered by University of Birmingham.

Health Technologies
Throughout the Health Technologies degree from University of Gloucestershire you'll learn to use of different technologies in healthcare is growing exponentially. This has led to a transformation in the approaches to health problems and challenges globally.

Speech and Language Sciences
Speech-language therapists/pathologists are professionals educated in the study of human communication, how it develops, and the many differences and difficulties that children and adults experience. The Speech and Language Sciences programme is offered at University of Canterbury.

Ageing and Dementia Studies
The PhD Ageing and Dementia Studies programme at Bangor University is embedded in the ‘Ageing & Dementia@Bangor’/DSDC which has a particular focus on resilience and the importance of evaluating and developing health and social care in ageing as well as dementia.

Health Science
Renowned for delivering excellent courses and conducting high quality research, the School of Healthcare Sciences offers a range of postgraduate opportunities for national and international students. The Health Science programme is offered by the Bangor University.

Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse Epidemiology
This Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse Epidemiology programme from University of Bristol is an innovative interdisciplinary, four-year, graduate programme within the thriving, inter-disciplinary Bristol Medical School in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Bristol.

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 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.

Doctor of Philosophy - Occupational Therapy
As a research degree in Doctor of Philosophy - Occupational Therapy candidate at Curtin University, you will uncover new knowledge either by the discovery of new facts, the formulation of theories or the innovative reinterpretation of known data and established ideas.

Welfare, Health and Wellbeing
Researchers in the Welfare, Health and Wellbeing degree delivered by Brunel University of London are work in the UK and internationally to improve knowledge of the social processes that contribute to people’s welfare, health and wellbeing.

Prosthodontics
If you are a dental graduate who wants to pursue a career in prosthodontics, this programme is for you. The Professional Doctorate Programme in Prosthodontics offered at Queen Mary University of London provides an integrated 3 years training for dentists who aspire to be specialists, either in primary or secondary services, or clinical academics of the future.

Health Economics
The Health Economics PhD programme at Bangor University will provide students with research skills relevant to employment in the academic and university sector, Health Service and other healthcare organisations as well as the private sector, such as consultancy and the pharmaceutical industry.

Pharmaceutical Sciences
Join this Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences programme offered by University of Nicosia to conduct independent research and to be able to apply in-depth specialized knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Drug Design and Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Delivery and Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacovigilance.

PhD in Biomedical Science
Study human health and disease at an advanced level. Focus in detail on your specialist areas of cell and molecular biology, genetics, immunology, biological and medicinal chemistry, physiology or environmental health. We offer a PhD in Biomedical Science degree at the Victoria University of Wellington.

Vision Sciences
The Cardiff University's PhD in Vision Sciences comprises student-led research across a wide range of disciplines, from molecular and cell biology to neuroscience and clinical studies of human vision.