14 PhD programmes offered by the university

This activity draws together professors and researchers from the disciplines of political theory and political institutions, public policy and health policy, organisational theory and management and applied sociology. We offer a Health Policy and Governance degree at Keele University.

Research in Sociology at Keele University is clustered around four main areas: family, community and domestic life; consumerism, everyday life and contemporary culture; globalisation, risk and anxiety; urban spaces and cultures. 

The Research Centre for the Study of Politics, International Relations and Environment from Keele University is an excellent base for pursuing doctoral research, with a long record of successful Politics and International Relations PhD students who have gone on to careers in research in academia and in other fields. 

The Centre for Employment Policy and Equalities at the Keele University brings together a group of researchers specialised in international and national employment and equalities aspects of public policy from disciplines including human resource management, industrial relations, labour market studies and the political economy of work.

Research in Human Geography at Keele University is clustered around two broad themes: Social Geography and Cultural Geography.

Research in Social Policy at Keele University extends across the life course, from early childhood to older age. 

The Professional Doctorate in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Keele University award is a part-time course designed to provide a specialist route for professionals and managers working in the field of criminal justice, or in related fields, who wish to embark on doctoral study located within their own professional discipline and practice.

The Criminology group at the Centre for Social Policy from Keele University is dedicated to the advancement of research in the fields of crime, punishment and criminal justice, grounded in sociological, theoretical, public policy and systematic empirical approaches.

The Centre for Economic Research at Keele University offers a lively and active environment for research in Economics. 

Research in Physical Geography at Keele University focuses predominantly on glacial and periglacial environments and Quaternary environmental change.

Research in English and American literatures has a long and distinguished history at Keele University.

The Psychological Research Centre at Keele University is a thriving academic community made up of active Psychology researchers in a wide variety of areas.

The Counselling Doctorate programme at Keele University meets the needs of professionals/educationalists wishing to attain the highest level of professional and academic achievement.

At the Keele University, we offer our graduate students a phd programme from Public Policy. Join us!