68 PhD programmes offered by the university

Keele University is at the forefront of Environment and Sustainability research across a wide range of disciplines. Within the Faculty of Natural Sciences, this includes staff within Geography, Geology and the Environment, Life Sciences and Chemistry.

Research opportunities in the Biology programme at Keele University include a wide range of topics in mammalian molecular biology, molecular medicine, epigenetics, proteomics, physiology, structural biology and neuroscience.

Research in Clinical Biochemistry at the Keele University ranges from the purely clinical setting through to basic science with an emphasis on the translational opportunities “from bench to bedside”.

A professional doctorate in Pharmacy at Keele University provides a programme of advanced study and research, equally rigorous to the purely research oriented PhD. 

Music research at Keele University has two main themes: Music Technology and Musicology. The Music Technology research group is one of the largest teams in UK Higher Education focusing on the creative aspects of Music Technology. 

At the Keele University, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Diagnostic Science.

The Clinical Science group at Keele University supports a wide range of research ranging from the purely clinical setting through to basic science with an emphasis on the translational opportunities “from bench to bedside”.

The Research Institute for Social Sciences and the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Keele University have a developing portfolio of active researchers and supervisors. 

The Occupational Therapy related research at Keele University is aimed at optimising independence and quality of life, health and exercise programmes, measurement and modelling, service evaluation and the role of assistive technology.

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.

Media, Communications and Culture research at Keele University has an inter-disciplinary research focus, with a history of collaboration with disciplines such as Sociology, English and Creative Writing, Politics, Film, and Music as well as subject areas such as Memory Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Science and Technology Studies and the Environmental Humanities.

At Keele University, the part-time Professional Doctorate in Social Work, DSW builds on the established and very successful BA (Hons) Social Work and MA Social Work to provide a specialist route for social work professionals who wish to embark on doctoral study located within their own professional discipline.

Keele historians are enthusiastic, reflective and ambitious scholars. We offer a phd degree in History at the Keele University.

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

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

We offer a Medical Statistics degree at the Keele University. This is a growing research grouping within 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. 

Research in English and American Literatures, in which Creative Writing is situated, has a long and distinguished history at Keele University. 

Research opportunities in the Neuroscience degree at Keele University include a wide range of topics in mammalian molecular biology, molecular medicine, epigenetics, proteomics, physiology, structural biology and neuroscience.