35 PhD programmes offered by the university

The University of Brighton welcomes applicants for a PhD in Politics, one of its major academic strengths. You will work within a thriving and supportive academic environment, with membership of one or more of our specialist centres.

The University of Brighton took a pioneering role in the development of Sport and Leisure Cultures research and it has been a key discipline at the university.

The Regenerative Medicine students from the University of Brighton are based within, and members of, our specialist research Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Devices.

The Computing course from University of Brighton has an international reputation for research in Computing, notably in areas of security systems, heritage technologies, Vetronics (Vehicle Electronics), user-experience and natural language generation.

The Tourism and Hospitality programme offered at University of Brighton has taken a pioneering role in the academic study of tourism, tourism management, events and hospitality and welcomes students undertaking PhD research across all aspects of tourism and hospitality.

The University of Brighton is a creative and intellectually vibrant focus for a PhD in Art and Creative Practices.

The Digital Media and Digital Cultures at the University of Brighton is committed to cross-disciplinary approaches to research into and through digital media, digital innovation, creative digital and the growth and adoption of digital culture in all walks of life.

The University of Brighton has an established reputation for pioneering research into art, design and material culture and is a recognised centre of excellence both nationally and internationally for design history. It offers this PhD in History of Design and History of Art.

The University of Brighton offers interdisciplinary study across a range of allied health and healthcare practice areas. It offers this PhD degree in Nursing.

The University of Brighton offers a Sport and Exercise Science is the perfect place for your PhD in fields allied to sports science and exercise science.

As an Engineering PhD student at the University of Brighton you will be joining the prestigious Advanced Engineering Centre (AEC). The centre has its own dedicated building and enjoys an international reputation for producing innovative, future-facing research.

As a PhD student in Ecology and Environmental Management at the University of Brighton, you will join a team of experts whose research informs real world change locally, nationally and globally.

The Business and Law at the University of Brighton is among an elite set of international schools proven to provide the best in business education worldwide.

The University of Brighton offers an active, supportive and stimulating environment for English Literature PhD study in a range of literary fields.

As an Occupational Therapy PhD student at the University of Brighton you will be able to develop your expertise in an area of clinical or professional practice and advance your knowledge, understanding and application of research methodologies.

At the Criminology research programme at the University of Brighton you will enter an academic community that addresses challenges within the criminal justice system and beyond, considering social, health, psychological, spatial, and environmental injustice, seeking to transform policy and practice on global and more local scales.

As a PhD student in this programme at the University of Brighton, you will benefit from membership of the university's Ecology, Conservation and Zoonosis Research and Enterprise Group.

The Linguistics and Language research portfolio at the University of Brighton is evolving rapidly with enthusiastic and dedicated supervision for PhD work in linguistics and related language studies across a number of specialisms.

In taking your PhD in Mathematics and Statistics with the University of Brighton, you are joining a research culture that focuses on developing and applying theory and methods to help solve real world problems.

The PhD in Film, Screen and Popular Culture from University of Brighton has a research culture in film and screen studies that has fostered national archives and given critical insight across practice, theory and history.