Overview

The Applied Health Research Degree programme is based within UCL's Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care.

You will join an extremely engaging PhD programme, which currently supports a vibrant community of over 100 students from all over the world.

The Applied Health Research programme at University College London (UCL) offers you the opportunity to join a multidisciplinary research department with experts who focus on a wide range of public health concerns such as:

Quality improvement initiatives

Reducing socio-economic inequalities

Evaluation of health services re-organization

Cost-effectiveness analysis

Health econometrics and policy evaluation

Analysis of large linked data (big data research)

Disease prevention and screening

The foundation of your career

We produce graduates with the skills and knowledge sought after by government departments and public sector organisations worldwide, as well as leading academic institutions.

Employability

This research degree programme aims to provide excellent and challenging training for exceptional students, so that they may successfully pursue careers in:

Local and central government

NHS trusts

Public health organisations

Hospitals and clinical trial units

Academic researchers and university lecturers

Policy management

Government advisors

Charity and non-governmental sectors

This degree can be varied and may have an international dimension, including fieldwork carried out abroad, setting up a study within the UK or other countries, or using secondary data from some of the UK’s largest, most comprehensive longitudinal datasets many of which are housed within the institute.

You will also have access to UCL's Doctoral Skills Development programme, which will enable you to expand your research and transferable skills in order to support your research, professional development and employability.

Programme Structure

The Research Department:

is driven by the need to tackle the social gradient in health and to improve health and health care across all social groups;

focuses on those interventions, programmes and pathways which are most likely to have a substantial impact in terms of health outcomes and reductions in health and health care inequalities;

has interests that span health care and public health services and measures to influence policy, clinical decisions and health-related behaviour;

is concerned with evaluating the quality (effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, equity and appropriateness) of health care and public health interventions; and

focuses on developing the knowledge base about the adoption, implementation and dissemination of evidence-based health care and public health interventions.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-25 00:00:00

Apply anytime.

More details

Research degrees may start at any time of the year, but typically start in September.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

96

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Health Sciences Health Informatics View 11 other PhDs in Health Informatics in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

96

Other requirements

General requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

A relevant Master’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution is desirable.

Tuition Fee

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International

29000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 29000 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

5860 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 5860 GBP per year during 36 months.

Part timeUK: £2,930Overseas: £14,500

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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Scholarships Information

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