Overview

Royal Holloway University of London offers a stimulating research environment in which PhD students are expected to be a part of the multidisciplinary research groups and contribute to PhD-led seminars and development activities.

Our students benefit from opportunities for research methods training and we have a network of external organisations who are willing to support optional short-term placements and knowledge exchange opportunities.

Your future career

Our Law PhD programme is very successful and our alumni have gone on to undertake careers in a variety of roles, particularly in the criminal justice, education, and health and social care sectors.

Our graduates have also gone on to have extremely successful careers in a variety of Universities including here at Royal Holloway, University of London, as well as at other institutions both inside and outside the UK.

The Department actively supports the placement of PhD students in external organisations that can enhance PhD research impact, employability skills, and knowledge exchange.

Programme Structure

Research clusters include:

Crime and Punishment Cluster
Families and Children Cluster
Health and Social Care Cluster
Rights and Freedoms Cluster

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-23 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Criminal Law Legal Studies Criminology View 45 other PhDs in Legal Studies 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

88

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Other requirements

General requirements

Candidates for a place on the MPhil/PhD programme will have undergraduate and taught Masters degrees in a relevant subject. The Masters degree would typically have included training in advanced research methods and/or doctrinal research, and be awarded with a Distinction or high Merit.
The Department welcomes applications from suitably qualified and highly motivated candidates. The application process for our postgraduate research programmes is interactive.

Tuition Fee

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International

18200 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 18200 GBP per year during 48 months.
National

4712 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 48 months.