Overview

The Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research at The University of Manchester is acknowledged internationally as one of the UK's leading research centres for health policy research and postgraduate teaching in primary care.

We aim to inform the development of future health and care policy, and communicate our findings to government, policy-makers, practitioners and academics.

Features

The centre is a founder member of the prestigious NIHR School for Primary Care Research, a collaboration of eight leading primary care departments.
Our work is multidisciplinary and brings together staff who are GPs, psychiatrists, sociologists, psychologists, statisticians, economists and health services researchers.
The Centre also aims to support and promote the involvement of patients, the public and providers in health research, through our Patient and Public Involvement Group PRIMER.

Programme Structure

Research areas in this programme include:

Health organisation, policy and economics (HOPE)
Quality and safety
Person centred care and complex health needs
Health in a wider context

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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90

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Health Administration Health Sciences View 200 other PhDs in Health Sciences in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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90

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Other requirements

General requirements

We require applicants to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree, or the equivalent qualification gained outside the UK, in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme.
A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification.

Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

27000 GBP / year

≈ 27000 GBP / year

Living costs

Manchester

United Kingdom

645 - 1197 GBP / month

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