Overview

Disciplinary expertise

The Department of Sociology at Durham University also has expertise in the following disciplinary areas:

Criminology - Criminology and deviance, hate crime, crime reduction and prevention, forensic investigation, criminal justice systems, prisons
Sociology - Globalisation, science and technology, identity, culture, social capital, entrepreneurialism, social inequality, health and illness, complexity theory, methodologies
Social Policy - Health inequality, social exclusion, regeneration, housing, education, local and regional government, professional ethics, cultural strategies
Social Work - Child well-being, children’s rights and child mistreatment; adoption, fostering, and residential child care; disability, mental health and older age; green social work, post-disaster social work, professional ethics, service user involvement, community development and social change, globalisation and international social work
Community and Youth Work - Community development, community-based research, participatory action research, faith-based community and youth work, cross-community interaction, community-based responses to debt, ethics and politics of community development.

Programme Structure

Research areas include:

Communities and Social Justice
Higher Education and Social Inequality
Violence and Abuse
Health and Social Theory
Criminal Justice, Social Harm and Inequalities

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-29 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

102

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Durham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Sociology View 127 other PhDs in Sociology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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102

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Other requirements

General requirements

Admissions decisions are based on your suitability for postgraduate research and the Department's ability to supervise your proposed topic.
Our minimum entry requirement for Postgraduate Research is normally an upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) although evidence of research skills and/or experience is useful.

You will need to provide the following documentation:

Current CV
a research proposal, no longer than 2,000 words in length (excluding bibliography), which specifies a topic of study, aims and objectives, proposed research methods and ethical considerations
two letters of reference
transcripts of your previous degree(s).

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Tuition Fee

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International

25500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 25500 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

5006 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 5006 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Durham

660 - 1140 GBP /month

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