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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    20-APR-26

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Our PhD/MPhil Mental Health programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Mental Health. Our postgraduate research programmes in mental health are based on individually tailored projects. Applicants are specifically matched with a primary academic supervisor according to their research interest and background. All of our postgraduate research students have more than one supervisor, and our dynamic multidisciplinary supervisory teams typically cover a wide and diverse range of academic disciplines beyond mental health and psychology, including nursing, pharmacy, epidemiology and biostatics, informatics, health economics, sociology and qualitative research. Our academics have internationally outstanding knowledge and expertise in conducting research studies in mental health across the life course. Particular strengths include: severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (including the prodromal stages of these conditions) dementia depression anxiety disorders personality disorders autism spectrum disorder attachment disorders self-harm and suicide homicide and other forms of interpersonal violence forensic mental health neurobiological and imaging studies mental health epidemiology.

Tuition fees

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£ 27,000per year

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University information

University of Manchester

  • University League Table

    28th

  • Campus address

    The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    11th out of 84 6

  • Entry standards

    / Max 207
    152 74%

    6th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    94.0 94%

    66th

    21
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.81 70%

    79th

    14

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