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Qualification
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
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Location
Colchester Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
OCT-22, JAN-23, APR-23
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Duration
4 years
Course summary
We offer research supervision in the following fields:
- trauma, memory, and the unconscious
- fantasies of the social, myths of the nation
- race and racism
- geopsychoanalysis and postcolonial theory
- agency, affect, emotion
- generationality, age, and childhood
- sexuality, normativity, and queer theory
- group and institutional dynamics
- art, aesthetics, image, and creativity
- collectively, protest, and political ideology
- subjectivity, intimacy, and personal life
- history of psychoanalysis and Jungian analysis
- critical psychosocial theory
- mental health and well-being
- death, mourning, melancholia
- psychosocial methodology
- psychosocial theories and conceptual analysis
- refugee studies
Our graduates go on to several different destinations, including further study and training, or further academic research work. Many of our students are already professionals so return to their existing fields with deeper understanding of their work, increasing their potential for promotion and leadership in their existing or new roles.
Your future
Our graduates go on to several different destinations, including further study and training in psychoanalysis, Jungian analysis, or psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
Many of our students are already professionals, clinical and non-clinical, so return to their existing fields, either in jobs or further training, and use study with us to deepen their understanding of their work.
Application deadline
28 February 2022, 01 August 2022
Modules
Tuition fees
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£ 17,050per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
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University League Table
27th
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Campus address
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, England
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
38th out of 118 1
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Entry standards
/ Max 216115 55%65th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10058.0 58%43rd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.98 80%65th
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