Program Overview

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Research profile

The Life Sciences Department at Brunel is a vibrant, multidisciplinary community of scholars addressing key issues and global challenges for humankind. The Department brings together academics in Biosciences, Environmental Sciences, Psychology, and Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences, working together to carry out world-leading research with the potential to improve human health and well-being.

Together, we work towards integrating academic and scientific rigour with the needs of health care providers, governments, industry, and the not-for-profit sector, aiming to deliver creative solutions to global challenges and, thereby, bring health, economic, social, and cultural benefits to societies.

You will benefit from this Integrated PhD programme immensely if you want to:

receive more guided and hands-on supervision of your learning and research process, especially if you come from more traditional teaching cultures

increase your chances for timely completion of your PhD programme in comparison to students taking traditional route PhD, cutting down the expenses associated with prolonged study

access to tailored, highly specialist research training not available as part of the support provided to traditional route PhD students

maximise your chances for a successful research analysis by applying practical assignments and training which are part of the integrated PhD directly to the research you do for your thesis

receive an official Postgraduate Diploma in Research in addition to your PhD award to certify the completion of skills training which may be required by employers in some countries if you wish to pursue an academic career

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Browse the work of subject-relevant research groups

Brunel Older People’s Reference Group

Health Behaviour Change

Sustainable Plastics

Brunel Partners Academic Centre for Health Sciences

Healthcare Management, Culture and Leadership Group

Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

Embodiment in Academic and Professional Practice

Physical Activity in Health and Disease

Organ-on-a-Chip

Resource Efficient Future Cities

Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering

Flood, Coastal and Water Engineering

LEAP-Lab: Learning, Expertise, Action, Perception

Social Justice

Institute of Health, Medicine and Environments

Smart Technology Advancements in Health and Rehabilitation

Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse

Institute of Communities and Society

Circular Food Forum

Pollution Research and Policy

Sustainable Energy Use in Food Chains

Experimental Techniques Centre

Flood Risk and Resilience

Culture and Evolution

Health Economics (HERG)

Institute of Energy Futures

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