Program Overview

Key Facts

Qualification

MPhil

Course duration

1 year

Typical Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements

2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent.

English Language Requirements

IELTS 7.0 with minimum 6.0 in each component, or equivalent

Other Requirements

Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application

Fees and Finance

Despite being research-focused, this MPhil (1 year full time) presents opportunities in a number of domains from research and scholarship at one extreme to applied work in areas such as mental health, child protection, health promotion, product design and organizational behaviour at the other. The areas in which you are able to work are to an extent determined by the specific area of your graduate qualification.

Course Overview

The Department is equipped with excellent teaching and research facilities including eye-trackers, sound attenuated chambers, biological measurements laboratory, qualitative research rooms, transcription rooms, experimental research cubicles, high-quality video editing facilities and dedicated computer workrooms.

Our postgraduates are located in the heart of the Department, with computer and storage facilities. We also have options of individual offices for periods of research activity where available. You will be expected to review your training needs with supervisors on an annual basis, which may include training in methods, clinical research, and/or conference attendance.

The university has a proud tradition of research excellence, as demonstrated in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (2014) assessment. It placed the university in the top 50 institutions for research power and intensity. It submitted 77% of eligible staff and 95% of the university's research was of an internationally recognised standard.