Program Overview

About our foundation years

Our Foundation Year courses are perfect for you if you...

• are returning to education after a long time, or you don't have the qualifications for direct entry into our degree programmes
• are thinking of re-training and would like an introduction to the area
• are an international student wanting an additional year to adapt to the UK academic system
• are still evaluating which degree pathway at UEL is the right one for you

Please note: Foundation years can only be studied full-time. However, you can transfer to part-time delivery once you have completed your foundation year. Please apply to the full-time option if you wish to study in this way.

School of Business and Law MPhil PhD

Overview

Studying for a PhD with UEL's School of Business and Law will push you to the limit - and you'll be supported all the way by our world-class academic staff. The School gives postgraduate research students the chance to learn from the best academic minds and industry experts.

You'll be studying in an environment that positively encourages students to think beyond the boundaries of traditional disciplines.

Our academic staff have the skills and experience to bring out the best in your PhD or MPhil research. Their expertise is based on our strong suite of taught postgraduate qualifications: from our Master of Business Administration (MBA) to Master of Law courses such as International law and financial markets.

Please get in touch with the Research Degree Leaders before applying. For the Royal Docks School of Business and Law, it's Professor Nazrul Islam and Professor Kofi Kufuor.

Course options

PhD via MPhil

• Home Applicant, Full-time: £6,020 per year. Write-Up Fees = £1,000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
• Home Applicant, Part-time: £3,010 UK - PhD by Published Work: £3,010. Write-Up Fees = £1,000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
• International Applicant, Full-time: £16,100 per year. Write-Up Fees = £1,000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).
• International Applicant, Part-time: £8,050 Int - PhD by Published Work: £8,050. Write-Up Fees = £1,000 (with £500 rebate if thesis handed in within 6 months).

Entry Requirements

To apply for a PhD course, you should have an MPhil, or MRes qualification or an overseas qualification rated as equivalent. Applicants for a PhD via MPhil should have either a first class or upper second class honours degree from a UK Higher Education Institution, or an overseas qualification rated as equivalent.

Fees, funding and additional costs

Fees

EU, EEA and Swiss Nationals starting a course from September 2021, will no longer be eligible for Home fees. However, such nationals benefitting from Settled Status or Citizens' Rights may become eligible for Home fees as and when the UK Government confirms any new fee regulations. Further information can be found at UKCISA.

Tuition fees are subject to annual change. Fees for future years will be published in due course.

Funding

• Postgraduate Loans Scheme: £10,280 to fund your Masters Programme under the Postgraduate Loans (PGL) scheme.
• Postgraduate Scholarship: Apply for a 50 per cent discount on your tuition fees!
• Alumni Discount: up to 15% fee waiver *exclusions apply.
• Early Payment Discount: 5% fee waiver
• Asylum Seekers scholarship: 100% fee waiver
• Civic Engagement: £1,000
• Hardship Bursary: up to £2,000
• Sport Scholarships: Up to £6,000

Additional costs

Depending on the programme of study, there may be extra costs which are not covered by tuition fees, which students will need to consider when planning their studies. Some additional fees are in the course specification or given during the application process.

What makes this course different

• Academic staff: Postgraduate students score our academic staff highly in terms of support and the quality of their teaching - 82 per cent felt their research skills had developed during their course.
• Volunteer: Many of our postgraduate students volunteer to help at UEL's Legal Advice Centre, joining local solicitors to provide free legal advice to local people.
• Teaching: Our research students have opportunities to teach undergraduates across the range of business and law courses at UEL - increasing their attractiveness to employers and academic institutions.

Course modules

• Independent Research Core Module: PhD candidates will be undertaking their own research in communication with their supervisor.

How we support your career ambitions

• Career Zone: Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:
  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services
  • Careers workshops and employer events
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight
• Mental Wealth programme: Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Campus and facilities

• Docklands: Our waterfront campus in the historic Royal Docks provides a stunning, modern, well-equipped learning environment.
• USS: University Square Stratford is one of London’s most modern and well-equipped campuses. It serves 3,400 students and is the base for our courses in law and criminology, dance and performing arts, and the Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by the Royal Docks School of Business and Law.

• Course leader: Professor Nazrul Islam

Related courses

• MSc Finance and Risk
• MSc Human Resource Management
• MSc International Business Management