PhD and MPhil Research
The Department of Information Studies is the leading department of its kind in the UK, with an international reputation for its research. The high standing of the Department's research is reflected in the fact that since its foundation, it has attracted substantial research funding. It has consistently received the highest rating for its research in the four-yearly Research Assessment Exercises undertaken by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, and in the 2001 Exercise received the top 5-star rating.
Individual staff members in the Department are very active within the research groups and centres and have been invited to give seminars and conference papers about their research, and present short courses at various institutions, both in the UK and internationally. A number of visiting academics spend their research sabbaticals in the Department each year; recent visitors have been from Australia, Germany, Finland, Japan, Spain and the USA. Each of the research groups also has a number research staff associated with them, working on a variety of funded projects, and all research students are associated with one of the research groups.
There are currently over thirty research students carrying out PhD/MPhil projects within the two main Departmental Research Groups. These students are from both the UK and from a range of countries all over the world. Currently the Department has international research students from countries including: Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Portugal, Sudan, Taiwan, the United States of America and Zimbabwe. Feedback from current and former students indicates that the Department of Information Studies continues to be a popular choice for students wanting to study on its graduate programmes.
Research Programmes
The Department's PhD/MPhil Research programmes can be studied on either a full-time or part-time basis. The period of registration would normally be 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time for the PhD; 2 years full-time or 4 years part-time for the MPhil.
We also offer students the opportunity to study with the Department as a Joint Location or Remote Location student.
Supervision
Each MPhil/PhD student is allocated an academic member of staff as a research supervisor, with whom s/he will meet on a regular basis throughout the duration of his/her studies. At each meeting, research objectives and progress towards achieving them will be monitored, discussed and agreed. The supervisor will work closely with the student, in the early stages to develop appropriate research questions and methodology, and to advise on all aspects of the research through to its completion.
Applying
If you wish to apply for a place on our PhD programme, please follow only the procedure detailed here:
Applying for PhD and MPhil Research
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