Skip to main content
You searched for Search again
Try our course search
Health Sciences School
  • Undergraduate
    • Undergraduate home
      • Courses
      • How to apply
      • Facilities
      • Open days
    •  
      • Careers
      • Fees and funding
      • Student profiles
    • Apprenticeships
      • Nursing Associate Apprenticeship
  • Postgraduate
    • Postgraduate home
      • How to apply
      • Facilities
      • Open days
      • Careers
      • Fees and funding
      • Student profiles
    • Taught courses
      • Human Communication Sciences courses
      • Ophthalmology and Orthoptics courses
      • Nursing and Midwifery courses
    • PhD study
      • Human Communication Sciences
      • Ophthalmology and Orthoptics
      • Nursing and Midwifery
      • How to apply
      • Fees and funding
      • Our research
  • Continuing Professional Development
    • CPD home
      • Units, study days and programmes
      • How to apply
      • Frequently asked questions
      • Funding
      • Fees
      • Refresh your study skills
    • Learning beyond registration
      • LBR leads
      • LBR funding eligibility
  • Research
    • Research home
      • News
    • Human Communication Sciences
      • Research clusters
    • Ophthalmology and Orthoptics
      • Research themes
    • Nursing and Midwifery
      • Research themes
      • Qualitative Health Research Group
    • Partnerships
      • Royal College of Nursing
  • People
    • Our people
      • Leadership team
    • Human Communication Sciences staff
      • Academic
      • Professional services
      • Research
    • Ophthalmology and Orthoptics
      • Academic
      • Professional services
      • Research
    • Nursing and Midwifery staff
      • Academic
      • Professional services
      • Research
  • Department
    • About
      • Contact us
      • News
      • Events
    •  
      • Alumni
      • Student profiles
      • Gender equality and diversity
    • Facilities
      • Health Sciences School facilities
      • The Philippa Cottam Communication Clinic
    • Information for partner organisations
      • Information for SLT Practice Educators
      • Supporting nursing students on placement
University of Sheffield logo

Mega Nav

  • Study
    • Courses
      • Course search
      • Undergraduate courses
      • Postgraduate taught courses
      • PhD study
      • Apprenticeships
      • Mature students
      • Online learning
      • TEFL and English as a second language
    • Study at Sheffield
      • Ranking, reputation and history
      • Facilities
      • Teaching
      • Your career prospects
      • Students' Union - the UK's no. 1
      • Clubs, societies and sport
      • International students
      • Our city
      • Support
    • Visit and apply
      • Undergraduate open days
      • Postgraduate open days
      • International visits to your region
      • Undergraduate applications
      • Postgraduate applications
      • Applying as an international student
      • Visas and immigration
      • Undergraduate fees and funding
      • Postgraduate taught fees
      • Postgraduate taught funding
      • PhD fees
      • PhD scholarships
      • Contact us
    • Accommodation
      • Suburban residences
      • City residences
      • Rent
      • Apply for accommodation
  • Research
    • Expertise
      • Flagship institutes
      • Our people
      • Nobel Laureates
      • Facilities
    • Impact
      • Our approach
      • REF 2014
      • Research features
    • PhD study
      • Find a PhD
      • PhD projects directory
      • PhD scholarships
      • Support for current researchers
    • Contact us
      • Research partnerships and people
  • Collaborate
    • Partnerships
      • How we support business
      • Examples of business partners
      • Research centres, institutes and networks
    • International
      • International partnerships
      • Worldwide Universities Network at Sheffield
      • We Are International campaign
      • Erasmus European exchanges
      • Our International Faculty - CITY College, Thessaloniki
    • Contact us
      • Research partnerships and people
      • Global Engagement team
  • About
    • About the University
      • News
      • Our public responsibility
      • Our role in the city
      • Governance and management
      • Prizes and achievements
    • Departments and services
      • Academic departments
      • Faculties
      • Professional Services
    • Studying at Sheffield
      • Student life in Sheffield
      • About the city of Sheffield
      • Courses
Health Sciences School
Menu ≡
  • Undergraduate
    • Undergraduate home
      • Courses
      • How to apply
      • Facilities
      • Open days
    •  
      • Careers
      • Fees and funding
      • Student profiles
    • Apprenticeships
      • Nursing Associate Apprenticeship
  • Postgraduate
    • Postgraduate home
      • How to apply
      • Facilities
      • Open days
      • Careers
      • Fees and funding
      • Student profiles
    • Taught courses
      • Human Communication Sciences courses
      • Ophthalmology and Orthoptics courses
      • Nursing and Midwifery courses
    • PhD study
      • Human Communication Sciences
      • Ophthalmology and Orthoptics
      • Nursing and Midwifery
      • How to apply
      • Fees and funding
      • Our research
  • Continuing Professional Development
    • CPD home
      • Units, study days and programmes
      • How to apply
      • Frequently asked questions
      • Funding
      • Fees
      • Refresh your study skills
    • Learning beyond registration
      • LBR leads
      • LBR funding eligibility
  • Research
    • Research home
      • News
    • Human Communication Sciences
      • Research clusters
    • Ophthalmology and Orthoptics
      • Research themes
    • Nursing and Midwifery
      • Research themes
      • Qualitative Health Research Group
    • Partnerships
      • Royal College of Nursing
  • People
    • Our people
      • Leadership team
    • Human Communication Sciences staff
      • Academic
      • Professional services
      • Research
    • Ophthalmology and Orthoptics
      • Academic
      • Professional services
      • Research
    • Nursing and Midwifery staff
      • Academic
      • Professional services
      • Research
  • Department
    • About
      • Contact us
      • News
      • Events
    •  
      • Alumni
      • Student profiles
      • Gender equality and diversity
    • Facilities
      • Health Sciences School facilities
      • The Philippa Cottam Communication Clinic
    • Information for partner organisations
      • Information for SLT Practice Educators
      • Supporting nursing students on placement
 

You are here

  • Home
  • Health Sciences School
  • PhD study

PhD study

Doing a PhD at the University of Sheffield means you'll be joining an exciting community of researchers in a well-established, internationally-renowned research school.
Girl sat with laptop in library
A student working in the Health Sciences Library.
Find a project 
PhD student talking to researchers
Find a supervisor 
Human Communication Sciences research
How to apply 
Funding the world's brightest PhDs
Scholarships 
A book of nursing research
Our research 

PhD and MPhil opportunities

The Health Sciences Library.
Human Communication Sciences 
Students using the Health Sciences Library.
Orthoptics and Ophthalmology  
A student working in the Health Sciences Library.
Nursing and Midwifery 
The University of Sheffield

Footer quick links 1

  • Undergraduate courses
  • Postgraduate taught courses
  • PhD study

Footer quick links 2

  • Accommodation
  • International students
  • Jobs
  • Information for visitors
  • Support us

Footer quick links 3

  • Current students
  • Staff
  • Alumni

Footer quick links 4

  • Contact
  • Departments and services
  • Students' Union

The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
0114 222 2000
Top 100 University Russell Group Best not-for-profit Organisations 2018
Facebook Twitter Snapchat Youtube Instagram Linkedin Weibo

Footer menu

  • Feedback
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
  • FOI
  • Modern slavery statement
© 2019 The University of Sheffield