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PhD

1 year full-time

Flexible (depending on the duration of the admissions process)

Warwick Medical School

University of Warwick

Our PhD by Published Work is open to individuals who have already undertaken a portfolio of published research to the standard of a PhD. Warwick Medical School is home to outstanding expertise, with guidance from an academic adviser you will complete and present your published work.

An academic advisor will provide guidance on the presentation of your published work and the writing of a covering document linking the publications together.

Your submission should include further contextual information regarding the publications, including, but not limited to, the profile of journals that articles have been published in, the number of citations, and their significance to the field.

Course codes

• Medical Sciences: P-A34P
• Health Sciences: P-B91P
• Clinical education: P-B91F
• Medicine: P-A31P
• Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research: P-B92K
• Nursing: P-B718
• Healthcare: P-B717
• Health and Social Studies: P-L4PC

Any relevant health-related published research.

Full details of our research interests are listed on the Warwick Medical School website. Read more about our research strategy, research centres and research programmes.

You can also read our general University research proposal guidance.

Find your supervisor using the link below and discuss with them the area you'd like to research.

Explore our Warwick Medical School List of Approved Supervisors to where you will be able to search by research interests.

You should initially approach a suitable Academic Advisor (supervisor) from this list to discuss their work and to see if they would be willing to provide guidance on the presentation of the proposed Thesis for submission.

You can also see our general University guidance about finding a supervisor.

2:1 undergraduate degree or Merit in Master’s degree.

Please also see our consideration and application process information on the Warwick Medical School websiteLink opens in a new window.

Further information on entry requirements is also found on the University webpages: PHD by Published workLink opens in a new window

• Band A
• IELTS overall score of 6.5, minimum component scores not below 6.0.
• Band B
• Overall IELTS (Academic) score of 7.0 and minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

(The above depending on the course title).

Two academic references