Health and wellbeing PhD

Public health and healthcare, alongside the health sciences, form a core strength of the University of Brighton. Our professional and academic networks foster multidisciplinary and collaborative research and knowledge exchange that has a direct impact on the wider public. Doctoral students are a major part of that world. You will be joining a vital hub of healthcare research and knowledge exchange. University-led innovations are building co-designed community-clinical services and providing cutting-edge training and education. We are working with schools to promote health and wellness and we collaborate with local communities to address pressing health challenges such as inequalities, workforce shortages and emerging health issues. Our research in public health and healthcare at the University of Brighton embraces wide-ranging, applied perspectives: from age-related conditions and long-term conditions, through to social, psychological, political and economic determinants of health, with health inequalities a key focus for PhD public health students and supervisors.

The entry requirements for the PhD are:a recognised Masters degree with a significant research component or similar qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevantor substantial appropriate research or professional experience at postgraduate level which resulted in published work, written reports or other appropriate evidence of accomplishment. An application made by someone with this experience will be considered on its merits and will normally require independent academic referencesor, unless a school exercises their right to specify more stringent entry requirements, we may consider a first or upper second honours degree or other qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant.