Become a PhD research student
Join our research community and develop your expertise, working closely with experienced academics.
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Interested in becoming a doctoral researcher? Use the links below to find out about research opportunities in your area of interest. They're arranged by our four faculties.
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Sheffield Business School
We welcome PhD applications in areas relating to the 6 key research themes of the Sheffield Business School Research Institute
- Tourism, hospitality, events and food
- People, work and organisation
- International business, economics, SMEs and entrepreneurship
- Accounting and finance
- Strategy and marketing
- Ethical organisations
We also welcome DBA applications, principally in areas relating to Management Studies and Business And Management.
Email sbs@shu.ac.uk
Phone 0114 225 2820 -
Faculty of Development and Society
The Faculty of Development and Society’s Graduate School brings together the Faculty’s support and advice for research degrees. The Graduate School welcomes applications across our research disciplines
- Natural and Built Environment: architecture, construction and project management, property and surveying, environment, geography, planning, housing, regeneration and transport
- Education: PhD and EdD
- Housing, Regeneration and Labour Markets: housing, social and economic regeneration and labour markets
- Humanities: English, history, stage and screen
- Sociology and Psychology: psychology, sociology, social policy
- Law and Criminology: community justice, criminology, law
Email fdsresearch@shu.ac.uk
Phone 0114 225 6236/ 3670/ 3671/ 3669 -
Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences
We welcome applications from potential students in areas relating to the research interests of our two research institutes
Cultural, Communication and Computing Research Institute (C3RI)
- Fine Art
- Design
- Media Production
- Communications and Media
- Computing
Email c3ri@shu.ac.uk
Phone 0114 225 6743Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI)
- Thin Films Research
- Automation and Robotics Research
- Polymers, Nanocomposites and Modelling
- Structural Materials and Integrity
- Materials Analysis
- Industrial Collaboration
Email meri@shu.ac.uk
Phone 0114 225 3500 -
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing
The Health and Wellbeing Research Institute welcomes applications from potential research students in the areas of
Biomolecular science
Email bmrc@shu.ac.uk
Phone 0114 225 2934Health and social care
Email chscr@shu.ac.uk
Phone 0114 225 5854Sport and exercise
Email cses@shu.ac.uk
Phone 0114 225 2544Sport industry
Email sirc@shu.ac.uk
Phone 0114 225 5919Sports engineering
Email cser@shu.ac.uk
Phone 0114 225 2255
Alternatively, contact us at doctoralschool@shu.ac.uk and we’ll put you in touch with the appropriate people.