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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 5056 / 6236 -
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
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 Science, Technology and Arts
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 pgradmin@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
Email: HWB-DoctoralAdmin@shu.ac.uk
Phone: 0114 225 2347
Alternatively, contact us at doctoralschool@shu.ac.uk and we’ll put you in touch with the appropriate people.