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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Part Time
Jan 2028
8 Year
The MPhil and PhD are aimed at students who anticipate a career in which research plays a major role and who want to focus on an independent piece of research.
LSHTM provides a stimulating environment with state-of-the-art facilities in which to carry out research in three academic faculties: Epidemiology and Population Health, Infectious and Tropical Diseases and Public Health and Policy.
MPhil/PhDs are very diverse: they may be desk-based, or include laboratory work or , but there are some common elements. You will be working on a health-related topic with advice from a supervisory team of academics. You will be encouraged to attend transferable skills and other courses, but these do not contribute to the formal assessment (unlike PhDs in some other countries). The examination of both MPhil and PhD is based on an oral examination (viva) of a written “thesis”. At LSHTM we encourage students to publish their work, and your thesis (maximum 100,000 words) may be a combination of chapters and published papers.
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