PhD Occupational Therapy

UK

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What will I learn?

Our PhD in Occupational Therapy offers you a unique opportunity to undertake research in a variety of health and organisational contexts. You may be interested in sensory integration outcomes for adults following brain injury, management of people experiencing dementia in their local communities or occupational justice issues in exploited or minority populations; but whatever your specific research interests we are likely to have a supervisor with the experience to support you in this process.

You will be offered opportunities to access our master’s level research methods modules to provide a sound foundation of specific research knowledge and skills. In addition, you will have access to the University’s Proficio research training scheme which allows you to choose training programmes that meet the requirements of your own research topics and methodologies.

This PhD is offered on a 3 year full-time or 6-year part-time basis, plus up to a maximum of one year of completion.

Your future

Our Graduates have gone on to take up posts in both clinical and management positions in Trusts, hospitals, and care organisations as well as in local and county councils.

Which department am I in?

Health and Social Care

Study options

Full Time (3 years)

Tuition fees
£18,750.00 (20,42,929) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

January 2025

Venue

Colchester Campus

University of Essex,

Wivenhoe Park,

Colchester,

Essex,

CO4 3SQ, CENTRAL ENGLAND, England

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees
£18,795.00 (20,47,832) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

October 2025

Venue

University of Essex

Wivenhoe Park,

Colchester,

Essex,

CO4 3SQ, CENTRAL ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

You will need a Masters degree, or equivalent, in a relevant discipline such as a health science or a social science. Alternatively you will need to evidence advanced research skills developed through an alternative route. A well developed research proposal is also essential. If English is not your first language, then we will require you to have IELTS 6.5 overall or equivalent, TOEFL IBT 88 overall with minimum component scores: listening 17, reading 18, writing 17, and speaking 20.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About University of Essex

At Essex, students learn to think differently, find new ways of doing things and adopt new techniques for solving problems.

  • World-leading academics in a research-intensive environment
  • Foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees
  • Flexible course structure, students study what matters to them
  • Internationally diverse university