The School of Psychology and Vision Sciences offers supervision for the degrees of:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - full-time and part-time
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - full-time and part-time
Supervision and research areas
We offer PhD and MPhil supervision in Psychology and Vision Sciences in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:
Health and wellbeing
Judgement and decision making
Vision and language
Mechanisms of animal behaviour
Systems neuroscience
Interested in a different research area?
It is important that the area you want to work in is broadly compatible with our research interests - otherwise we may not be able to accept your application.
PhD description
PhD students complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team. The research is normally completed over a maximum period of 3.0-3.5 years (full-time) or 6.0-6.5 years (part-time).
A fourth year (full-time) or seventh year (part-time) or the remaining part of this can be used to prepare the thesis for examination. The thesis should not normally exceed 50,000 words and must make an original contribution to knowledge and contain work of publishable quality. The thesis must then be defended in a viva voce (oral) examination before a degree can be awarded.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
January 2025, May 2025, July 2025
University of Leicester
University Road,
Leicester,
Leicestershire,
LE1 7RH, England
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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