PhD Refugee Care at University of Essex

Programme overview

The PhD in Refugee Care offers supervision for research that brings a therapeutic dimension and psychosocial perspectives to work with asylum seekers, refugees and other involuntarily dislocated persons. A Taught PhD route adds two terms of MA Refugee Care modules before the research project begins in the summer term of year one.

Department: Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies | Duration: 3 to 4 years full-time | Intake: January 2027 | Study mode: full-time; part-time | Location: Colchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Teaching is mainly by individual supervision. In the standard route the first year (first two years part-time) is typically spent on the literature review and refining the research project; the taught route adds MA Refugee Care modules.

Career pathways

Graduates work as practitioners, academics or researchers in international organisations, NGOs and local authorities, or continue to further study in related areas.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A good Masters degree, or equivalent, in a related discipline, plus a well-developed research proposal. Applicants are normally interviewed, and acceptance depends on research expertise in the department. Completion of the course is subject to a satisfactory DBS check carried out by the placement provider. English language (international applicants): IELTS 7.0 overall with at least 5.5 in all other components, or equivalent.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,238 a year. Home/UK fee; fees increase for each academic year of study Source

International applicants: GBP 20,625 a year. International fee; fees increase for each academic year of study Source

Intake: January 2027

Duration: 3 to 4 years full-time

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