History MPhil/PhD
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
- Institution
- University of Warwick
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Position type
- PhD
- Subject area
- Humanities & Arts
- Location
- Coventry, England, United Kingdom
- Funding
- Fully funded position
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About this position
With a reputation for national and international excellence and innovation, our History Department was ranked fourth in the country for the highest combined percentage (92%) of world-leading and internationally excellent research outputs (REF 2021). Surrounded and supported by a host of exceptional historians, you will be exposed to diverse and international views, people and research, all encouraging and challenging you to think unconventionally and creatively about the past.
The breadth of expertise and experience in the History Department (currently over forty full-time members of staff), along with a thriving culture of research, seminars and conferences, make Warwick one of the very best universities in the UK to undertake research in history. 92% of our research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in REF 2021 and our Department achieved a 89% overall satisfaction result in the 2023 Postgraduate Research Experience Survey, one of the highest in the country.
PhD students normally complete their degrees within three to four years of full-time study, or five to seven years part-time. As a research student, your closest contact will be with your supervisor, or supervisors, who will meet with you regularly to discuss your work, and agree a programme of reading, research and writing with you.
Additional support and training are provided by the Department, Arts Faculty and the Doctoral College, as well as by History’s many reading groups, seminars, workshops and conferences. History researchers benefit from the Department's bespoke training forum for first-year students and the University Library’s Research Exchange, a dedicated postgraduate conference and study area, with state-of-the-art facilities. English Language support is also available.
For postgraduate queries, please email PGHistoryOffice@warwick.ac.uk
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