Higher Education PhD

at University of Surrey

• Assessment and feedback, including external examiners practice and student engagement with feedback. 
• Educational transitions, including students and academic staff transitions and mobility, in national and international academic contexts. 
• Identities and values in education, including professional identity development of academic staff and students. 
• Language and literacy learning, including students' motivation in learning English Language. 
• Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and disciplinary education, including girls’ participation in STEM subjects at the higher education level, and the teaching and learning of STEM and disciplinary subjects. 
   

We’ll encourage you to address some aspect of these themes either at the general higher education level or within specific disciplines in their research proposal. We also welcome applications that may not fit these themes but have a higher education aspect to them.

Applicants are expected to hold a good honours degree in an appropriate discipline.
 

To apply for one of our postgraduate courses that require a UK 2:1, you must achieve at least 60% or 65% in the final two years of your undergraduate study depending on the institution you have completed your degree.

To apply for one of our postgraduate courses that require a UK 2:2, you must achieve at least 55% or 60% in the final two years of your undergraduate study depending on the institution you have completed your degree.

For courses that require a UK first-class degree to be eligible for a scholarship, you must achieve at least 65% or 70% in the final two years of your undergraduate study depending on the institution you have completed your degree.

IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with 5.5 in each element.

Full-time
 

• UK          £4,596
   
• Overseas     £18,100