Nursing and health sciences PhD and research degrees
Find a PhD in nursing and health sciences. Learn about about our research and entry requirements for research degrees.
The School of Health Sciences strives to transform lives through applied health research, taking place in a vibrant research community within our School and the wider University. We provide a supportive environment, creating safe spaces for discussion of research and personal development. We are committed to working with our students and applicants to ensure their experience is positive, enjoyable, and productive. We have had consistently excellent student feedback, via the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES), and we will continue to provide a first-class student experience within the School.
Our primary research themes align with the University themes of Population Health and Wealth and Equity and Inclusion and primarily the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 Good Health and Well-being. They are:
- Understanding health: exploring people’s experience of health and the challenges of providing equitable healthcare
- Innovation in health: developing and testing interventions that contribute to positive health outcomes for .
- Improving health service delivery: design for practice change, quality and safety, equity, service improvement and evidence implementation.
Our research groupings build on our existing strengths and reflect the interests and experience of our staff, they are:
- Healthy active ageing
- Improvement and implementation
- Living well with long term conditions
- Mother, infant and child
- Substance use
Methodological expertise includes:
- Evidence synthesis
- Health Technology Assessment
- Health and Social Care Delivery
- Global Health
- Public Health
- Place based initiatives
- Patient Reported Outcome and Experience Measures (PROMS and PREMS)
- Behavioural Science
- Intervention development and testing
- Implementation studies
We look forward to receiving applications to study with us in areas aligned to our research groups.
Entry requirements
Candidates for MPhil or PhD must hold a good honours degree (First class or 2.1) and/or a Master's Degree. Accredited Prior (Experiential) Learning (APEL) may apply.
English language requirements
IELTS (overall) | Reading | Listening | Speaking | Writing |
6.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
We also accept other English language qualifications
You do not need to prove your knowledge of English if you are a national of certain countries.
Don't meet the English language requirements?
English language programmes
Prepare for university study and benefit from extra English tuition with an English language programme.
Nursing and health sciences PhD tuition fees
Academic year of entry | Scottish/Rest of UK fee status | International fee status |
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2024/25 | £4,786 per year of study |
£21,940 per year of study |
Tuition fee per year of study (subject to a 3% annual increase for Scottish/Rest of UK students and a 5% annual increase for International students).
Part time study, where available, is charged on a pro-rata basis.
Scottish/Rest of UK fee status annual increase
Each year, UKRI sets a recommended fee and stipend level for Scottish/Rest of UK students, which we use as the basis for fees charged to this group.
UKRI usually increases its fee and stipend levels in line with inflation, based on the Treasury GDP deflator.
Therefore, the Scottish/Rest of UK fees detailed in this table for 2025/26 (and beyond) can only be estimated according to the typical increase.
The fee charged to you may differ, though only slightly, from the figure given.
Apply for a research degree
You can apply for a PhD or other postgraduate research degree using our Direct Application System.
We have three start dates per academic year.
PhD Nursing & Health Sciences (3 years)
PhD Nursing & Health Sciences (part time)
PhD Nursing & Health Sciences (4 years)
MPhil by Research Nursing & Health Sciences
Nursing & Health Sciences (non-graduating) (research)
The University of Dundee welcomes applications from disabled students.