Medicine and Surgery MPhil, PhD, MD

Program Overview

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Overview

We offer supervision for the MPhil, MD and PhD in Medicine and Surgery in the following areas:

anaesthesia

care of the elderly

child health

critical care

dermatology

diabetes

ENT (ear, nose and throat)

liver

musculoskeletal disease

oncology

ophthalmology

neuroscience

primary care

psychiatry

renal medicine/urology

reproductive medicine

respiratory and cardiac medicine

transplantation

You'll work in one of our research institutes and have a dedicated supervisory team. This team includes a senior scientist and an academic clinician. The clinician treats patients as well as conducting research. This ensures your research centres around patient care.

Find out more about the work of our research institutes

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Program Outline

Your development

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Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) researcher development programme

Each faculty offers a researcher development programme for its postgraduate research students. We have designed your programme to help you:

perform better as a researcher

boost your career prospects

broaden your impact

Through workshops and activities, it will build your transferable skills and increase your confidence.

You’ll cover:

techniques for effective research

methods for better collaborative working

essential professional standards and requirements

Your programme is flexible. You can adapt it to meet your changing needs as you progress through your doctorate.

Find out more about the FMS researcher development programme

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Doctoral training and partnerships

There are opportunities to undertake your PhD at Newcastle within a:

Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)

Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)

Being part of a CDT or DTP has many benefits:

they combine research expertise and training of a number of leading universities, academic schools and academics.

you’ll study alongside a cohort of other PhD students

they’re often interdisciplinary

your PhD may be funded

Find out more about doctoral training and partnerships

If there are currently opportunities available in your subject area you’ll find them when you search for funding in the fees and funding section on this course.

The following centres/partnerships below may have PhD opportunities available in your subject area in the future:

Newcastle Liverpool Durham BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership

Discovery Medicine North - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership