Women's Health PhD / MPhil / MD

Program Overview

The University of Liverpool's Women's Health PhD/MPhil/MD program provides ample opportunities for groundbreaking research in women's and children's health. Students can study full-time or part-time while accessing state-of-the-art facilities at the Centre for Women's Health Research and the Institute in the Park. The program's internationally recognized research encompasses obstetrics, gynecology, neonatology, and medical and surgical pediatrics.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Women's Health PhD/MPhil/MD program at the University of Liverpool is a research-focused program that offers students the opportunity to conduct in-depth research in the field of women's and children's health. The program is internationally renowned for its excellence in research covering obstetrics, gynecology, neonatology, and medical and surgical pediatrics. The Department of Women's and Children's Health provides extensive facilities for research in this area, including the Centre for Women's Health Research within the Liverpool Women's Hospital and the Institute in the Park within the Alder Hey Hospital. These facilities provide excellent bases for patient-oriented translational and clinical research.

Other:

• The program is open to international applicants and can be studied full-time or part-time.
• The Department of Women's and Children's Health is internationally renowned for its research covering obstetrics, gynecology, neonatology, and medical and surgical pediatrics.
• The Department offers some of the most extensive facilities for research in this area in Europe, providing excellent bases for patient-orientated translational and clinical research.
• The Centre for Women's Health Research is jointly funded by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Women's NHS Trust and houses the following:
• Harris Wellbeing Preterm Birth Centre
• Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
• The Sanyu Research Unit
• Research themes in Women's Health include:
• Translational perinatal medicine
• Clinical trials and research synthesis in pregnancy and childbirth
• Endometrial stem cell research
• The Centre for Women's Health Research is a research facility jointly funded by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust and opened by Dame Sally Davies in 2014.
The Centre includes bespoke laboratory facilities with state-of-the-art accommodation and equipment. It provides an environment to develop, attract and sustain staff and collaborators and provide an important international focus for further growth in the following key research domains: clinical trials and research synthesis in global maternal health, endometriosis; perinatal and neonatal personalised medicine, smooth muscle physiology.
• Research groups include:
• Translational perinatal medicine
• Clinical trials and research synthesis in pregnancy and childbirth
• Endometrial stem cell research

The fees below reflect one year of study during the 2024/25 academic year MPhil / PhD / MD Duration UK students International Students Full time 2-4 years £4,786 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £29,750 (Band A)^ Faculty of Science and Engineering £29,750 (Band A)^ or £23,400 (Band B) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences £23,400 (Band B) Part time 4-6 years £2,393 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £14,900 (Band A)^ Faculty of Science and Engineering £14,900 (Band A)^ or £11,700 (Band B) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences £11,700 (Band B) The fees stated in the table above exclude potential research support fees also known as ‘bench fees’. You will be notified of any fee which may apply in your offer letter.

• Please note that if you are undertaking a PhD within the Faculty of Science and Engineering the fee you pay, Band A or Band B, will reflect the nature of your research project.
Some research projects incur a higher fee than others e.g. if you are required to undertake laboratory work. You will be informed of the fee for your programme in your offer letter. ^ Self-funded, full-time international students studying a PhD programme classified as Band A will receive a £2,000 reduction in their fees for the first year only.