Nursing

Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD or Professional doctorate PhD or Professional doctorate	PhD: Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Professional doctorate: Part-time: 4–8 years PhD: Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Professional doctorate: Part-time: 4–8 years	October October	November to January November to January

The OU Nursing team includes academics and practitioners who undertake research into nursing and related healthcare topics. Our research broadly focuses on professional education; the quality of nursing and healthcare provision and the experiences and perspectives of nurses, the multidisciplinary team, and patients/service users and carers.

We use a range of methodological approaches in our research including mixed methods, participatory, online and secondary analysis methods. Key areas of research include the role of online teaching and learning; the recruitment and regulation of nurses, the delivery of care in different settings (e.g. maternity and hospice care), and service users’ and carers’ experiences of living with acute or long-term conditions (e.g. diabetes, mental ill-health and dementia).

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and an MA or research methods training at MA level (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 per year

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £3,811 per year Full-time: £3,811 per year	Full-time: £9,676 per year Full-time: £9,676 per year

Some of our research students are funded via the Faculty or The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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