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Politics – (Ph.D.)

University of Essex

Department of Government
Location: Colchester / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 36 months Start Date: January, April, October
Education Variants:
  • Parttime
  • Fulltime
Location flexibility:
  • Primarily at University
Project type:
  • Open PhD programme
Languages: English 
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Location of University of Essex

The University of Essex is one of the UK's leading academic institutions, ranked ninth nationally for research excellence following the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

The Department of Government is one of the largest and most prestigious in Europe and was ranked first in the UK following the last RAE.

The Department has an outstanding record of teaching, research and publication, with a number of top research journals edited within the Department. The Department is not committed to any particular view of the discipline of political science and believes that the study of politics should be broad in scope, rigorous in approach and open to new ideas. Students have access to academic staff and a constant flow of distinguished visiting scholars from abroad. The Department is also home to the European Consortium for Political Research and the University hosts the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection.

Research supervision is available in: political behaviour; political theory; ideology and discourse analysis; political economy; feminism and politics; methodology; international relations and comparative politics.


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Requirements

Masters degree or equivalent in relevant subject area.

IELTS 6.5.

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: Master's degree
Minimal amount of work experience Not specified

Language Proficiency

IELTS Band: 6.5

Faculty

The University of Essex is one of the UK's leading academic institutions, ranked ninth nationally for research excellence following the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

The Department of Government is one of the largest and most prestigious in Europe and was ranked first in the UK following the last RAE.

The Department has an outstanding record of teaching, research and publication, with a number of top research jounrals edited within the Department. The Department is not committed to any particular view of the discipline of political science and believes that the study of politics should be broad in scope, rigorous in approach and open to new ideas. Students have access to academic staff and a constant flow of distinguished visiting scholars from abroad. The Department is also home to the European Consortium for Political Research and the University hosts the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection.


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