Overview
The completion of the PhD French thesis, offered at The University of Cambridge, is generally expected to take three to four years, and most funding is based on this assumption. It is also possible to take a part-time route through research degrees, and the expected timeframe would be five years.
The important notion of "original" can be defined in a number of ways, but basically the thesis should represent a significant contribution to learning, through the discovery of new knowledge, or through the connection of previously unrelated facts, or the development of new theory, or the revision of older views, or some combination of these different criteria.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of a PhD course, students will have produced a piece of extended original research, of publishable or near publishable quality.
They will have obtained:
- expert knowledge of a particular field of French studies;
- knowledge of the methodology or methodologies appropriate to their field;
- a set of research skills appropriate to their field;
- the ability to produce scholarly writing in English of a sufficiently high standard; and
- an appropriate set of transferable skills, such as work planning and time management.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Thesis / Dissertation
- Annual progress interviews constitute a system for the formal monitoring by the Degree Committee of the progress of all students working towards a PhD. Termly progress interviews take place in the fourth year of the PhD.
- Postgraduate students are admitted in the first instance for a probationary period during which they are not registered as a candidate for the PhD degree.
- The first-year interview is the context in which registration as a candidate for the PhD is formally considered.
- Satisfactory progress is a condition for being registered as a doctoral student and for remaining on the register.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 48 months
- Flexible
Start dates & application deadlines
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French studies View 12 other PhDs in French studies in United KingdomAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Two academic references
- Transcript
- CV/resume
- Evidence of competence in English
- If required - you can check using our tool
- Research proposal (M)
- Please upload a 500–1000-word research proposal.
- Sample of work (1)
- Please upload a sample of recent research writing of approximately 5,000–10,000 words. The sample can be either an essay produced during masters-level studies or a section of a dissertation, and must be a single-authored work.
- Language attainments certificates (O)
- Proposed Supervisor (M)
- It is strongly recommended that you informally approach a potential Supervisor to discuss your proposed research project in advance of applying. For more information on finding a Supervisor, see below.
- Project title (M)
- Research summary (M)
- Research experience (O)
Tuition Fee
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International
29826 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 29826 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
9858 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9858 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Cambridge
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Funding
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