20 Civil & Private Law PhDs in United Kingdom

PhD in Law

Whether you are planning a career as an academic within the education sector or as a professional researcher within the public or private sectors, the Kingston Law PhD will enable you to both develop the appropriate research skills and enhance your professional credibility.

PhD in Law

University of Essex

This allows you to undertake research in the field of law.

PhD in Law (PhD)

University of Bristol

The PhD and LLM by research are substantially different from other types of postgraduate work. It is the responsibility of each student to devise an independent research project to be undertaken under the supervision of a member of staff.

PhD in Professional Doctorate in Occupational Psychology

University of East London

Our professional doctorate is an applied research degree, based on a similar model to that of the PhD. It is based on a ‘workplace challenge’ framework in which the challenges embedded within your professional practice and day-to-day work form an essential component of the learning, development and research process. As well as allowing you to use current work as a substrate for a research-based doctoral qualification, the programme also fulfils the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of the British Psychological Society.

PhD in Law

Cardiff University

Cardiff Law School offers opportunities for both full and part-time study leading to the degrees of MPhil and PhD.

PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence PhD

The University of Manchester

This programme is offered by The Centre for Social Ethics & Policy in The School of Law - one of the leading bioethics and medical jurisprudence institutes in the world, with two decades of experience in campus-based and distance-learning MA programmes, and a lively and productive research environment. 

PhD in Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

University of East London

In addition to providing teaching on the major approaches to clinical psychology theory and practice, this programme examines the assumptions which inform scientific activity, the problems in applying philosophies and methods from the natural sciences to human behaviour, and the relationship between the philosophy of science and research activity. The doctorate also encourages the formulation of psychological problems within their social context.

PhD in Law PhD

The University of Manchester

The Manchester Law School is one of the oldest and most prestigious in the UK and has considerable strengths in all of the major areas of teaching and research including common law and public law, jurisprudence, EU law, international economic law, commercial law, intellectual property law and law and economics. The interdisciplinary strengths of the Law School are enhanced by the presence within it of the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy (CSEP), which conducts cutting edge medical ethical research, and the Centre for Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies, with teaching and research offered by recognised experts in these fields.

PhD in Law Research

Kings College London

While graduate research opportunities are organised through the School of Law, you may well find that your work is related to research undertaken at one of the research centres associated with the School. These centres enjoy strong international and national reputations and contribute to legal and wider public debates on important issues of today. The School is home to Centre of European Law, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, Centre for Technology, Ethics, Law and Society and Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution. You should take a look a the list of staff research interests as this will give you an indication of the areas which can be studied at the School.

PhD in Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology

University of East London

This programme seeks to produce professional practitioners who can utilise and integrate a range of mainstream psychological theories, scientific research and clinical enquiry into counselling psychology theory, practice and research. The programme will equip you with the core knowledge and skills to practise as a safe and effective professional counselling psychologist. The programme uses models of therapy that centre on the client’s experience and meaning as the focus of therapeutic work.

PhD in Law School PhD Programmes

Brunel University

A PhD is more than just studying. It is a path to in-depth knowledge and unique expertise in your chosen field.

PhD in Law

Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus

We offer MPhil and PhD research degrees in a range of topics linked to staff expertise in Law. Our staff are recognised as experts in their fields, and have produced a number of influential books, journal articles and edited collections, and won funding for a number of prestigious research projects.