Applications can be made throughout the year, with programme start dates of:
1 October, 1 February and 1 May each year.
A full-time PhD student should normally devote 35 hours per week to their studies: a part-time student on average should devote at least twelve hours per week but under twenty-one hours.
MPhil
| Degree type | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|
| Full time | one year six months | three years |
| Part time | two years six months | four years |
PhD (via transfer from MPhil registration and including the period of MPhil registration)
| Degree type | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|
| Full time | two years* | four years |
| Part time | two years | six years |
PhD (direct)*
| Degree type | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|
| Full time | two years* | four years |
| Part time | three years | six years |
Prof.D
| Degree type | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|
| Full time | two years | four years |
| Part time | three years | six years |
*The minimum period for a PhD candidate, whether registered for PhD direct or by MPhil/PhD route, engaged in a programme of research including formally assessed postgraduate study shall be two years and nine months for full-time students and three years nine months for part-time students.
