PhD Modern War Studies

University of Buckingham

Applicants are normally expected to have a first or upper second-class degree at undergraduate level and a Masters degree. Age is usually an irrelevancy. In exceptional cases, extensive and relevant work experience may also qualify a student for postgraduate research. Students without a Masters degree and wishing to undertake doctoral research may enrol on the relevant MA programme in their first year and, given appropriate progress, ‘upgrade to PhD registration at the start of their second year of full-time study; the first year of MA study counts as the first of the three years required for the PhD. Part-time options are also available. Wherever possible, students are encouraged to begin their PhD studies at the start of the academic year (the Autumn Term, beginning in late September), in order to be in step with their peers. Where this is not possible, however, the Programme Director may allow the student to commence their PhD research at the beginning of one of the later terms. Please note that the MA has a single entry point, in late September.