English PhD - Literature, Medicine, and Science

University of Leicester

At Leicester, we encourage you to explore the pleasures of studying literature in a community combining passionate academic staff and enthusiastic students. We are home to many English societies and committees with a varied calendar of extra-curricular and social events. We host a large number of conferences, lectures and seminars each year, many of them open to the public. We offer PhD and MPhil supervision in English in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including: History of the Book Literature, Medicine, and Science Literature and War Literature, Art, and Film Literature and Adolescence Life Writing Gender and Sexuality Renaissance and Early Modern Romantic and Victorian 20th Century and Contemporary PhD students complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team. The maximum period of registration permitted before thesis submission is 4 years full-time / 7 years part-time. Active research (including all experimental work, laboratory work, field work, and data collection) will typically take 3 to 3.5 years full-time / 6 to 6.5 years part-time. On completion of active research students may request approval to register for a writing-up period of up to 12 months. The period of active research and writing-up together must not exceed the maximum registration period. The thesis should not normally exceed 80,000 words and must make an original contribution to knowledge and contain work of publishable quality. The thesis must then be defended in a viva voce (oral) examination before a degree can be awarded.

School of English