Doctoral College

About the project

Discover the work we are doing to support our postgraduate research students - giving them a supportive and stimulating environment in which to thrive.

Academically led, training and development focused, student-centred

The Doctoral College brings together and supports our doctoral community throughout their research journey.

We recognise the importance of our doctoral students to our research ambitions and our research missions .

That’s why we aim to create a supportive and stimulating environment in which they can thrive.

The Doctoral College is based on three pillars:

• academic leadership
• training and development
• support from Doctoral Services

Research power

We are the second-ranked modern university for research power, ranked 38th in the UK overall.

Top-ranked

We have four subjects in the top 10 for research power — Art and Design, Education, English and Sport.

Global impact

90% of our research impact is world-leading or internationally excellent.

Supportive community

We have over 1,000 doctoral researchers studying across five research missions.

Doctoral research at Manchester Met

• Research strengths Discover our research strengths — helping us to better understand the world around us and share new insights with policymakers, businesses and wider society. Find out more

Research strengths

• Postgraduate research Join our diverse research community and make an original contribution to your field of study. Find out more

Postgraduate research

• Doctoral training partnerships Fully funded scholarships across the social sciences and Arts and Humanities. Find out more

Inside the doctoral college

• Training and development for doctoral students Supporting you with a range of events, resources and development opportunities as you build your doctoral research career. Find out more

Training and development for doctoral students

• Doctoral Services Doctoral Services provide strategic leadership on doctoral activities across the University. Get contact details for faculty and topic leads. Find out more

Doctoral Services

• Academic leadership Learn more about our commitment to doctoral students and the support we can provide you with to achieve your research study goals. Find out more

Research areas