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The Doctoral College at Ulster

Enhancing and supporting the PhD researcher experience.

Funded PhDs

Funded opportunities exist throughout the year and our Annual Scholarship Competition runs from December to February each year....

Self-Funded PhDs

If you plan to self-fund your studies or have a sponsor who will fund your research study, you may apply...

Why a PhD and Why at Ulster?

Hear our recent graduands and current PhD Researchers talk about their experiences at Ulster.

UK and Ireland University of the Year Winner

Times Higher Education Awards 2024

PRES 2025

The latest Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES 2025) has placed Ulster University 2nd in the UK for postgraduate researcher satisfaction.

The national benchmarking exercise surveyed postgraduate research students from 89 universities across the UK about their postgraduate research experience.

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Doctoral College Yearbook

Our PhD Researchers share their favourite memories from their time at Ulster.

Postgraduate Researcher Student Route Visa Monitoring

Immigration monitoring information for postgraduate researchers with Student Route Visas.

Graduate Route Visa

Information on the Graduate Route Visa

Visa Extensions

Information for Student Visa holders wishing to extend their visa to complete their research studies

Quality Assurance and Routes of Engagement

The Doctoral College regularly reviews research degree provision and has mechanisms to engage researchers in the review process.

Quality Enhancement Review of research degree programmes

Details of the process for quality assuring research degree programmes

Quality Enhancement Review

Routes for PhD Researcher engagement and representation

Doctoral College Communication and Representation Structures

Framework for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

Detailing the Doctoral College's Framework for EDI at Ulster

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