Ageing Studies, PhD

Overview

In the Ageing Studies programme from Brunel University of London, we bring a range of disciplinary perspectives to addressing our key research challenges: maximising the ability of people to age well, mapping the diverse and dynamic ways that people age, and contributing to the development and evaluation of health and social care interventions that optimise the potential for ageing well.

Key Facts

Our theme, which has 40 members, embraces the four key disciplinary perspectives that underpin the understanding of ageing well: social and behavioural sciences, biology, clinical and health sciences, and arts, humanities, policy and politics. In the main, however, our research focuses on three key areas of activity.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

• Rehabilitation After Cancer and Stroke
• Incontinence
• Biomechanics and Falls
• Cellular and Molecular Biology of Ageing
• Sociology and Psychology of Loneliness

Admission Requirements

Academic requirements

GPA: Upper Second Class; First Class (recommended)

English requirements

TOEFL iBT: 98

PTE Academic: 64

IELTS: 7

Other requirements

• The general University entrance requirement for registration for a research degree is normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree (1st or 2:1).
• If you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you must prove knowledge of the English language so that we can issue you a Certificate of Acceptance for Study (CAS). To do this, you will need an IELTS for UKVI or Trinity SELT test pass gained from a test centre approved by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and on the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) list.

Fees and Funding

Tuition Fees

International: 46,846 AUD / year (≈ 24,795 GBP / year)

Domestic: 9,896 AUD / year (≈ 5,238 GBP / year)

Additional Details: Tuition for international: £12,395 part-time; Tuition for UK: £2,619 part-time.

Living costs

London, United Kingdom: 2,148–4,075 AUD / month