Key Information
- Duration: Part-time, 60 months (5-7 years)
- Start dates & application deadlines:
- Starting January 2027 - Apply before Oct 2026
Overview
The professional doctorate in Social Work offered at Cardiff University is a part-time doctoral research degree. It is fully equivalent to the PhD, but substantially different from it in that it is strongly professionally oriented, focussing on 'applied' rather than 'pure' research.
While the PhD generally prepares candidates for a research-based career, the professional doctorate is a more in-service orientated degree, addressing the career needs of practising professionals, particularly those in or who aspire to senior positions within their professions. The linkages between research-based knowledge and its application in a wide range of professional settings are central to this doctorate.
Career Prospects
- Typically professional doctorate candidates are employed when they study with us, although current employment is not a condition of entry.
- Graduates are able to further their careers within their employment settings or move beyond these into, for example, Higher Education, policy and planning, and/or research development and management.
Programme Structure
Areas of research include:
- Science, technology and risk
- Crime, security and justice
- Knowledge, learning and pedagogy
- Culture, interaction and everyday life
- Children and young people
- Education, skills and labour markets
- Inequalities, division and diversity
Admission Requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: First Class
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 100 (total score of 4 subjects: writing, listening, speaking, and reading, each subject range 0-30)
PTE Academic: 76 (total score ranges between 10 and 90)
IELTS: 7 (combined average score of 4 subjects: writing, listening, speaking, and reading)
General requirements
- You must possess a good first degree and usually have completed a master's degree. You should also have two or more years' professional experience in a field appropriate to your chosen pathway.
- Much of the module learning and associated assignments aim to support applied professional development and you are expected to have experience of - or current access to - professional settings in a field appropriate to your doctoral degree.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD. Domestic students: 4,711 AUD / year (approximately 2,503 GBP / year).
Living costs
Cardiff, United Kingdom: 1,182-2,006 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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