Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
- PhD: 3 years full-time; MPhil: 1 to 2 years full-time
- Part-time
- 36 months
- PhD: 6 years part-time; MPhil: 2 to 3 years part-time
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
It is possible to start a PhD degree at any point in the year at most academic Schools, subject to agreement with the supervisor.
Language
English
Credits
360 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
Bangor, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Sociology, Public Policy, Social Policy
Overview
The emphasis is on small groups, close working relationships between students and supervisors, and development towards full professional participation in the subject area. For research students we are able to provide both a full ESRC recognised research training programme and high quality expert supervision across a broad spectrum of subjects.
Research Areas
Current graduate students are conducting research on:
- The social organisation of net-based learning
- Migration, ideas of national belonging and policy responses in Wales and Ireland
- The economic and social significance of the SARS outbreaks
- Wales in a global neighbourhood
- Categorisation and special educational needs: implementing the SEN code of practice
- The social construction of Welsh identity
- The use of the Welsh language in the voluntary sector in Wales
- The role of programme evaluation in the public sector organisation
The Social Policy, Sociology programme is offered at Bangor University.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Comparative Social Policy
- The historical sociology of health
- Health Policies and devolution
- Mental illness and learning disabilities
- Ageing and social change
- Housing Policy
- Ethnographic and ethnomethodological studies of work
- Conversation Analysis
- Membership categorisation analysis
- Schooling and social interaction
- Culture and Media
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Required
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 105
- TOEFL iBT: 75
- PTE Academic: 62
- IELTS: 6
Other requirements
General requirements
- A good honours degree in a related discipline is required. Students without a Masters degree in a relevant discipline will be required to undertake a taught research training programme in their first year. Students should submit a research outline which must be approved by the Course Director.
- For those whose first language is not English or Welsh, the minimum English language requirements is:
- IELTS: 6.5 (with no individual score lower than 6.0)
- Pearson PTE: 62 (with no individual score lower than 58)
- Cambridge English Test – Advanced: 176 (with no individual score lower than 169)
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International: 34,694 AUD / year (≈ 18,500 GBP / year)
- Domestic: 9,388 AUD / year (≈ 5,006 GBP / year)
Part-time Postgraduate Research tuition fee is 50% of the full-time Postgraduate Research tuition fee per annum.
Living costs
Bangor, United Kingdom: 1,238–2,138 AUD / month
Funding
Available Scholarships
- Dean's Scholarship – Bangor University – Grant: 6000 GBP – Deadline: Anytime
- International Scholarship – Bangor University – Grant: 4000 GBP – Deadline: Anytime
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship – Bangor University – Grant: 30000 GBP – Deadline: Not specified
- Alumni scholarship – Bangor University – Grant: 1000 GBP – Deadline: Anytime
- Heads of School Scholarship – Bangor University – Grant: Various benefits – Deadline: Not specified
- Dean's Scholarship - Postgraduate Research – Bangor University – Grant: Various benefits – Deadline: Not specified
- Vice-Chancellor Postgraduate Research Scholarships – Bangor University – Grant: Various benefits – Deadline: 07 Jul 2027