Salford Business School PhD
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Salford is a research-driven university, using innovation and creativity to find solutions to ‘real-world’ problems. Our multi-disciplinary research environment is recognised nationally and around the world.
Your PhD at Salford Business School will be conducted under the academic supervision of one of our five Research Centres:
Applications
Applications for PhD programmes at Salford Business School can be submitted online.
Alternatively, please contact Susan Sharples (s.j.sharples@salford.ac.uk) for an application form and more information.
Suggested Topics
Research active academics have suggested a number of PhD topics (in fields ranging from Project Management, Finance and Marketing to the London Olympics, Trade Unions and Survival Analysis) that they would like to supervise.
Suggested topics act as the starting point of your doctoral research, and will be developed as a result of discussion between you and your supervisor(s). If you would like to choose one of these topics, please get in touch with the suggested supervisor to discuss the requirements for the research proposal.
Write Your Own Proposal
You can, of course, still follow the more traditional path of writing your own proposal for a topic of your choice.
The research proposal is a crucial part of your application; we would advise you to discuss this proposal with the Director of Postgraduate Research Programmes, Professor Phil Scarf, to make sure you understand what is expected in your subject area.
Modes of Study
Salford offers researchers several different modes of studying for a postgraduate qualification. Research masters and PhDs can be studied for full time or part time. In addition, PhDs can be completed through the following modes:
PhD by Publication
More details about PhD by Published Works...[pdf]
Split-site PhDs
Split-site (or 'joint location') PhDs take place between Salford and an approved university (usually in the researcher's home country). This is a full time programme, during which the student should spend the equivalent of one year at Salford. The rest of the research takes place at a local university. The splite-site student has a supervisor at Salford, and an adviser at his/her local university.