Healthcare Management, Ph.D. / M.Phil
Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July. As our understanding of society’s complex and specialised healthcare needs increases, the more important effective, evidence-based management of health services becomes. Our PhD in Healthcare Management will give you the opportunity to pursue your particular personal or professional interest in the leadership and improvement of health services, how they provide treatment for people with physical and mental illnesses, and how they can contribute to health improvement through targeted interventions.
Over the course of your studies, you will develop and enhance transferable skills such as problem-solving, project management, and critical thinking that are valued in any professional setting. Recent student research projects in Healthcare Management include research into patient and public involvement, data security in information systems, and improved methods for evaluating large capital expenditures in health care. As part of our School of Health and Social Care, you will benefit from a dynamic and supportive research environment with many opportunities to make connections across disciplines and develop links with organisations and policymakers both in the UK and abroad.
As such, you can be confident that your research will inform and be informed by the wider health and social care environment.
Key highlights
- Pursue research in leadership and improvement of health services
- Explore interventions targeting physical and mental illness and health improvement
- Recent projects include patient involvement and information system data security
- Develop problem-solving, project management and critical thinking skills
- Build links with organisations and policymakers in the UK and abroad
- Interdisciplinary connections within a supportive health and social care research environment
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:1 — or above
- Degree: 1st — considered case by case
Scholarships
Chevening Scholarships
International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries
First Class - £5,000 per year; Second Class, First division - £3,000 per year; Second Class, Second division - £1,000 per year; Taught Masters to Research Degree - £3,000 per year subject to satisfactory progress.
Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)
The SUIPRES Scholarship covers the difference between the International and the Home tuition fee rate for the duration of the PhD/Professional Doctorate programme.
Careers this course leads to
- Healthcare management researcher
- Health services manager
- Health policy adviser
- University lecturer in healthcare management
- Healthcare quality improvement lead
- Health services consultant
Cost of study
UK/Home: £5,006 per year | International: £20,900 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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