Nursing, Ph.D. / M.Phil.

Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July. High-quality research is crucial to improving health and well-being within our communities, and effective long-term policy and practice interventions depend on the latest evidence. With a clear focus on translating academic theory into positive practical outcomes for practitioners, patients, and carers, our cutting-edge nursing research addresses an extensive range of issues from professional working and patient care, to the development of new treatments and interventions.

We have an outstanding reputation for Nursing at Swansea and are ranked Top 200 in the World (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026). 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. Our students are currently researching topics including the emotional experiences of children’s nurses while caring for life-limiting conditions, and nursing students’ care towards obese patients.

As a student at 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. Recent research funding and collaboration partners include: Welsh Government NHS Wales Public Health Wales European Union Amgen Europe Ministry of Defence GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals British Medical Association National Institute for Social Care and Health Research Astrazeneca The Wellcome Trust