Registration
The Process from Application to Registration
The following points summarise the key stages leading up to registration for research degrees:
- Prospective students for research degrees must apply to the relevant School/Department
- If the Department/School wishes to offer them a place they will be allocated Supervisors
- The completed application pack with all supporting documentation must be sent to the Hub-Admissions
- The applicant will be sent an offer letter and start date by Hub-Admissions
- The applicant must accept the offer before joining the University and beginning their studies
- On joining, the student must enrol as a student of the University - new provisional students will receive full details of enrolment procedures by email in advance (only if the Admissions process is complete)*
- *Schools ought to check the Admissions processes are completed in order for Hub-SAS-Research team to ensure timely notice about enrolment is sent to all provisional students
- Most students enrol for research degrees in late September/early October during the main enrolment event although it is possible to start research progammes on the first day of January, April and July (some departments though only permit students to start in October)
- All provisional students must normally enrol within 10 days of start of their term commencing
- Each year it is necessary for continuing students to re-enrol on the anniversary of their enrolment and this is done online
- New part-time and external students can arrange to enrol by post
Note - there is a further webpage that flags how to pay tuition fees (which is also part of completing enrolment) and more general student information about enrolment/re-enrolment.
Initial Registration for MPhil (leading to PhD)
In normal circumstances, all doctoral research candidates will be registered for the degree of MPhil. Only in exceptional circumstances, for example where a candidate already possesses a relevant qualification such as a UK Master's degree by research or equivalent, will direct registration for PhD be considered.
