Integrated PhD in Health Care Management and Policy
- Head of PhD Programme
- Mark Saunders
- Programme length
- Full-time: 42-57 months
- Programme start date
- October
Our Integrated PhD is a full-time programme designed for those who wish to develop a broad grounding in high level research methods and skills as part of their doctoral studies. Consequently it lays considerable emphasis on
- structured training in research methods
- researcher skill development
- subject specific training
It is particularly suited to those wishing to pursue an academic or research career, or those currently in academic posts whose research interests complement specific areas of research strengths aligned to those of the department stated above.
You will find full links to our research interests and expertise of our academic staff for these specific groups through our web site.
Programme Overview
Stage one: Core research training, comprises approximately nine months of full-time study including eight taught compulsory modules covering research methods, researcher skills and subject-specific knowledge and understanding
- Foundations of Management Research
- Fundamentals of Management Research Methods
- Field Methods
- Principles of Survey Design
- Documentary Analysis and Online Research
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Developing the Professional Researcher
- New Directions in Management Research
This stage culminates in the development and submission of a detailed research proposal for your PhD.
On satisfactory completion (normally at least at merit level) you will progress to doctoral research (Stage two).
Stage two: Doctoral research comprises approximately three years of full time study during which you will undertake a structured, supervised programme of scholarly research into one of our areas of research.
Your research will make an original contribution to knowledge and be of a standard appropriate for publication in high-quality refereed journals.
During this time you will also undertake additional advanced specialist training which will be determined with your supervisor and dependent upon your research development needs.
We are part of the prestigious ESRC-funded South East Doctoral Training Centre and, alongside this and the training provided by the University, we provide specific advanced training for our PhD students researchers in our own Schools. These include a range of modules focused on developing the practical skills required for subsequent careers.
Our PhD researchers also organize and run their own annual research conference and attend research group seminars.
At the end of your time as a PhD researcher at Surrey you will be expected to submit an extended thesis for examination. This thesis will demonstrate your ability to make an original contribution to knowledge.
You will also be expected to answer questions on your thesis and your research in a viva voce examination.
Entry Requirements
For an Integrated PhD, our expectation is that you will hold a Masters degree at a minimum of merit level in business or management or a relevant discipline, which includes a substantive dissertation element and is from an approved university. If you do not hold such a degree, you may be admitted, providing you hold an upper second (2.1), from an approved university or a professional or other qualification deemed by the University to be appropriate, where it includes a substantive dissertation element.
English language requirements
IELTS minimum overall: 7.0
IELTS minimum by component:
- Reading: 6.5
- Writing: 6.5
- Speaking: 6.5
- Listening: 6.5
We offer intensive English language pre-sessional courses, designed to take you to the level of English ability and skill required for your studies here.
Fees and Funding
Fees
| Study mode | UK/EU fees | Overseas fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time | Stage 1 £9,650, Stage 2 - £12,130 | Stage 1 £15,570, Stage 2 - £12,130 |
Funding
Students may be considered for a postgraduate research studentship to cover Home (UK) and European Union fees and an annual stipend. Funding is available through the prestigious ESRC-funded South East Doctoral Training Centre (DTC), which currently supports two students within the Faculty.
Surrey’s well-established postgraduate conference culture has brought with it a number of awards and prizes. The annual Faculty Postgraduate Research Conference awards a prize for Best Paper and, in similar fashion, the University’s Postgraduate Research Conference recognises Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster Presentation. In addition, the University makes an award of Postgraduate Research Student of the Year in each faculty.
Health Care Management and Policy at Surrey
The Department of Health Care Management and Policy offers opportunities to conduct applied organizational management and policy research. We are leaders in understanding the relationship between policy and transformational organizational change; internationally, nationally and locally. We also offer opportunities in innovation management, quality improvement and patient safety, informatics and health economics. Your research focus can include policy, strategic change, clinical practice and organization theory, applied within a health care context. Our cross-cutting interests include chronic disease management, innovation, service evaluation and implementation, organizational development, medical informatics and patient experience.
We provide a dynamic environment, where management theory and practical applications meet. We are working on ground-breaking research at the same time as producing the academics and health leaders of tomorrow. Entering Surrey you will find a lively research environment in which doctoral students play a vital role. Our academic staff have internationally leading reputations and are committed to research that shapes both national and international agendas of policy, practice and scholarship. We support an internationally diverse community of doctoral students who are important collaborators in this venture. We are committed to providing our doctoral students with a sound grounding in research methods and methodology, and professional training which will equip them with a suite of transferable skills for building outstanding careers moving forward.
As a doctoral student you can expect to be challenged by new ideas and to be critical in your research. Students start working on their own thesis research as soon as they enter the programme and have to meet formal deliverables and deadlines throughout the course in order to ensure their thesis work progresses smoothly and to time. You will participate in seminars and conferences and be part of a vibrant international community of over 100 doctoral researchers, many of whom are women, and over two thirds of whom are researching full time within our faculty.
This is an exciting time to be in health care management, and an exciting time to be part of the University of Surrey.
Research
The Department has five main areas of research interest:
- Policy, innovation and large scale transformational change
- Health economics
- Patient safety and quality improvement
- The evolving role of the modern healthcare manager
- Health informatics
Research environment
Research students are provided with office space, PCs, access to major business databases and a wide range of online research tools and resources. Research students are normally members of a subject/research group and participate with academic staff in its activities. Research students also run their own conference, presenting their work to the wider Faculty.
Contact us
For general enquiries
0800 980 3200 or +44 (0)1483 681 681
For admissions enquiries
+44 (0)1483 686 300