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Research degrees (PhD) - Philosophy

69% of our research activity is assessed as being world leading, or internationally excellent (REF 2014)
Research strengths include:
- metaphysics
- mind and language
- ethics and political philosophy
- philosophy of art and science
- feminism
- epistemology
- logic
Track record of PhD students successfully publishing in major philosophical journals
Strong culture of support including open door policy and research seminars
Home to the Nottingham Centre for Social Philosophy.
The University has a ‘Funding Search’ engine here, together with other useful links. (Note: in the search engine, the PhD programme is defined as ‘Research’ in the ‘Level’ drop-down). There is also a similar page with information that is specific to the Humanities (the school that includes Philosophy) here.

An important source of funding for PhD Postgraduate studies is the AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities consortium. Here are a few other sources that may be of interest: Aristotelian Society Bursaries, Society for Applied Philosophy, The Royal Institute of Philosophy and The Mind Association.