Dental, Health and Care Professions (Distance Learning)

Our School of Health and Social Care delivers research at the highest ethical standard to improve knowledge for services and the health of the community with the Dental, Health and Care Professions (Distance Learning) program at University of Portsmouth.

Your research could deal with the most urgent health and wellbeing issues facing society – from the need to care for an ageing population, to delivering effective health and social care to under-represented, vulnerable or isolated groups within society. Your research can also be linked to Biomedical Science and Pharmacy, Psychology, and Geography.

As a postgraduate of the Dental, Health and Care Professions (Distance Learning) program at University of Portsmouth University of Portsmouth student, you’ll access seminars and tutorials in epidemiology and statistical methods, database management, qualitative research, and development and assessment of quality of life measures.

What can a postgraduate research degree do for my career?

Once you complete your postgraduate research degree, you’ll be a highly-skilled researcher with the knowledge and skills to make an impact in many different industries.

Your postgraduate research qualification demonstrates to potential employers that you’re an intelligent, capable and motivated person, with provable abilities and experience in critical thinking, problem-solving, project management, communication, leadership and creativity.

After researching with us, our successful postgraduate research candidates have gone on to impressive positions in a variety of fields.

Health & Social Care PhDs

Explore our pre-approved funded and self-funded PhD projects, or submit your own research idea.