Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
The Professional Doctorate in Security Risk Management at University of Portsmouth is a structured, four-year, part-time programme targeted towards security professionals in the UK and overseas. It comprises a taught element delivered through a small number of workshops in Portsmouth for the first two years and then two years of supervised research leading to a thesis.
The aim of the course is to provide a framework for security professionals to reflect on and contribute to practice in their area of work. Its emphasis is on developing researching professionals (which is distinct from the more traditional PhD route which aims to develop professional researchers).
The overall aim of the course is to develop security professionals whose work informs, and is informed by, original research in the field. Current research topics include:
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
A master’s degree in an appropriate subject. Applicants must be professionally engaged in a security related area. All applicants will be invited to attend a face-to-face or telephone interview.