Master’s by Research (MRes)

Key Information

Duration & delivery: 12-18 months full-time, 24-36 months part-time

Tuition fees: See website for details

Entry requirements: See website for details

Why choose an MRes?

An MRes provides you with the opportunity to tailor your studies to your specific research interests or career aspirations. You can set out to find the answer to a particular research question and will have the chance to delve deeper into a subject area that you are passionate about.

Course overview

An MRes is also a good precursor to a PhD, allowing you to develop your research skills, enhance your ability to critically analyse information and solve complex problems. During your MRes you will:

• Undertake research methods training to develop a comprehensive knowledge of the research methods used within your specialist field

• Critically analyse information in the literature within your chosen field to identify information gaps, and develop and design a research project which addresses an issue within your chosen field

• Carry out your research project

• Produce a written critical analysis of the research data

• Present your research through a thesis and defend it by viva voce (oral) examination, to the satisfaction of examiners.

How are you assessed?

Your project is formally assessed via submission of a thesis and a viva voce (oral) examination. Your independent research will be written up as a thesis, which is expected to be between 15,000 and 30,000 words (depending on the discipline).

There is no formally assessed taught component in an MRes, but you will be expected to engage with the Postgraduate Researcher Development Programme, which includes research methodology training. You’ll develop your research project in conjunction with experienced academics in your field of interest, who will then provide supervisory support and can introduce their specialist knowledge.

An MRes is the ideal programme for you if you would like to undertake more comprehensive training into original research, or if you want to undertake professional development training in your specific subject area.

Our research areas of interest

• Accounting, Finance & Economics

• Animation

• Archaeology & Anthropology

• Business, Management & Marketing

• Computing & Informatics

• Creative Education

• Creative Industries Studies

• Creative Practice (Film, Television, Documentary, Immersive Media, Screenwriting, Photography)

• Design & Engineering

• Disaster Management

• English, History & Politics

• Events & Leisure

• Forensic Science

• Healthcare, Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Health Professions

• Human Rights, Creative Writing & Publishing

• Humanisation

• Journalism

• Law

• Leadership, Innovation & Management

• Life & Environmental Sciences

• Marketing Communications

• Media Production, Inclusivity & Sustainable Practice

• Medical Sciences, Radiography & Medical Imaging

• Nutrition

• Organisational Culture

• Privacy & Data Protection

• Psychology

• Retail

• Social Sciences & Social Work

• Sport

• Sustainability

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