Medical School Postgraduate Research Courses

Our suite of Health Informatics courses are based within our Patient and Population Health and Informatics research theme. As a UK Health Data Research Hub Health Informatics MRes students will have access to world leading researchers using health data to better understand health patterns of a population. Our expertise in the area have seen us lead some of the largest clinical trials in the UK harnessing patient data to improve patient wellbeing and care. 

• Population Data Science
• Population Health and Wellbeing
• Primary and Emergency Care
• Swansea Trials Unit

Our Biomedical Science PhD programmes cover areas such as Cancer and Genomics;  Microbes and Immunity; Nanomedicine; and pharmacology. Our programmes are suitable for well-qualified candidates whose research interests correspond with these topics and who want to work on complex medical problems that have both biological and social impacts.

• Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry, PhD
• Cancer and Genomics, PhD
• Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, PhD
• Medical Neuroscience, Ph.D.
• Nanomedicine, PhD
• Microbiology and Immunology, PhD
• Toxicology and Pharmacology, PhD/Msc by Research

Research at the Medical School covers a range of research areas. Each of these areas of research have world leading research active staff available for PhD, MPhil, or MSc by Research supervisors available. Explore further the research being undertaken in these themes and find the supervisor suitable to your area of research interest.

• Clinical Education, PhD

Research at the Medical School covers a range of research areas. Each of these areas of research have world leading research active staff available for PhD, MPhil, or MSc by Research supervisors available. Explore further the research being undertaken in these themes and find the supervisor suitable to your area of research interest.

• Pharmacy, PhD

Research at the Medical School covers a range of research areas. Each of these areas of research have world leading research active staff available for PhD, MPhil, or MSc by Research supervisors available. Explore further the research being undertaken in these themes and find the supervisor suitable to your area of research interest.

• Medical Physics and Imaging, PhD

Research at the Medical School covers a range of research areas. Each of these areas of research have world leading research active staff available for PhD, MPhil, or MSc by Research supervisors available. Explore further the research being undertaken in these themes and find the supervisor suitable to your area of research interest.

• Population and Health Data Science, PhD

Our PhD, MD, MPhil and MSc by Research in Medical and Health Care Studies is suitable for well-qualified candidates whose research interests correspond with these topics and who want to work on complex medical problems that have both biological and social impacts.

• Health Technologies, PhD
• Medical and Health Care Studies, PhD/MPhil/MSc by Research
• Medical and Health Care Studies, MD
• Regenerative Medicine, PhD

The DProf and MRes in Research in Health Professions Education gives you expert training in education research methods.  The programme is suitable for anyone who wants to undertake rigorous, practice-focused research, from doctors, nurses, academic educators, social care professionals or psychologists.

• Research in Health Professions Education, DProf/MRes