University of Bath starts admission to PhD programmes in health, wellbeing

NEW DELHI: University of Bath has invited applications for health PhD programme and health and wellbeing PhD course for the academic year 2024-25. The course is offered by the university’s department of health. Candidates can apply for the research programmes on the university’s official website, bath.ac.uk.

According to the eligibility criteria for the programmes, candidates having a bachelor's degree, in an appropriate subject, with a final overall result equivalent to a first or a 2:1 are eligible. Students are also required to have a masters degree or appropriate research training.

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Those without either a masters degree or sufficient research training may be considered on a case-by-case basis or asked to complete a relevant masters degree at the University, before starting their PhD programme. Candidates should also submit two references, with at least one of these being an academic reference.

Students who have graduated within the last 5 years from an Indian university where the medium of instruction is English, and achieved at least 75% for English in their Indian 12th standard examinations will have to submit their evidence.

As per the fee structure, the fee for the research programmes is 22,400 Euros for Indian students.

The university asked international students to apply at least three months prior to the intended start date, either after identifying a supervisor and discussing the proposed research or applying for a defined PhD project via Find a PhD.

Talking about the course, it said that the PhD programmes are designed for those keen to undertake original research in areas that impact people’s health, well-being, and sports performance. The courses will cover research areas such as

• Lifelong health and wellbeing: Exercise physiology, nutrition, cancer immunology, pain and maturation, motivation and behavior change of individuals and societies
• Improving human performance: Computational biomechanics, clinical biomechanics and rehabilitation, gait analysis, injury prevention, sport psychology
• Realizing a fair and vibrant society: Inequalities in physical culture, sport, and health, tobacco control and exploring how disease risk determinants impact lifespan
• Social, political, and economic contexts in which health and wellbeing research is carried out and applied in national and international policy-making