Prospective Students
The largest in England, the North West Doctoral Training Centre comprises the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester and offers studentships across the full range of social sciences through its nineteen pathways. It contributes to the nationwide development of specific research areas such as Management and Business Studies, Language Based Area Studies and Economics and also focuses on the development of Advanced Quantitative Methods across the social sciences. There is strong and growing emphasis on interdisciplinary and cross-institutional projects, fostered by the NWDTC’s methodological training centre, MethodsNorthWest.
Click here for a list of programmes eligible for consideration.
For further information on the NWDTC please visit our homepage.
How to Apply
Please follow the links below to apply for a Masters or PhD programme at one of our institutions:
Once you have obtained an offer onto one of our Masters or PhD programmes please complete a studentship application form by 23rd March 2012:
Guide for Applicants
Application Form
What is AQM?
Some pathways choose to impose earlier internal deadlines, so please check with the pathway lead at the institution you intend to register which deadline applies to you. Contact details for Institutional Pathway Leads can be found here.
If you have any queries please contact Hayley Meloy at hmeloy@liv.ac.uk.
