About Science Studies Phd in Lancaster University

Students doing a PhD in Science Studies join an international and interdisciplinary research community with students working on PhDs in Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies, Science Studies, Media and Cultural Studies and Applied Social Science. We offer supervision for PhDs in a number of areas including cultural imaginaries and material practices of science and technology, policy analysis, environment, health and medicine, and information and communications technologies.

You will be assigned PhD supervisors (usually two), and consideration will be taken to match you with supervisor(s) whose current active research interests and expertise are relevent to your chosen topic. Close working relations are enjoyed with other departments at Lancaster, and in some cases there is cross-departmental supervision.

A programme of skills and dissertation workshops designed specifically for postgraduate students within the Sociology Department runs throughout the year.

In addition, you are encouraged to attend any relevant MA taught modules, but are not required to take any for credit as part of your degree.

​​​​​​Entry Requirements

• Bachelor's degree at least 3 years in length with at least 60% overall, with at least 55% in each year (year 2 onwards)

English language requirements 

• IELTS :an overall score of at least 7.0, with a minimum of 6.0 in each element
• TOEFL IBT: an overall score of at least 94, with a minimum of 19 in reading, 19 in listening, 19 in speaking and 22 in writing
• PTE: With a score of at least 65 and a minimum of 50 in each component of the testz

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Lancaster University Cost of Attendance

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• The tuition fees for programs under different faculties are different.
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