English provides a nurturing environment for both individual and collaborative research: its permanent academic staff, together with a number of teaching and research fellows, cover a wide range of interests and periods.
Our openness to new critical theories and emerging areas of the discipline encourages a multiplicity of approaches. Main research interests include:
- Old and Middle English
- Romantic/Nineteenth-Century Poetry and Fiction
- Modernism
- 20th- and 21st-Century Literature, Culture and Film
- Comics and Graphic Novels
- Postcolonial
- American Writing
- Scottish Writing
Details of staff research interests are available on our English staff profile pages.
There is a lively research culture in the programme, including a regular postgraduate forum, visiting speakers, and an annual postgraduate conference held in Dundee. English hosts an annual conference of the Scottish Word and Image Group as well as a Comics Conference.
Research postgraduates are advised and trained, not only on the development of their ideas but also on matters of publication and career planning.
For more information about Research in English at Dundee, please visit the Humanities webpage.
Entry requirements
You should have an honours degree at 2.1 or above, and/or a Masters degree in a relevant discipline.
English language requirements
IELTS (overall)
7.0Reading
7.0Listening
7.0Speaking
7.0Writing
7.0We also accept other English language qualifications (updated August 2020)
You do not need to prove your knowledge of English if you are a national of certain countries.
Don't meet the English language requirements?
English language programmes
Prepare for university study and benefit from extra English tuition with an English language programme.
Funding
AHRC Funded Scholarships
The University of Dundee is part of a consortium of eight Higher Education institutions which has been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to support postgraduate studentships and training in the Arts and Humanities in Scotland. Under the Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scheme, the consortium - comprised of the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Stirling, Strathclyde and Glasgow - will consider applications for doctoral studentship awards in the majority of Arts and Humanities subjects.
Full information is on our AHRC studentships webpage
PhD fees
Applying for a research degree
Use UCAS Postgraduate to apply for a research degree. Please read the guidance on filling in your UCAS Postgraduate application before proceeding with your application.
Apply here:
- PhD in English
- Non-graduating research in Humanities (6 months or more)
- Non-graduating research in Humanities (less than 6 months)
PhD opportunities
View PhD opportunities on the Humanities website
Creative Economies PhD studentship
Learn about our Doctoral training programmes
View University of Dundee PhD projects, programs & scholarships on FindaPhD.com
Contact
Dr Brian Hoyle
Telephone: +44 (0)1382 384417
b.p.hoyle@dundee.ac.uk