The Faculty of Health Sciences provides opportunities for research to MPhil and PhD level or MPhil with transfer to PhD. The route to your degree will give you a unique intellectual challenge and an opportunity to work on a project in-depth. MPhil involves development of research skills and an extension of existing knowledge, PhD requires in-depth investigation of a topic and an original contribution to existing knowledge. You will undertake a project under expert supervision, exploring your topic and produce a thesis (maximum word count below), which you will defend in a viva. MPhil (up to 40,000 words), PhD (up to 80,000 words). As part of your research development you will also complete a short course (the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods) that builds up your knowledge and skills concerning the nature and practicalities of academic research.