Research degrees
We are offering a three year PhD studentship in the Health and Social Care Institute looking at fluoride intake and excretion in infants aged 1 - 12 months.
Deadline - 25 May 2012.
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Your proposed topic of research should be closely aligned with the research areas of our staff. An important part of your application will be to indicate a research area and a member of staff within that research area who might act as your Director of Studies:
- Digital Futures Institute
- Health and Social Care Institute
- Institute of Design, Culture and the Arts
- Social Futures Institute
- Technology Futures Institute
- Teesside University Business School research
Entry requirements
Normal minimum entry requirements are a UK upper second class honours degree (2:1) or higher, or an equivalent international qualification, in a subject relevant to the desired subject of research.
Students for whom English is not the first language should normally have, or expect to get no grade lower than 6.5 in the IELTS English Language test; 232 in the computer-based TOEFL test; 575 in the paper-based TOEFL test; or 91 in the internet-based TOEFL (iBT).
Submitting an application:
You can submit an application at any time of year. However, we have three enrolment periods each year for new research programmes, in early October, early January, and early May. If you are accepted for a research degree, you will be issued with an offer letter giving full details of your programme including the start date of your study. Offers of a place will be made for the next available start date.
Please download the application form (word - 98kb). Applications will not be considered unless made using this application form. You should also download the document 
how to apply (pdf - 111kb) and see the other documents at the bottom of this page when making an application.
Return your completed application form to Graduate Research School, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA, or email it to graduateresearchschool@tees.ac.uk.
Details on our application process, fees, and information for research degree students are available in the following documents:
- Important information for international (non UK/EU) applicants for research degrees (pdf - 99kb)
- Postgraduate research studies – fees information (pdf - 58kb)
- Research degrees offered by the University (pdf - 78kb)
- Research degree student handbook and FAQs (pdf - 676kb)
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