Doctoral Research College

The Doctoral Research College (DRC) is a non-academic department within Birmingham City University whose primary purpose is to ‘Enable Excellent Research’. The DRC do this by working in partnership with Postgraduate Research (PGR) students, School research colleagues, other professional service groups within the University, to support the doctoral research journey from application to graduation.

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The DRC is a fundamental part of the Research Office and DRC staff, work in partnership with each School so support is always available for Postgraduate Research Students.

How do we help researchers?

PhD Enquiries
Applications, admissions and enrolment
Advice on Scholarships/Fees/stipend payments/contracts
Registration and Induction
Attendance monitoring and progression/Annual Monitoring
PG Certificate Research Practice (and other research training)
Suspensions/extensions
PGR support/Drop-in sessions
Thesis submission/Examination/Award

FAQs

Are you a current student or prospective applicant with a questions for the Doctoral Research College? Our FAQs are designed to provide initial guidance to our most frequent queries.

Applicant FAQs

PGR FAQS

If you need further assistance, please use the relevant contact details below. Our PhD area is a hub of information for current and prospective postgraduate researchers, including PhD blogs, news, finance information, details of studentships and more.