The New Route PhD is an integrated postgraduate programme, which

combines research with advanced training in discipline-specific and

generic skills. The programme is offered by a consortium of leading UK,
research-based universities, including Newcastle University.
NewRoutePhD

at Newcastle University
Research
Newcastle University is a member of
the Russell Group, an association of
leading research-intensive UK
universities. The influential publication,
Research Fortnight, has ranked Newcastle
University seventeenth out of 162 UK
universities and colleges in terms of its
research power. Our research quality
and culture is internationally acclaimed,
with a firm commitment to good
research practice. While a wealth of
subject-based research is carried out in
our academic schools, the University
also has a range of powerful research
institutes and centres to pursue
interdisciplinary research across school
and faculty boundaries. The University
brings together a critical mass of RAE
2008 grade 4* world-leading and 3*
internationally excellent interdisciplinary
research, and provides exciting
opportunities for research training.
Postgraduate Training
Newcastle University currently has the
largest number of New Route PhD
students in the country, with 109
students enrolled on a variety of
courses. The exciting range of
programmes, known as Integrated PhDs,
provides broad-based, contemporary
research training. This enables you to
develop your research skills and ensure
they can be applied in academic and
work-related contexts.
As a New Route PhD student, you
undertake a number of taught modules,
designed to help you gain the skills,
knowledge, understanding and ability
to evaluate research in your area. These
modules also help you to prepare a
research proposal and carry it out. On
completion of the taught modules, you
embark upon a research project that
addresses an issue of professional or
academic concern or interest. You then
write up the project as a 50,000-word
thesis.
The New Route
Programme
The New Route programme uses the
Universitys substantial postgraduate
training portfolio as well as enabling you
to gain specialist, discipline-specific skills
and knowledge from taught
programmes to support your
independent research project. This
integrated approach offers you a
learning environment in which you can
broaden and deepen your subject
knowledge, while providing the
opportunity for interdisciplinary study to
extend your expertise in new directions.
Graduates will be well equipped to
make a significant contribution to their
chosen field. All students also benefit
from extensive generic skills
training to ensure that you
possess the requisite skills for
successful employment.
New Route Programme List
N Education and Communication Integrated PhD
N Educational and Applied Linguistics Integrated PhD
N Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Integrated PhD
N Engineering and Science in the Marine Environment
Integrated PhD
N Environmental Science Integrated PhD
N Linguistics and English Language Integrated PhD
N Orthodontics Integrated PhD
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/degreeoptions/
integrated
Entrance Requirements
Entrance requirements vary from programme to programme.
Applicants require a minimum of a good Bachelor degree from
a recognised university to be considered for entry. A good
command of the English language is essential for postgraduate
study and international students are required to provide
evidence of their ability in English. Applicants are advised to
check the English language requirements for their programme
of choice with the relevant Graduate School.
Contacts
Further information can be obtained from our
Graduate Schools at
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/graduate_schools
Online applications for our postgraduate degrees
can be made at
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/applicationforms
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