Overview

Your PhD will usually take 3 years (or 6 years for part-time students), and during your first year you will develop important foundation skills and knowledge to prepare you for undertaking doctoral-level research.

Features

Therefore, a unique aspect of our Medieval Studies PhD course at University of Leeds is that you will take a number of taught modules at the start of your study.

This helps us to ensure you are fully prepared for undertaking your research and that you have received training in techniques you may need for developing your thesis.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Religion including clergy, religious orders, papacy, cult of saints, sermons and theology, canon law, Islamic institutions of learning, Jewish cultural history and Jewish-Christian relations and mysticism.

Literature including Late Medieval Italian and Renaissance (including lyric and political writing), Latin and Anglo-Latin, Old English, Anglo-Norman, Middle English, Arthurian Literature, Middle High German, Old Norse (including mythology), Old and Middle French.

Culture including courtly culture, heraldry and trans-cultural encounters.

Society including food, gender, medicine and animal studies.

Language including Latin and the vernaculars, translation and communication.

Material culture including art, architecture, manuscripts, coins and numismatics.

Medievalism including post-medieval reception of medieval texts, middle ages in film and medieval themes in games.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-05-31 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-09-30 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Leeds, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

two academic references (if you are intending to apply for scholarships, please be aware, and make your referees aware, that these references may also be used for your scholarships application).

a copy of your undergraduate degree transcript, listing all courses and marks achieved with a final classification and, if necessary, an explanation of the marking scheme.

a copy of your masters certificate or transcript (or if you haven't yet finished your MA, please send details of your courses and marks so far).

a detailed research proposal on your intended topic (maximum of 1,000 words).

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

25250 GBP / year

≈ 25250 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

5006 GBP / year

≈ 5006 GBP / year

Additional Details

not specified

Living costs

Leeds

United Kingdom

637 - 1103 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Medieval Studies.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

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