Public health

Join our research community

Kick start your research career

Manchester is the ideal place to start or continue your public health research career.

We are home to leading researchers within public health and primary care, and you will benefit from our outstanding research facilities.

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Projects
Funding
How to apply
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From our students

From piano to public health: my unplanned PhD

Lily, a PhD researcher based in the Healthy Ageing Research Group, talks about her unexpected journey into academia.

Read the blog : From piano to public health: my unplanned PhD

Lily standing with a research poster on sedentary behaviour when working from home.

More blogs from our PGRs

See more blog posts from postgraduate researchers in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health.

Read the blog : Postgraduate Research blog posts on the Biology, Medicine and Health student blog.

Projects

Discover a project that inspires you

Want to conduct groundbreaking research using data-driven insights to tackle global public health challenges and improve health equity?

Start your journey by discovering a live project in an area you're passionate about through our projects database.

View our available public health-related projects or widen your search and filter projects across the Faculty by discipline, research group or keyword.

Browse projects

PhD with integrated master's

If you're planning to undertake a PhD after your master's, our Integrated PhD programme will enable you to combine your postgraduate taught course with a related PhD project in biology, medicine or health.

More about the Integrated PhD

Three postgraduate researchers in a lab.

Funding

Explore funding opportunities

We have a wide range of funding available to support postgraduate research.

This includes fully funded programmes and funding opportunities available for self-funded projects

Find out more about funding

A postgraduate researcher working on a computer in a computer lab.

How to apply

Start your journey to postgraduate research

To apply for a postgraduate research opportunity you first need to find a project you're passionate about. You must then contact the listed project supervisor to discuss your suitability for postgraduate research.

Explore our step-by-step guide to find out everything you need to do before you apply and how the application process works.

Getting started and applying