Research Degrees

We offer two options for pursuing a research degree in the department of theology and religious studies and more information about each programme can be found by clicking on one of the links below.

By joining one of these programmes, you will become part of a learning community of scholars, including 21 academic staff and 100 postgraduate students working on a variety of aspects of theological and religious study. You can become a part of this community by working alongside leading scholars in the disciplines to develop a piece of scholarly research through which can make your particular contribution to knowledge.

Theology and Religious Studies boasts the largest number of research students in the University. We make the most of our numbers by providing opportunities for students to network with one another, to present their work to each other, and to gather socially. DProf students meet four times a year for residentials while all research students can join in the department’s research training and seminar series . Working on a research degree need not mean working in isolation from other students… unless you want it to be!

For more information about an MPhil/PhD research degree, please contact Cath Rogers.

If you would like some more information about a PhD or DProf at Chester, why not attend one of our taster days?

These will help to give you a sense of what is involved in doing the DProf, to hear from existing DProf students, and to ask academic staff questions about the programme.

Taster events for 2011-12 are scheduled as follows:

7th March 2012 12:30pm-4:00pm

14th May 2012 12:00-3:30pm

To register for a taster day, to ask a question about one of our research degree programmes, or for further general information about postgraduate study at Chester, please contact

Cath Rogers, Administrative Assistant for Postgraduate Programmes

Email: cathryn.rogers@chester.ac.uk, Telephone: 01244 511518