PhD in Social Policy and Social Work

The University of Warwick is a world-leading university with the highest academic and research standards.

Born out of boldness, imagination and collaboration, from the moment the first 450 students arrived in 1965, we’ve been forward-focused.

Today more than 28,000 students thrive across four faculties, in a supportive, exciting, welcoming space where everything you need to study, live and have fun is close to hand.

Our main campus is located in Coventry. Warwick also has a satellite campus in Wellsbourne, and we also teach business programmes from our London base in The Shard.

We’re one of the UK’s top 10 universities, 64th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2023), and in the world’s top 100 universities for graduate employability (The QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022).

By exploring your intellectual curiosity at Warwick, you’ll be confident you’ve developed the skillset that sets you apart. You’ll have the potential to go anywhere if you bring your energy and determination to succeed. What that success looks like is up to you.

The University of Warwick is a world-leading university, with a reputation for both research excellence and a business sensibility that infuses our innovative teaching.

Born out of boldness, imagination and collaboration, Warwick is one of the UK’s top 10 universities, 64th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2023), and in the world’s top 100 universities for graduate employability (The QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022).

The University of Warwick offers a range of taught Masters courses which lead to the degrees of MA, MSc, MBA, LLM, or MClinSci, as well as Research Masters programmes. Many of Warwick’s Masters programmes are interdisciplinary and involve several different departments or faculties.

The 2021 Research Excellence Framework assessed 92% of our research to be 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent', meaning you’ll learn alongside academics at the cusp of new thinking.

Warwick’s Global Research Priorities programme allows researchers to work on finding solutions to key challenges including energy, global governance, food and international development.

In 2016/17 we allocated over £36 million of scholarship funding to postgraduate students, helping outstanding individuals to deepen their knowledge, and reach the next level of their career.

All of this means you’ll be welcomed to a safe, supportive environment where you can feel reassured that you can put yourself first.