PhD Urban Studies

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Sep 2026
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Urban Studies at Glasgow is widely recognised as a world-leading centre for innovative, interdisciplinary urban research with high international impact.

OVERVIEW

We are multi-disciplinary in research approach and a PhD in Urban Studies will allow you to develop excellent skills in research methods and theory as well as engaging with pressing real-world problems that affect cities. You will have the opportunity to be supervised by internationally acclaimed scholars. Our strengths include:

  • Big data, GIS, transport modelling, urban analytics
  • Educational inequalities and outcomes for young people
  • Housing, planning, real estate, regeneration, urban design
  • Public policy, welfare reform, health and health inequalities
  • Smart/future cities, challenges facing cities in the developing world
  • Systems of governance, communities and participation

If you study with us you will have the opportunity to join a large, stimulating community of PhD students and benefit from engagement with major funded research centres, long-term research projects and will be able to join our long-established research groups.

A PhD in Urban Studies can be taken as a 1+3 programme in conjunction with an ESRC-recognised MRes programme (MRes in Urban Research or MRes Public Policy Research).

Final assessment involves the submission of a thesis of between 70,000 and 100,000 words and an oral examination (viva voce).

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Use our magical AI system, to check your admission chances for this course.
Tuition fee
Apply by
Start date
Sep 2025
Sep 2026
Duration
Campus
Mode of study
Fees and deadlines depend on the selected options. Fees and currency conversion are approximate.
Offer response
4 - 6 weeks after your application is submitted
Backlogs accepted
This course allows a maximum of 4 backlogs