Why study a PhD with us?

Our research facilities for studying the brain in action include the:

• award-winning Charlie Waller Institute for evidence-based treatment
• Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism
• Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics.

We are unique in housing three clinical research facilities on site for:

• autism
• anxiety and depression
• speech and language therapy.

We have invested heavily in purpose-built research facilities, including:

• a Neuroscience Centre housing a Siemens 3T Prisma MRI scanner and MRI-compatible TMS, EEG/ERP and thermal stimulator for generating pain
• virtual reality, vision, pain, sensory and psychophysiology labs
• wet lab
• nutrition lab
• infant observation rooms.

We have active collaborations with other departments and research centres within the University as well as with external institutions.

We receive funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, and the wider University, and have a strong track record of securing funding from other public and private sector sources.

We also offer a cotutelle PhD, where you study jointly at two different institutions, with our partner institution Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.