Opportunities for Postgraduate Study

Our Courses

Durham Philosophy Department

The Department

We are a pluralistic and friendly department, which accommodates work in 'analytic', 'Continental' and non-Western philosophical traditions. Current research by our staff and current postgraduate students spans a notably diverse range of philosophical, historical and interdisciplinary topics. Areas in which we are currently working include:

Aesthetics
Phenomenology and phenomenological psychopathology
Ethics, metaethics and applied ethics
History and philosophy of science and medicine
Philosophy of mind
Metaphysics
Buddhism
Indian philosophy
Philosophy of language and linguistics

For further information on our research activities and areas of expertise, see our Staff and Research pages.

Durham has one of the largest philosophy postgraduate communities in the UK, with around fifty taught and research postgraduate studying here at any one time. We provide a welcoming, supportive, friendly and stimulating research environment for all our students. Students are invited to participate in a range of activities, including reading groups, research seminars, Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures and meetings of EIDOS, our postgraduate philosophy society. The postgraduate journal Philosophical Writings is also based here and managed by our postgraduate students. Our "postgraduate numbers, support and culture" were described by the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise Philosophy Sub-panel as "exemplary".

More general information concerning graduate work in Durham, our college system, course fees and financial support for overseas and UK graduate students can be found on the Postgraduate study web pages.