Ordinances
Ordinances define the qualifications the University awards and the associated regulations. They form part of the University Constitution.
The full set of ordinances is held on the Secretariat website. Those which are particularly relevant to the Student Education Service are:
- Ordinance X (research degrees)
- Ordinance IX (first degrees and undergraduate awards)
- Ordinance XI (taught postgraduate awards)
- Ordinance XII (higher doctorates)
Programmes of study for research degree awards
To qualify for an award, each candidate must meet the required learning outcomes for their registered programme of study.
Each programme of study below sets out the learning outcomes, transferable key skills, learning context and assessment information for all research degree programmes:
Doctoral Degrees
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- Doctor of Paediatric Dentistry (DPaedDent)
- Doctor of Education (EdD)
- Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsychol)
- Doctor of Clinical Education (DClinEdD)
Master by Research
Master of Philosophy
Integrated degrees of PhD and Master
- Integrated degrees of PhD and Master (General)
- Integrated degree of PhD and MSc in Oral Science (Paediatric Dentistry)
- Integrated degree of PhD and MSc (Medical and Biological Engineering)
- Integrated degree of PhD and MSc (Bioenergy)
- Integrated degree of PhD and MSc (Fluid Dynamics) Full-time
- Integrated degree of PhD and MSc (Fluid Dynamics) Part-time
- Integrated degree of PhD and MSc (Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine - Innovation in Medical and Biological Engineering)
- Integrated degree of PhD and MSc (Complex Particulate Products and Processes)
- Integrated degree of PhD and MSc (Data Analytics and Society)
- Integrated degree of PhD and MSc (Artificial Intelligence for Medical Diagnosis and Care)
4 Year PhDs
- 4 year PhD - Integrated Tribology
- 4 year PhD - Next Generation Nuclear
- 4 year PhD - Physics Studies
- 4 year PhD - Soft Matter and Functional Interfaces
- 4 year PhD - Soft Matter for Formulation and Industrial Innovation (SOFI2)
- 4 year PhD - Anatomy
- 4 year PhD - Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
- 4 year PhD - Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease
- 4 Year PhD - Aerosol Science
- 4 Year PhD - Medicine, Health and Human Disease
- 4 Year PhD - Molecules to Product
- 4 Year PhD - Nuclear Energy - GREEN (Growing skills for Reliable Economic Energy from Nuclear)
- 4 Year PhD - WISER (Water and Waste Infrastructure and Services Engineered for Resilience)
- 4 Year PhD – CDT SENSE : Satellite Data in Environmental Science
- 4 Year PhD – Medical Research
Dual Award PhDs
- Leeds University – University of Copenhagen (2020-2023 only: this programme is no longer recruiting)
- Leeds University – University of Coimbra (2020-2023 only: this programme is no longer recruiting)
- Leeds University – University of Ljubljana (2020-2023 only: this programme is no longer recruiting)
- Leeds University – Lulea Technical University (2020-2024 only: this programme is no longer recruiting)
- Leeds University – Nanjing University
- Leeds University – Beijing Jiaotong University
- Leeds University – Petroleum University of China (QingDao Campus) (UPC)
- Leeds University – Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) – 3-Year
- Leeds University – Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) – 4-Year
Doctoral Training Partnerships
Ordinance and Regulations are reviewed annually. For previous versions please visit Postgraduate researcher guidance