Philosophy

When you undertake a PhD/MPhil in Philosophy at Liverpool, you’ll benefit from a long history of combining research excellence in core areas of philosophy, with innovative work at the frontiers of the discipline – from politics to spirituality, Chinese philosophy to speculative futures, neo-Platonism to feminism. We value plurality, innovation and creativity. Philosophy explores a set of approaches and methods that can help us to make sense of whatever is puzzling, perplexing or interesting in the world around us. In theDepartment of Philosophy, our thriving community of postgraduate researchers benefit from our research environment and make an important active contribution to it. While we value our pluralism, we also seek opportunities to work together. Fourresearch groupssupport our research. When you study with us, you’ll benefit from our programme of visiting speakers, workshops, reading groups and postgraduate activities, and help to foster connections with interdisciplinary research centres and global networks of scholars. Our work also involves collaboration with colleagues in a wide variety of national and international universities and partner organisations. We regularly host visiting researchers from outside the UK and work closely with many partners in the city, includingTate Liverpool,National Museums Liverpool,Open Eye Gallery,NHS North-WestandFACT. We welcome research proposals in the following areas: Our postgraduate research students are an integral part of our research culture and environment.All our postgraduate researchers belong to one of our four departmentresearch groups, through which they can participate in a variety of research activities, including reading groups, exhibitions and conferences. Thursday afternoons are our department research afternoons, in which all the postgraduates and academic staff participate. Our postgraduate researchers can also attend research and professional skills training, insights workshops with visiting speakers

IELTS: 7.0 overall, with no component below 6.5 TOEFL iBT: If you took a TOEFL test on or before 20 January 2026, you’ll need 100 overall, with minimum scores of listening 21, writing 21, reading 21 and speaking 23. If you took a TOEFL test from 21 January 2026 onwards, when a new scoring system was introduced, you’ll need 5 overall, with 4.5 or above in all components. TOEFL Home Edition not accepted. Pearson PTE Academic: 69 overall, with no component below 61 Your most recent IELTS score: Pre-sessional English course length 6.5 overall, with no component below 6.0: 6 weeks 6.0 overall, with writing at 6.0 and no component below 5.5: 10 weeks 6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5: 12 weeks 5.5 overall, with no component below 5.5: 20 weeks 5.5 overall, with no component below 5.0: 30 weeks 5.0 overall, with no more than one component at 4.5: 40 weeks

IELTS 7.0 overall, with no component below 6.5

International students: Full-time place, per year - £25,350; Part-time: £12,650

UK students: Full-time place, per year - £5,238; Part-time: £2,619

UK/Home: Full-time place, per year - £5,238; Part-time: £2,619

International: Full-time place, per year - £25,350; Part-time: £12,650

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