The research degree follows a milestone structure which allows for a student's progression to be closely monitored through the first two years to help ensure that the final thesis is of the highest standard.
Please note: students who do not complete milestones on time risk being unable to continue with their registration.
Further details on the assessment procedure can be found in the SPH Student Handbook.
Assessments
- PhD/MRes Registration
- Early Stage Assessment (ESA)
- Late stage review (LSR)
- Progress review & Writing up
- Examination entry & submission
The first milestone is PhD/MRes registration, where students are required to produce a research proposal and have it reviewed by two independent assessors who are experts in the chosen field of research.
The research proposal should be four sides in length, excluding references, figures, tables etc. and follow the outline of a grant application.
The proposal should demonstrate a good understanding of the research to be undertaken and the assessors will be looking to assess whether the research proposal is valid, beneficial and plausible within the timeframe of a research degree and with the resources available.
Students do not need to meet with the assessors at this stage; assessors will review the written work only.
To assist in the assessment of the research proposal, students also need to prepare:
- Project proposal (no more than 4 pages of A4 plus references)
- A Research Training Plan (doc) signed by your supervisor(s)
- An up-to-date copy of your CV/resume
- Section A of the PhD Registration Form/MD(Res) Registration Form (doc)
- Assessor's contact details – selected by the supervisor
- ICB form (doc) - used only to add any additional supervisors
- Mutual expectations document signed by yourself and your supervisor
Documents should be submitted to the PhD Administrator who will send them onto the assessors.
The deadline for submission can be found on a student’s individual Milestone Sheet and by accessing My Imperial.
Contact details
- Rahma Ally, PhD Administrator
sph-pgradmin@imperial.ac.uk - Jo Tite, Postgraduate Education Coordinator
j.tite@imperial.ac.uk - Jenny Husbands, Senior Tutor
j.husbands@imperial.ac.uk - Sungano Chigogora, Senior Teaching Fellow (MSc Epidemiology)
s.chigogora@imperial.ac.uk - Zeinab Mulla, Senior Teaching Fellow (Master of Public Health)
zeinab.mulla@imperial.ac.uk - Sabrina Andrade Rodrigues, Senior Teaching Fellow (Msc in Health Data Analtyics and Machine Learning)
s.andrade-rodrigues@imperial.ac.uk - Natasha Croome, Deputy Course Director (Global Master of Public Health)
n.croome@imperial.ac.uk