Program Overview

Our Spinal Pain MRes offers elite training providing a strong foundation for research in spinal pain and rehabilitation. Ran in partnership with the University of Birmingham's School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, this interdisciplinary degree pioneers advancements in rehabilitation and patient care.

Course highlights

Become an expert researcher by studying at one of the UK's leading research departments, ranked 6th in the latest Research Excellence Framework. Gain hands-on research experience at the Centre of Precision Rehabilitation in Spinal Pain (CPR Spine). Collaborate with researchers in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences and the Birmingham Medical School.

Learn in a highly interactive teaching and research environment. Tailor your degree with a variety of optional modules and have the unique opportunity to undertake a six-month research project in your chosen field. You may also be eligible to receive funding to study MRes Spinal Pain. This will be available to dynamic, self-motivated physiotherapists who are striving to develop in the field of spinal pain and rehabilitation.

• Cross-university collaboration with access to leading facilities
• Dedicated Centre of Precision Rehabilitation in Spinal Pain
• Tailor your degree to follow your interests

Find a supervisor

If you’d rather propose your own research, the first step is to find your supervisor. We encourage you to browse the biographies of faculty members to familiarise yourself with the research going on in your preferred areas. Each of these contains detailed information on research interests, current projects and recent publications.

When you apply, you can suggest one or two potential supervisors, who you think might be a good fit for you. However, this is not essential. If you know what you want to work on, but are unsure on supervisors, you can indicate this in your application and the PhD programme co-directors will study your proposal in detail, and judge who is best suited to be your supervisory team.