In the DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages programme, students complete a major piece of original research. Supervision is offered in most fields, covering not only modern and contemporary literature in each language, but medieval and early modern literature as well. The DPhil programme enables you to acquire the research skills necessary to complete a substantial piece of original research. You will work under the guidance of a supervisor who is a specialist in their subject. In cases where two areas of expertise are essential, joint supervision will be arranged. Areas of particular strength include enlightenment studies; women’s writing and gender studies; life writing; walter Benjamin and modernism; Dante studies; the Spanish golden age; Latin American (including Brazilian) studies; Russian cultural studies. All applicants for research degrees are admitted first as Probationer Research Students (PRS). Full-time DPhil students spend up to four years completing a thesis of not more that 80,000 words. Part-time students spend up to eight years completing their thesis. Many doctoral students go on to take up academic positions in the UK and overseas. Other graduate destinations include teaching, journalism, law, publishing and the civil service.