Our Heritage

Doctoral College UK is a UK Government registered private college (Company Number: 12468903) and UK Government registered learning provider (UKPRN: 10093318) with a workforce of doctoral staff and a student base of learners studying for a Doctoral Qualifications and students studying for Post Graduate Qualifications.

We started building our higher education position firstly by becoming a British Council trained agent, and then becoming a British Government UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) registered centre. Stanley Oliver Global Consultants merged with Doctoral College UK when they were incorporated in 2020 to create a heritage dating back to 1996. From this initial foundation which is built upon a heritage of 27 years plus global recognition and UK accreditation, we used our international network of partners to begin working with UK Universities as agents to recruit students to study in UK.

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Research at Doctoral College UK started in in 2021 in subject areas including business & management, accountancy & finance in addition to teaching & learning in higher education including academic leadership and management learning. In 2024 the subject areas expanded and started including computing & IT and 2025 now sees sustainable technologies & advanced engineering creating a wide variety research subject areas being studied. Our research qualifications include PhD, PGDip in Applied Research, PGCert in Research Skills, PGDip in Management Practice and MBA with all current research being project based and predominantly focused on applied areas of interest.

Opportunities to study as a Work-Based Online Student is becoming very popular with Career Focused Professional Practitioners and Campus Based face to face learning is a still a popular route for masters qualified professionals seeking doctoral study.