Postgraduate research

If you are looking to study for a degree by research, then you will find Geography and Environmental Science an ideal choice.

We welcome mature and international students.

You can study for your PhD as a full-time or part-time student working at the University or away. Full time PhD programmes run for between three and five years (3 years for students working at the University; 5 years for students working away). Part time programmes run between five and seven years.

We offer:

• A broad spectrum of expertise in Human Environments and Earth Systems Science with strong interdisciplinary links within and beyond the University.
• Supervision by experienced, successful academics to guide and support your research.
• Excellent PhD completion rates and a thriving community of research students.
• The opportunity to gain life and work skills as well as academic success.

Topic of research

Often students will come to us proposing their own PhD topic, based on a personal research interest or linked to pressing problems in their country of origin (water/nutrient shortage, salinity problems, HIV etc).

In other cases, students apply to specific topics, often linked to current research projects, generally funded by UK Research Councils (NERC, BBSRC, EPSRC, AHRB or the EU).

For information about funded research projects and research topic ideas, read the postgraduate research opportunities