Geography and Earth Sciences (Science),PhD

We offer a PhD in Physical Geography and Earth Science.

The department welcomes questions from prospective research students and successful candidates will be allocated a primary and secondary supervisor based on their research interests.

Our lecturers are active researchers working at the cutting edge of their disciplines, and you will benefit from being taught the latest geographical theories and techniques.

We are also in the top ten of UK Geography departments with regard to research power, which provides a measure of the quality of research, as well as of the number of staff undertaking research within the department.

Research Groups

• Centre for Glaciology
• Quaternary Environmental Change
• Earth Surface Processes
• Earth Observation and Ecosystem Dynamics
• Interdisciplinary Centre for Environmental Microbiology and Geochemistry (iCEM)

Entry Requirements 2:1 Bachelors (Honours) degree in a relevant subject area, or equivalent.

English Language Requirements IELTS 7.0 with minimum 6.0 in each component, or equivalent

Other Requirements Applicants should submit a full research proposal at the point of application