Program Overview

Geography and Earth Sciences (Science)

Key Facts

• Course Code: F9352-PHD
• Qualification: PhD
• Course duration: 3 years
• Available for: September start 2025

Typical Entry Requirements

• 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

Course Overview

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)

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