PhD in Environmental Science

The PhD is a higher degree awarded for a thesis presenting original research that makes a publishable contribution to knowledge or understanding. A student will be working on their own research project, working closely with their academic supervisor and with the support of other postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and staff in their research group.

Research in this programme is focussed on:

• Prediction of water quality from catchment characteristics
• Pollution effects upon soil/plant/water ecosystems
• Evaluation of critical loads and levels of pollutants
• Modelling of atmospheric chemistry processes
• Biogeochemical cycling and sustainability
• Indoor and outdoor exposure to air pollution
• Environmental impacts of volcanoes
• Pathways and impacts of agricultural pollutants

The PhD requires a dissertation of up to 80,000 words, to be submitted by full-time students after a period of three years' study (or six years for part-time students), with a further maximum of one year allowable for writing up.