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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    MAY

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Queen Mary University of London is one of the UK’s elite research centres in internationally-leading research activities. The Department is made up of four research centres including our internationally-leading Astronomy Unit. The Astronomy Unit at Queen Mary is one of the largest astronomy and astrophysics research groups in the UK and our research programme encompasses a broad range of astrophysical phenomena across the universe, which we study with observational, theoretical, and simulational approaches.The research in the Astronomy Unit falls under three main themes:Cosmology and RelativityPlanet Formation and EvolutionSpace, Solar, and Astrophysical Plasmas.

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
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£ 29,750per year

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University information

Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London

  • University League Table

    41st

  • Campus address

    Main Site, Mile End Road, London, Bethnal Green, E1 4NS, United Kingdom

International students experience the comforts of campus life while living in the heart of London, regularly ranked as the best student city in the world.
Research at Queen Mary is world-leading across disciplines, with its academics making a major impact across all subject areas.
Queen Mary is truly inclusive, with multiple nationalities represented on its campuses.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    36th out of 48 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    148 66%

    31st

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    78.0 78%

    39th

    6
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.08 77%

    35th

    3

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