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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

The breadth of the School's research expertise offers a wide range of opportunities for those wishing to embark on a programme of doctoral research in human or physical geography. Research students work under the close supervision of members of academic staff. We welcome applications from those wishing to study full or part-time. The School is part of the London Social Science ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (joint between QMUL/Goldsmiths), the London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme on 'Science for Management of Rivers and their Tidal Systems’, and also regularly receives AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards.Prospective PhD students are encouraged to consider the wide variety of academic research areas covered by the School of Geography. Our research strengths include:migration studiesgeographies of developmentglobal health (linked with Blizard Institute)biosciences and health securitylabour and global production (linked with Business and Management)studies of the home (collaboration with the Geffrye Museum of the Home)urban geographyurban cultural politicshistorical geographygeographies of knowlege and practiceenvironmental science (including specialisms in freshwater biogeochemical processes, fluvial processes, aquatic restoration projects and geoarchives)

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£ 28,850per year

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University information

Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London

  • University League Table

    41st

  • Campus address

    Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, Tower Hamlets, E1 4NS, United Kingdom

Students can experience campus life while living in London, 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

    38th out of 72 7

  • Entry standards

    / Max 210
    137 65%

    30th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    72.0 72%

    54th

    10
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.11 78%

    39th

    28

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