Key Information
- Duration:
- Full-time: 36 months
- Part-time: 84 months (part-time option only available for UK students)
- Start dates & application deadlines: You can apply for and start this programme anytime. It is common for PhD students to begin in the October following their application, fitting to normal academic term calendars.
Overview
The Physical Geography programme offered at the University of Brighton we are working to unravel evidence of past environmental change, from analyses of climate discourses in historical documents, to research at the interface of geomorphology and archaeology.
Key facts:
As a Physical Geography PhD student at Brighton, you will benefit from:
- A supervisory team comprising two or sometimes three members of academic staff. Depending on your research specialism you may also have an additional external supervisor from another School, another research institution, or industry.
- Desk space and access to a desktop PC, either in one of the postgraduate offices on the 6th floor of the award-winning Cockcroft Building, or within the adjacent Heavy Engineering Block.
- Access to a range of electronic resources via the university’s Online Library, as well as to the physical book and journal collections housed within the Aldrich Library and other campus libraries.
- Various state-of-the-art research facilities on the Moulsecoomb site, including specialist microbial and water quality laboratories, hydraulic flumes, an experimental river basin, a water efficiency laboratory, geochemical and geotechnical laboratories, microscopy laboratories (optical and scanning electron microscopes), and a concrete laboratory, as well as a large array of field equipment. All of these facilities are supported by a team of dedicated laboratory and workshop technicians.
- Laboratories, hydraulic flumes, an experimental river basin, a water efficiency laboratory, geochemical and geotechnical laboratories, microscopy laboratories (optical and scanning electron microscopes), molecular ecology laboratories, ecology laboratory and greenhouses, as well as a large array of field equipment, including state-of-the art drones. All of these facilities are supported by a team of dedicated laboratory and workshop technicians.
Visit the programme website for more information.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Coastal and estuarine processes and management
- Coastal sediment records
- Duricrusts in tropical landscapes
- Environmental geochemistry
- Flood dynamics
- Fluvial processes and landforms
- Freshwater hydrology and ecology
- Glacial and periglacial sedimentology
- Historical climatology
Check out the full curriculum.
Admission Requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 135
- TOEFL iBT: 97
- PTE Academic: 76
- IELTS: 7
Other requirements
General requirements
- A recognised Masters degree with a significant research component, for example MPhil from another university, or similar qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant
- Or substantial appropriate research or professional experience at postgraduate level which resulted in published work, written reports or other appropriate evidence of accomplishment. An application made by someone with this experience will be considered on its merits and will normally require independent academic references
- Or, unless a school exercises their right to specify more stringent entry requirements, we may consider a first or upper second honours degree or other qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
- International: 32,081 AUD / year (≈ 16,980 GBP / year)
- Domestic: 9,896 AUD / year (≈ 5,238 GBP / year)
- Additional Details: £2,619 - UK Part-time fees
Living costs
Brighton, United Kingdom: 1,540-2,613 AUD / month
Funding: Scholarships are available. See the programme website for more information.
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