School of Chemistry

Postgraduate courses and research opportunities

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Fully funded Masters Degrees available!

Full funding is available for the Analytical and Environmental MSc degree programmes

Find out more about the Access to Masters Scholarships offered by the School of Chemistry.

The School of Chemistry offers an active and friendly postgraduate research environment. We provide both;

PhD (three year postgraduate degree by research) and
MSc (one year postgraduate degree) courses.

We have a vibrant, research-active community, promoting and supporting research work of the highest quality in the traditional areas of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry, complemented by other multidisciplinary chemistry programmes.

There is a strong commitment to maintaining a mutually supportive culture between the research and postgraduate community and our wide-ranging undergraduate teaching programme of excellent reputation.

In addition to excellent opportunities in research leading to Masters and PhD degrees, the school offers a number of other postgraduate courses including full-time and part-time Masters and Diploma qualification, some of which are funded.

For international students the minimum English language IELTS requirement for all Chemistry PG apps is 6.0 with no element below 6.0.

PhD and MPhil courses

Duration: MPhil: 1 year full-time, PhD 3 years full-time

Entry Requirement: A first or second class honours degree is required

Description: A research project undertaken in an area related to current departmental research.

Funding: EPSRC/UK funding bodies; British and Commonwealth Councils.

Contact: Dr P Holliman

MSc

The school currently offers places on three themed MSc courses:

Current opportunities: