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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Clifton Campus
Full Time
SEP
4 Years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Clifton Campus
Full Time
SEP
4 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Clifton Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
4 Years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Clifton Campus
Part Time
SEP
8 Years
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The excellence of Bristol's social science research was confirmed by the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021). According to the Times Higher Education's analysis of REF 2021, The School of Geographical Sciences ranked first in the UK for the fifth REF cycle in a row.We have a large and vibrant postgraduate community, focusing both on PhDs by research and on taught programmes. Our postgraduate community is international and interdisciplinary and offers an exceptional academic environment for postgraduate research. We also have a 100% completion rate over the past five years for UKRI-funded PhD students.Research opportunities span a variety of subjects at the leading edge of geographical research. Our research groups span a range of human geographical research. These include the History and Culture Research Group, the Geographies of Political Economy Research Group, and the Quantitative Spatial Science Research Group. Within these three main groups, postgraduate research covers the gamut, from health and housing inequalities to embodied posthuman geographies, to urban sustainability futures, to the environmental humanities, to improving techniques of quantitative modelling and machine learning, to geopolitics, decolonial geographies, and political ecology.There is also a range of exciting possibilities for interdisciplinary research that cross and connect research groups and departments. Supervision is possible across schools and faculties.
An upper second-class honours degree in a relevant subject or an equivalent qualification and a master's qualification from a UK university (or equivalent).
Students living in
Domestic
£4,850 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£21,300 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£21,300 per year
Students from International
Accommodation fee - Living expenses - As a guide, most students spend between £9,000 and £15,000 per year including accommodation.
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