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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Reading
Full Time
SEP-25
3 years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Reading
Full Time
SEP-25
3 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Reading
Part Time
SEP-25
5 years
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The School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy is a multi-discipline school with research and teaching activities covering a broad range of cutting-edge science. Degrees are offered in Pharmacy, Chemistry (and associated 'Chemistry with' programmes), Food Science, Food Science with Business, Food Technology with Bioprocessing, Nutrition and Food Science, and Nutrition with Food Consumer Sciences.
The School also offers a number of continuing professional development courses. Research activities are very broad, ranging from pure and applied life science through material science to physics.
Areas of interest include: pharmacology, drug design, development and delivery, functional foods, nutrition, flavour chemistry, polymer and nanoscience, atmospheric chemistry, and the physics of surfaces. The School has a state-of-the-art Chemical Analysis Facility, and shares a Biophysical and Pharmaceutical Science Building with the School of Biological Sciences.
Chemistry at Reading is a thriving and vibrant department which has benefited from over £15 million expenditure by the University over the past ten years. There are 25 full-time academic staff in the Department, all of whom are active in research as well as undergraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision.
To be accepted onto a research degree programme, you will need to have obtained a strong merit grade (equivalent to 65% or above on a UK programme for both the coursework and the dissertation) on a master's degree in a relevant field, but applicants with other qualifications may be accepted in certain circumstances.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,786 per year
Students from Domestic
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£22,900 per year
Students from EU
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£22,900 per year
Students from International
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