Astronomy postgraduate degrees in Southern England

6 universities offer 11 postgraduate courses. To get the best results for postgraduate astronomy degrees, enter your predicted grades.

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University of Southampton

1 astronomy courses SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 23rd
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WUSCA ranking: 64th
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The best aspects of the University of Southampton is the great opportunities, e.g. societies and guest talks. I love going sailing on the Solent every other week and frequently running around the beautiful common. Similarly, new guest come to talk about their roles and how to get into their roles which is very beneficial for career development. There are no bad aspects that I have experienced so far.

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UCL (University College London)

2 astronomy courses LONDON
Subject ranking: 17th
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Best is the people and the quality of the education, worst has to deal with who runs UCL, administration has quite a few dirtbags. Facilitates aren't the greatest. I prefer more of a traditional campus feel and prefer KCL and LSE campus. Still considering coming back to UCL to apply for a LLM, alongside the other London unis, and maybe throw my shot at oxbridge.

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Planetary Science MSc
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  • Dissertation
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Queen Mary University of London

4 astronomy courses LONDON
Subject ranking: 36th
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WUSCA ranking: 21th
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for my department, we have very good lecturers from all over the world with a range of experience, they're very friendly and really want to help, because of the diversity of the staff, you will always find someone you either vibe with or is super helpful in a specific problem you have, they're really down to earth. Theres always things to improve on, the most notable of which is just the types of study spaces, though the workaround is just walking into any random room in a building that isn't being used, and that solves the issues i have with the library etc, there are printers everywhere and yeah, not much to complain about Except one thing though, if each lecturer had the same way they set up their QMPLUS that would be good, as some lecturers have very well organised and informative QMPLUS pages while others do not, just so you know the QMPLUS page is where you can find all your lecture recordings, tutorial problems, semester plan and other info on the course,

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University of Bristol

1 astronomy courses SOUTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 8th
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Not always the most supportive and clear with assignments that are due and not always as understanding something doesn’t go to plan. The vet school in Langford cafeteria is quite limited and a lot more expensive than the main campus There is also limited areas to eat and relax compared to the main campus The content is not well spaced out on blackboard you often have to go into multiple folders to find specific work

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  • Animal Behaviour
  • Communicating Data
  • Ecology for a Brighter Future
  • Global Change Biology
  • Resilient Communicator
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University of Sussex

2 astronomy courses SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 38th
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WUSCA ranking: 39th
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I think a student is a sum of a lot of social and academic indicators. And the University of Sussex scores well across those indicators. Starting with the location—it is located in this beautiful city of Brighton, which has so much to offer. The student union has 100+ societies catering to everyone's interests. The faculty is very strong and cooperative. The concept of being able to audit another module that is not included in your coursework is a great way of enabling transdisciplinary learning. The easy access to equipment and books makes it even easier. And the reputation of the University of Sussex for its development studies adds the cherry on top for me, since my course is around the same context. I don't have the worst, but there are some technical issues that need major backend fixing when it comes to their university app.

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Astronomy PhD
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Astronomy MSc
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  • Astrophysical Processes
  • Cosmology
  • Galactic Astrophysics
  • Stellar & Galactic Astrophysics
  • MSc project
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University of Oxford

1 astronomy courses SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 2nd
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Great buildings and location with great transport links to major cities. Being taught by people who are the best in that field and being able to contribute to their research at an early time in your studies. The tutorial system with very few people in classes making learning much more interactive.

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