Postgraduate Research Degrees

The School of Geography attracts students from a range of countries, creating a thriving international research student community.
A leading centre of postgraduate teaching and research, the School of Geography has internationally recognised strengths across the discipline.
Individual postgraduate research projects may be based within one of our research themes or cross-over between research groups, and students may have supervisors drawn from more than one group.
Postgraduate research degrees
Our PhD programme enables you to conduct original research across a wide range of geographical research areas.
These courses allow you to undertake in-depth research into a science, technological or social science focused aspect of geography.
From the heat of Nigeria to the subarctic temperatures of the Yukon Territory, Dr Sarem Ugoh’s career has taken her worldwide. In this video, she explains the impact her PhD had on her career journey.