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MSc - Master of Science
Royal Holloway, University of London
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
The MSc by Research in Earth Sciences offers an opportunity to join our thriving research community to refine your research skills and develop advanced scientific and technical knowledge through an original research project supervised by internationally-renowned academic research staff.You’ll contribute to the research culture in the Earth Sciences department at Royal Holloway, a leading centre for multidisciplinary research, with a wide range of industrial and commercial collaborations and partners within the energy, environmental and extraction sectors. In the last Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) 94% of our research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent.Graduates are invited to contact individual members of staff in the department in the first instance to discuss potential research projects. Your research topic will be developed into a project proposal through discussion with your chosen supervisor from the full breadth of the themes covered by the three Research Centres within the Department of Earth Sciences: the Centre for Energy and Resources; the Centre for Dynamic Earth and Solar Systems; and the Centre of Climate, Oceans and Atmospheres.Duration: 1 year full time or 2 years part time
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