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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Online Campus
Full Time
Oct 2026
2 Year
Benefit from the support of our expert academic and technical staff, unique location and ISO accredited labs to assist you in the undertaking of your research project. You may have an area of interest that you’d like to build on further from your dissertation, or be passionate about an emerging area of environmental science. This full time or part time doctoral programme is suitable for people who have a particular research question or topic in mind, and wish to explore this through independent study in order to produce an original contribution to the subject. If you aspire to a research career this is the most appropriate research degree to undertake.You will be guided by a small supervisory team of academic experts under the direction of a Director of Studies. You will be expected to fully engage with skills development and training and to present your research in a range of scholarly contexts.Full time: 2-4 years, Part time: 4-8 years
The University of Plymouth's campus is centrally located within Britain's Ocean City, perched on the south western coast...
