We offer several postgraduate degrees covering a wide range of research interests. We are a leading UK biological sciences department, along with our sister Institute of Immunology and Infection Research. Together with the rest of the School of Biological Sciences, we rated 5A in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Research opportunities Postgraduate opportunities in the two institutes cover a broad, interdisciplinary range of research, with study organisms ranging from viruses to vertebrates. Our research covers: Ecology and behaviour Evolutionary and population genetics Parasitology Immunology Genomics The institutes provide a lively intellectual and social environment and, at any one time, there are around 60 PhD students and up to 15 Masters student, with about 30% from overseas. Available degrees Three higher degrees are available by research: PhD (three or four years) MPhil (two years) MSc by Research (one year). Wellcome Trust four-year PhD programme in Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health MSc in Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis. Wellcome Trust four-year PhD in Cell Biology BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership NERC E4 Doctoral Training Partnership Funding and studentships Each year the Institute receives up to eight PhD studentships from the UK research councils to support postgraduate study in the listed subject areas. EU residents who are not UK nationals are only eligible for the fees component of these studentships and receive no subsistence support. Fees and finance information In addition, there may be funding for specific projects, which will be advertised on our website and by individual supervisors. Related Links Postgraduate research in the School of Bioloigical Sciences This article was published on 2024-06-17
