Science - Research, MPhil/PhD

Postgraduate

In Gillingham

£ 4,500 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Gillingham

  • Duration

    3 Years

We offer advanced research training opportunities across a broad range of areas, including chemistry, pharmacy, biomedical science, environmental science and sports science. Our research degree is designed by four departments: Medway School of Pharmacy, the Natural Resources Institute, Life and Sports Science, and Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Environmental Science. Research activities are supported by state-of-the-art laboratories and computer facilities.

You will initiate and interpret new knowledge, led by your understanding of a substantial body of knowledge in your academic discipline. Recent projects by our research students include solar energy conversion, fragment-based drug discovery, the treatment of contaminated soils by accelerated carbonation, and the integrated production of bio-diesel from rapeseed oil. Once you complete your training, you'll be ideally suited to work in academic or industrial research environments.

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Location

Start date

Gillingham (Kent)
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Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now closed

About this course

MPhil and PhD graduates in Science can pursue careers in industry, government and academia.

Applicants should have:

A taught Master's degree, with a minimum average of 60% in all areas of assessment (i.e. Merit level or above), in a generic subject area relevant to the subject matter of the proposed research project, and/or
A First Class or Second Class, First Division (Upper Second Class) Honours degree in a subject area relevant to the proposed research project.

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2020

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Subjects

  • Art
  • Sports Science
  • Environmental Science
  • Transfer
  • Satisfactory
  • Research
  • Laboratories
  • Pharmacy
  • Collaboration
  • Pharmacology
  • Physiology
  • Chemistry
  • Multidisciplinary

Course programme

What you should know about this course
  • Normally, you register for the MPhil and transfer to the PhD at the end of the first year, subject to satisfactory progress.
  • You’ll benefit from dedicated research lab space and state-of-the-art facilities at our Medway Campus in Kent. There are several local hospitals for NHS-based placements and a wide range of private and research laboratories, including Kent Science Park.
  • The Medway School of Pharmacy is a unique collaboration between the University of Greenwich and the University of Kent. It specialises in pharmacy, pharmacology, physiology and chemistry.
  • The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) is a unique multidisciplinary academic centre with an established reputation for high quality research and training in global food security, sustainable development and poverty reduction.
  • The MPhil is 18-36 months full-time and 30-48 months part-time. The MPhil/PhD is 36-48 months full-time and 48-84 months part-time.

Additional information

International - £14,500

Science - Research, MPhil/PhD

£ 4,500 VAT inc.