Our regular standard of admission is at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree (2:1), although candidates will usually also have completed or be undertaking a Masters qualification.
We offer courses and supervision in a range of subject areas related to the research activities and interests of academic staff.
Our research degree applicants will usually possess a good Master's degree (or overseas equivalent), with a significant component in central and east european studies.
We have a dynamic and thriving PhD student community which plays a significant role in the research activities of the subject area. Our students regularly deliver papers at leading international conferences, publish their findings in leading scholarly journals, and are helping to shape the research agendas in their respective areas.Postgraduate students are provided with numerous opportunities to advance their research skills and subject knowledge.
Our regular standard of admission is at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree (2:1), although candidates will usually also have completed or be undertaking a Masters qualification.
We offer supervision in a range of subject areas related to the research activities and interests of our academic staff. Staff members would be delighted to supervise in any of the areas set out below, or any others where they have research interests. Please do not hesitate to contact members of staff to discuss potential research projects.
Entry requirements for PhD study are generally a good 2.1 degree or equivalent.
Our staff are involved in numerous research projects at UK, European and International levels which create opportunities for students to gain access to and network with organisations ranging from the local police to the United Nations. We are a founding partner of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Researchand home of the Trafficking Culture programme.
Our interdisciplinary research group aims to develop an integrated understanding of the evolution of the Earth system whilst exploring and exploiting links to environmental engineering, biotechnology and planetary science. We collaborate very closely in this mission with theScottish Universities Environmental Research Centre(SUERC).
Our research degree applicants will usually possess a good Master's degree (or overseas equivalent), with a significant component in economic and social history.
The Economic and Social History pathway represents the historical approach to the social sciences. As such, it encompasses a very wide array of intellectual approaches and brings the particular rigour and demands of historical enquiry to a range of social science methodologies.
Our Electronic and Electrical Engineering research is consistently ranked amongst the top 10 in the UK and top 5 in Scotland, recently achieving 1st in Scotland and 6th in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2014).
The UK's first Chair of Civil Engineering was established at the University in 1840 and early occupants such as William J. M. Rankine set a research ethos that has endured. Rankine worked at the boundaries of engineering, translating and refining new ideas so that they might ultimately be used in engineering design.
Our regular standard of admission is at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree (2:1), although candidates will usually also have completed or be undertaking a Masters qualification.
Our research engages with English and its cognate languages from medieval times to the present day.
