Genetics PhD, MPhil - Plant Cell and Molecular Genetics

University of Leicester

The School of Genetics and Genome Biology offers supervision for the degrees of:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - full-time and part-time

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - full-time and part-time

We offer PhD and MPhil supervision in Genetics in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:

Genetic Variation, Mutation, and Evolution

Microbial Genetics and Pathogenicity

Behavioural Genetics

Medical Genetics

Plant Cell and Molecular Genetics

Plant Biodiversity

PhD description

PhD students complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team. The research is normally completed over a maximum period of 3.0-3.5 years (full-time) or 6.0-6.5 years (part-time).

A fourth year (full-time) or seventh year (part-time) or the remaining part of this can be used to prepare the thesis for examination. The thesis should not normally exceed 50,000 words and must make an original contribution to knowledge and contain work of publishable quality. The thesis must then be defended in a viva voce (oral) examination before a degree can be awarded.