MPhil/PhD Geography and International Development

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Overview

The University of Chester welcomes students who are interested in studying towards MPhil or PhD research degrees in the Department of Geography and International Development. The department has a strong research culture, with almost 30% of outputs graded at 3* (internationally excellent) or 4* (world leading) in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. It offers research students high quality field and laboratory facilities and committed, experienced research supervisors.

Research Areas

Departmental research focuses on three themes:

  • Global environmental change and hazard management
  • Communities, culture, and sustainability
  • Technology-enhanced learning and student partnerships

Specific staff research interests include:

  • Coastal/fluvial dynamics
  • Genecology
  • Geographical information science
  • Natural hazards
  • Quaternary studies
  • Agroecological change
  • Civil conflict and post-conflict reconstruction
  • Rural socio-economic change
  • Digital geographies
  • Young people’s consumption
  • Housing and regeneration
  • Migrants and refugees
  • Sustainability
  • Technology-enhanced learning
  • Student partnerships and the ethical student

International research activity focuses on Europe (Spain, Greece, Norway), West Africa (Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana), the Caribbean (Jamaica), Middle East (Egypt, Israel) and Australia. Staff research has attracted funding from a range of external bodies, including The Royal Society, European Union, NERC, British Academy, UNESCO, public sector bodies and industry.

The Department

Graduate students work alongside academic staff in a stimulating and vibrant research environment that facilitates the interchange of ideas and helps to ensure an excellent record of successful completion. Current and recently completed PhD projects include: Rural justice within rural multi-functionality: does rural proofing work?; Land use/land cover change, climate variability and risk assessment in the Benue Trough, Nigeria; Sustainable development in the food sector; The role of anaerobic digestion in achieving soil conservation and sustainable agriculture for sustainable development; The quality of education in conflict: experiences from the West Bank (Palestine).

De qual departamento farei parte?

Geography and Environment

Opções de estudo

Período integral (3 anos)

Valores
£14.644,00 (R$ 108.290) por ano
Classroom based fee: £14,644 per annum and Laboratory based fee: £18,574 per annum. A bench fee may be payable in respect of certain high-cost subjects for other subject areas.

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Data de início

Fevereiro 2025, Maio 2025

Localização

University of Chester

Parkgate Road,

Chester,

Cheshire,

CH1 4BJ, England

Requisitos de admissão

Para estudantes internacionais

To be eligible to apply for an MPhil or PhD programmes, applicants should normally have, or expect to obtain, at least an upper second class honours degree in a discipline appropriate to their intended area of research. Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of proficiency to IELTS 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in each band or equivalent.

Os requisitos para o IELTS podem variar de acordo com o curso que você escolher.

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Sobre University of Chester

A University of Chester é uma comunidade estudantil vibrante, diversa e acolhedora com mais de 14.000 alunos de 100 países diferentes.

  • Mais de 200 bacharelados e mestrados
  • Bolsas de estudo internacionais e com base em mérito
  • Alta média de 91,5% de empregabilidade de graduados
  • Top 10 universidades para alunos internacionais (WhatUni 2023)

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