Research at Bristol

• Why choose Bristol?
• Current research
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• Postgraduate research degrees
• MSc courses
• Qualifications/requirements
• How to apply

Funding

• UK/EU scholarships
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General Information

• University postgraduate prospectus
• Accommodation
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Graduate School

• Graduate School
• Postgraduate courses
• Postgraduate handbook

Contact Us

• Graduate School contacts

Postgraduate research degrees

The School welcomes applications from both national and international students all year round for either a PhD or a MSc by research.

To see what projects individual groups are offering, please go to their web pages:

• Astrophysics PhD and MSc
• Correlated Electron Systems
• Interface Analysis Centre
• Micro- and Nanomaterials (Applied Spectroscopy; Electrodeposition; Electron Microscopy)
• Nanophysics and Soft Matter
• Particle Physics
• Quantum Photonics
• Theoretical Physics

To fund PhD projects, the School receives an annual allocation of Doctoral Training Awards or DTAs that are awarded on a competitive basis to students who meet the UK Research Councils’ academic and residence requirements. For further details, please contact the Postgraduate Student Administrator.

In addition, some members of staff have additional sources of funding.  Details of studentships associated with such funding may be found on our Vacancies web page.  If you would like to be contacted via a mailing list when any specific vacancies are advertised please contact the Postgraduate Student Administrator. To apply please see the link in the navigation box.

Studentships are available at the IAC for the forthcoming academic year. For further information please see the Interface Analysis Centre website.

To hear the views of postgraduate students who are already studying in Bristol, please see our postgraduate videos.