Postgraduate Admissions

If you are exploring the possibility of postgraduate work in the Cambridge Earth Sciences Department you will:

  • have either done an undergraduate degree in an earth science subject, or perhaps want to use your degree from another science subject such as physics, chemistry, mathematics or biological sciences.
  • probably be looking for a PhD or MPhil research course. (We offer only one taught masters course)
  • relishing the stimulus of one of the UK's premier research departments.

As a large, integrated department the expertise and current research of the staff in Cambridge spans many areas of the Earth Sciences.  We have an academic staff of 32 and 15 long term Research Fellows and Senior Research Associates, giving a total of 50. The department was the most highly ranked institution assessed in the "Earth Systems and Environmental Science" group of the latest UK Research Assessment Exercise.

We welcome research enquiries from those working for first degrees in earth science subjects, physics, chemistry, mathematics, materials, biology and related subjects. Most research studentships lead to the PhD degree.  We are also happy to devise projects with you, if you have specific interests that we share.  

We have studentships funded by NERC, industry and several Cambridge Colleges.

We have a number of CASE awards which offer at least £1,000 a year extra student maintenance grant.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please apply online as soon as possible from http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/prospec/

Indicating the project or projects areas in which you are interested. We intend to interview in late February, in order to have time to review all applications and obtain referees' reports applications should be submitted by January 16th, 2012.

Please ask your referees to submit references online before the end of January.

Please note that the first round of interviews will be held:
Tuesday 28 Feb 2012 (Geophysics)
Thursday 1 Mar 2012
Tuesday 6 March 2012 (Geophysics)
Thursday 8 March 2012

 

 

The Administrator
Department of Earth Sciences
Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ.
Telephone: + 44 (0) 1223 33 34 20
Fax: + 44 (0) 1223 33 34 50
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Research Studentship Titles 2012

Our research titles are given in the respective sections below; the text of each title is detailed in each section.

Titles & Text are available below in Adobe PDF format. You may need to install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in before you can view these titles.

Climate and Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere Systems
Geophysics & Tectonics
Igneous, Metamorphic and Volcanic Studies
Mineralogy and Mineral Physics
Palaeobiology and Palaeoecology 

An additonal project is available with the British Antarctic Survey working on Ocean acidification and shell characteristics

See PhDs for Overseas Students if you are applying from outside the UK.

It is also possible for overseas applicants to do a one-year MPhil by Research Thesis. 

 


Last updated on 27-Feb-12 18:07