Entry requirements

A UK bachelor's degree with upper second-class honours or higher. See international equivalent qualifications on our website.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Join the University of Southampton, a global top 100* research-intensive university, where geography and environmental science ranks 5th in the UK for research outputs.**

You'll join a friendly, diverse and international community of postgraduate researchers while working within one of our world-leading research groups. Our PhD students make use of outstanding facilities including ancient DNA and chemical preparation labs, environmental sensing systems and extensive field equipment. We also support human geography fieldwork around the globe.

You'll be supported by supervisors who combine social, economic and environmental expertise. Our interdisciplinary approach means that your project may be jointly supervised by colleagues from areas including engineering, ocean and Earth sciences, and economic, social and political sciences.

You'll be mentored by a 2nd or 3rd year PhD student when you join us. Alongside your project, you'll have opportunities to teach, help out with field courses, and work with schools all whilst being supported with your own career.

*QS World University Rankings 2026

**REF 2021

Information for international students

If English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate your English meets our Band C: For IELTS, this is 6.5 overall, with minimum 6.0 in all components. For information on other accepted English language tests, please see the website.

Fees and funding

A variety of scholarships, grants and bursaries may be available to help you fund your study, both from the University and from other organisations. Please check the website for more information - https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/funding/postgraduate.page

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

PhD
part time
36-84 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
full time
24-48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

Course contact details

Name: Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Email: enquiries@southampton.ac.uk

Phone: +44(0)23 8059 5000

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Environmental Science PhD