Agriculture MPhil; PhD

Program Overview

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Overview

Join us for your MPhil or PhD in Agriculture. Our research-active academic staff will support you. Supervision is available in a number of research topics.

Crop science

Genes and physiological traits, such as:

resistance to crop pests and diseases

molecular-assisted selection and breeding methods

plant environment interactions and their relationships to stress biology

physiological basis of crop yield and quality

biotransformation of synthetic compounds and natural products in plants

herbicide selectivity in cereals and competing weeds

Soil science

soil ecology and the contribution of soil biodiversity to soil quality

soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics

interpretation of soil and landscape processes to improve understanding of recent and historical environmental change

land degradation processes and their control

Ecological (organic) agriculture

functional biodiversity for control of pest, disease and weed pressure

long term factorial systems comparison experiments for in-depth study of different aspects of conventional and organic farming systems

Agricultural water management

irrigated agriculture

interactions between land-use and hydrological response in a semi-arid environment

soil hydrological processes affecting management of salinity in irrigated land

Find out more about our current research

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Program Outline

Your development

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Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering (SAgE) researcher development programme

Each faculty offers a researcher development programme for its postgraduate research students. We have designed your programme to help you:

perform better as a researcher

boost your career prospects

broaden your impact

Through workshops and activities, it will build your transferable skills and increase your confidence.

You’ll cover:

techniques for effective research

methods for better collaborative working

essential professional standards and requirements

Your programme is flexible. You can adapt it to meet your changing needs as you progress through your doctorate.

Find out more about the SAgE researcher development programme

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Doctoral training and partnerships

There are opportunities to undertake your PhD at Newcastle within a:

Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)

Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)

Being part of a CDT or DTP has many benefits:

they combine research expertise and training of a number of leading universities, academic schools and academics.

you’ll study alongside a cohort of other PhD students

they’re often interdisciplinary

your PhD may be funded

Find out more about doctoral training and partnerships

If there are currently opportunities available in your subject area you’ll find them when you search for funding in the fees and funding section on this course.

The following centres/partnerships below may have PhD opportunities available in your subject area in the future:

Newcastle Liverpool Durham BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership