| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
The PhD in Biological Sciences at Aberystwyth University is a 3-year program that provides a collaborative research environment focusing on global challenges in food, energy, and sustainability. Students benefit from a supervisory team, an assessor, and a seminar program, developing research, professional, and interpersonal skills. The program aligns with UK Research Council training requirements and offers research opportunities in diverse areas of biological, environmental, and rural sciences.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The PhD in Biological Sciences at Aberystwyth University is a 3-year program offered by the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS). IBERS is an internationally recognized center for research and teaching excellence, focusing on global challenges like food security, bioenergy, sustainability, and climate change impacts. The program provides a unique research environment where scientists investigate genes, molecules, organisms, and the environment.
Teaching:
Postgraduate students are assigned a supervisory team responsible for their welfare and research guidance. A dedicated Assessor provides additional support and objective opinions on research progress. The program emphasizes collaborative research, encouraging students to interact with other academic staff and postgraduate students in various fields. Students are encouraged to participate in scientific societies, national and international meetings, and the Institute's extensive seminar program.
Careers:
The program provides formal training in research methodology, including information usage, personal computer skills, presentation skills, careers awareness, meeting conduct, interviewing techniques, and oral presentations. Modules are designed to enhance research experience and develop transferable, professional, and interpersonal skills, meeting the training requirements of UK Research Councils and other funding bodies. Further training may involve attending undergraduate or postgraduate courses within the Institute or at other institutions.
Other:
The Institute collaborates with the College of Natural Sciences at Bangor University, linking scientific investigations with social science research to inform policy on the rural economy and communities. The program offers numerous research opportunities in various areas of biological, environmental, and rural sciences.
