Key information
- Duration: Full-time: 36 months (3-4 years); Part-time: 84 months (part-time option only available for UK students).
Overview
The Ecology, Conservation and Zoonosis group has a wide range of staff with expertise in topics that range from assessing the impacts of human actions such as pollution and waste on physiology and behaviour of animals, the consequences of land and species management on wildlife populations and investigating interactions between humans and wildlife in relation to human and animal health and wellbeing.
Key facts:
As a Ecology, Conservation and Zoonosis PhD student at the University of Brighton you will benefit from:
- a supervisory team comprising 2-3 members of academic staff. Depending on your research specialism you may also have an additional external supervisor from another School, research institution, or industry.
- desk space and access to a desktop PC, either in one of the postgraduate offices on the sixth floor of the award-winning Cockcroft Building.
- access to a range of electronic resources via the university’s Online Library, as well as to the physical book and journal collections housed within the Aldrich Library and other campus libraries.
- access to state-of-the-art research facilities on the Moulsecoomb site, including electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, computer simulations and electrochemistry, all of which are available to research students.
- support from postdoctoral researchers, visiting fellows and technical staff with dedicated genetics and ecology labs and a greenhouse.
- access to facilities, expertise and skills across the applied ecology and environmental areas from the School of Applied Sciences.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Conservation Biology
- Conservation Genetics
- Biodiversity
- Avian Conservation
- Human-Wildlife Interactions
- Ecosystem Services
- Behavioural Ecology
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
- GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 135
- TOEFL iBT: 97
- PTE Academic: 76
- IELTS: 7
Other requirements
General requirements
- a recognised Masters degree with a significant research component, for example MPhil from another university, or similar qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant
- or substantial appropriate research or professional experience at postgraduate level which resulted in published work, written reports or other appropriate evidence of accomplishment. An application made by someone with this experience will be considered on its merits and will normally require independent academic references
- or, unless a school exercises their right to specify more stringent entry requirements, we may consider a first or upper second honours degree or other qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
- International: 32,343 AUD / year (≈ 16,980 GBP / year)
- Domestic: 9,977 AUD / year (≈ 5,238 GBP / year)
Additional Details
- £2,619 - UK Part-time fees
- International students registered in the School of Humanities and Social Science or in the School of Business and Law £14,500
Living costs
Brighton, United Kingdom: 1,552-2,634 AUD / month