Key Information
- Duration: Full-time (36 months); Part-time (72 months)
- Start dates & application deadlines: Starting September 2026 (apply anytime); Starting January 2027 (application deadline not specified); Starting April 2027 (apply anytime)
Overview
Research students of Geography at Queen Mary University of London work under the close supervision of members of academic staff. We welcome applications from those wishing to study full or part-time.
Key facts
The Department is part of the London Social Science ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (joint between Queen Mary/Goldsmiths), the London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme on 'Science for Management of Rivers and their Tidal Systems’, and also regularly receives AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Awards.Prospective PhD students are encouraged to consider the wide variety of academic research areas covered by the Department of Geography and Environmental Science. Our research strengths include:
- migration studies
- geographies of development
- global health (linked with Blizard Institute)
- biosciences and health security
- labour and global production (linked with Business and Management)
- studies of the home (collaboration with the Geffrye Museum of the Home)
- urban geography
- urban cultural politics
- historical geography
- geographies of knowlege and practice
- environmental science (including specialisms in freshwater biogeochemical processes, fluvial processes, aquatic restoration projects and geoarchives)
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Migration Studies
- Geographies Of Development
- Global Health
- Biosciences And Health Security
- Labour And Global Production
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 100
PTE Academic: 76
IELTS: 7
Other requirements
General requirements:
- A completed online application form
- Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree transcripts
- Proof of English language (if applicable). Please see here for further information.
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Research Proposal
- A one-side A4 statement of purpose
- Two references.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
International: 43,549 AUD / year (≈ 23,050 GBP / year)
Domestic: 9,042 AUD / year (≈ 4,786 GBP / year)
Living costs
London, United Kingdom: 2,148-4,075 AUD / month