Overview

The Department of Geography at Royal Holloway University of London is well provisioned with computing and laboratory facilities to support its PhD researchers.

The department has a number of scientific laboratories supporting cutting-edge research in physical geography and Quaternary science, including geochemistry, geochronology (including luminescence dating, varve analysis, and tephrochronology), paleoecology, micromorphology, and sedimentology.

Your future career

Our graduates have entered into a wide range of careers, within academia and beyond, including positions at the British Library, the Department for International Development, commercial consultancy, NGOs, think-tanks, major cultural institutions and museums, and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

A significant number of our graduates have remained in academia, going on to secure postdoctoral research positions and lectureships in a wide variety of disciplines. Supervisors work closely with PhD researchers to explore and support their career ambitions.

PhD researchers have full access to the College’s Careers and Employability Service and many choose to take up the opportunity of research-related placements in relevant organisations during the course of their studies.

Programme Structure

The department’s research environment is driven by a number of well-established research centres and groups:

the Centre for the GeoHumanities
the Centre for Quaternary Research
the Geopolitics, Development, Security and Justice research group
the Social, Cultural and Historical Geography research group

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

More details

Students need to secure a supervisor in order to apply for their research project, then apply on the university’s application portal.

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Egham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Geography View 73 other PhDs in Geography in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

The Department would ordinarily expect applicants to hold a UK 1st- or upper 2nd-class undergraduate degree (or a recognised international equivalent) together with a relevant Master’s degree (at Pass level or higher).
Professional experience, particularly in the case of applicants wishing to pursue a practice-based PhD, will be considered in the absence of a Master’s degree.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

26400 GBP / year

≈ 26400 GBP / year
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Citizens or residents

5006 GBP / year

≈ 5006 GBP / year

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Scholarships Information

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