Postgraduate Research
Overview
Studying for a PhD means that you will carry out original research under the guidance of your supervisory team. There is no specific course content as such. This independent research is complemented by the Postgraduate Development Programme managed by Queen’s Graduate School, which supports research students in the development of research skills and enhances their employability through career and personal development. This is complemented by discipline level specialist training provided by the School and other internal and external training courses organised through your supervisor.
The School of Natural and Built Environment is home to around 150 doctoral research students from countries in Asia, Africa, North America, Europe and Australia as well as the UK and Ireland. Postgraduates form an intrinsic part of our research community and are actively involved in the School's cross-disciplinary Research Cells, enabling the creation of synergies in areas such as sustainability, infrastructure, culture, design and heritage. They study across five disciplines: Archaeology/Palaeoecology; Architecture; Civil Engineering; Geography; Planning with opportunities for inter-disciplinary work. The School is engaged with major research themes such as urbanism, community, heritage, population and climate change which contributes to the development of policy and practice both locally and globally.
All PhD students have office space and use of state-of-the-art laboratory and high performance computing facilities. The School has benefited from significant investment in facilities and specialist equipment such as the new Architecture studios, a microscopy suite, GIS labs, 3-D scanning and the 14Chrono Centre for Climate, the Environment and Chronology.
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Postgraduate Research
Postgraduate Research Courses Course Qualification Duration Archaeology & Palaeoecology MPhil 2 Academic Years (Full-time) / 4 Academic Years (Part-time) Description By joining Archaeology & Palaeoecology you will become part of a dynamic group of researchers in one of two interdisciplinary Research Clusters: Environmental Change & Resilience (ECR) for more environmentally-related projects, and Culture & Society (C&S) for more humanities-related Archaeology projects.
Projects involving Palaeoecology or Scientific Archaeology focus on themes such as long-term....Archaeology & Palaeoecology MPhil 2 Academic Years (Full-time) / 4 Academic Years (Part-time) Description By joining Archaeology & Palaeoecology you will become part of a dynamic group of researchers in one of two interdisciplinary Research Clusters: Environmental Change & Resilience (ECR) for more environmentally-related projects, and Culture & Society (C&S) for more humanities-related Archaeology projects.
Projects involving Palaeoecology or Scientific Archaeology focus on themes such as long-term....Architecture PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as sustainability and climate change, identity and heritage, and notions of craft and form create a complex context that architecture has to mediate.
Architecture at Queen’s values both traditional academic and practice-based research. We have the expertise....Architecture PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as sustainability and climate change, identity and heritage, and notions of craft and form create a complex context that architecture has to mediate.
Architecture at Queen’s values both traditional academic and practice-based research. We have the expertise....Civil Engineering MPhil 2 Academic Years (Part-time) / 2 Academic Years (Full-time) Description The research centre will address the topical grand challenges in civil engineering field, building on existing and developing new international collaborations. Financial support to meet these challenges will be acquired through both internal University initiatives (for enhanced infrastructure and facilities) and external funding from government grants, charities and direct industrial support.
Research....Civil Engineering MPhil 2 Academic Years (Part-time) / 2 Academic Years (Full-time) Description The research centre will address the topical grand challenges in civil engineering field, building on existing and developing new international collaborations. Financial support to meet these challenges will be acquired through both internal University initiatives (for enhanced infrastructure and facilities) and external funding from government grants, charities and direct industrial support.
Research....Planning MPhil 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description The discipline of Planning is located in the School of Natural and Built Environment. In recent years the performance of the discipline has been quite exceptional in a range of surveys, e.g. National Student Survey, Times Higher Education Survey and Guardian League Table. Given this, Planning at Queen’s is very highly ranked within the UK's Russell Group Universities.
Our research programme....Planning MPhil 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description The discipline of Planning is located in the School of Natural and Built Environment. In recent years the performance of the discipline has been quite exceptional in a range of surveys, e.g. National Student Survey, Times Higher Education Survey and Guardian League Table. Given this, Planning at Queen’s is very highly ranked within the UK's Russell Group Universities.
Our research programme....Architecture (Practice-Based) MPhil 4 Academic Years (Part-time) Description Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as sustainability and climate change, identity and heritage, and notions of craft and form create a complex context that architecture has to mediate.
Architecture at Queen’s values both traditional academic and practice-based research. We have the expertise....Architecture (Practice-Based) MPhil 4 Academic Years (Part-time) Description Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as sustainability and climate change, identity and heritage, and notions of craft and form create a complex context that architecture has to mediate.
Architecture at Queen’s values both traditional academic and practice-based research. We have the expertise....Architecture (Practice-Based) PhD 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as sustainability and climate change, identity and heritage, and notions of craft and form create a complex context that architecture has to mediate.
Architecture at Queen’s values both traditional academic and practice-based research. We have the expertise....Architecture (Practice-Based) PhD 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as sustainability and climate change, identity and heritage, and notions of craft and form create a complex context that architecture has to mediate.
Architecture at Queen’s values both traditional academic and practice-based research. We have the expertise....Architecture MPhil 4 Academic Years (Part-time) / 2 Academic Years (Full-time) Description Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as sustainability and climate change, identity and heritage, and notions of craft and form create a complex context that architecture has to mediate.
Architecture at Queen’s values both traditional academic and practice-based research. We have the expertise....Architecture MPhil 4 Academic Years (Part-time) / 2 Academic Years (Full-time) Description Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as sustainability and climate change, identity and heritage, and notions of craft and form create a complex context that architecture has to mediate.
Architecture at Queen’s values both traditional academic and practice-based research. We have the expertise....Planning PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description The discipline of Planning is located in the School of Natural and Built Environment. In recent years the performance of the discipline has been quite exceptional in a range of surveys, e.g. National Student Survey, Times Higher Education Survey and Guardian League Table. Given this, Planning at Queen’s is very highly ranked within the UK's Russell Group Universities.
Our research programme....Planning PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description The discipline of Planning is located in the School of Natural and Built Environment. In recent years the performance of the discipline has been quite exceptional in a range of surveys, e.g. National Student Survey, Times Higher Education Survey and Guardian League Table. Given this, Planning at Queen’s is very highly ranked within the UK's Russell Group Universities.
Our research programme....Archaeology & Palaeoecology PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description By joining Archaeology & Palaeoecology you will become part of a dynamic group of researchers in one of two interdisciplinary Research Clusters: Environmental Change & Resilience (ECR) for more environmentally-related projects, and Culture & Society (C&S) for more humanities-related Archaeology projects.
Projects involving Palaeoecology or Scientific Archaeology focus on themes such as long-term....Archaeology & Palaeoecology PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description By joining Archaeology & Palaeoecology you will become part of a dynamic group of researchers in one of two interdisciplinary Research Clusters: Environmental Change & Resilience (ECR) for more environmentally-related projects, and Culture & Society (C&S) for more humanities-related Archaeology projects.
Projects involving Palaeoecology or Scientific Archaeology focus on themes such as long-term....Geography PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description The research undertaken within Geography falls under two interdisciplinary Research Clusters; Environmental Change & Resilience (ECR) and Culture & Society (C&S).
Physical Geography-related projects focus on themes such as long-term landscape and environmental change, resilience of ecosystems, environmental change impacts on heritage structures, and analysis of contaminated lands. Investigative....Geography PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description The research undertaken within Geography falls under two interdisciplinary Research Clusters; Environmental Change & Resilience (ECR) and Culture & Society (C&S).
Physical Geography-related projects focus on themes such as long-term landscape and environmental change, resilience of ecosystems, environmental change impacts on heritage structures, and analysis of contaminated lands. Investigative....Civil Engineering PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description The research centre will address the topical grand challenges in civil engineering field, building on existing and developing new international collaborations. Financial support to meet these challenges will be acquired through both internal University initiatives (for enhanced infrastructure and facilities) and external funding from government grants, charities and direct industrial support.
Research....Civil Engineering PhD 3 Academic Years (Full-time) / 6 Academic Years (Part-time) Description The research centre will address the topical grand challenges in civil engineering field, building on existing and developing new international collaborations. Financial support to meet these challenges will be acquired through both internal University initiatives (for enhanced infrastructure and facilities) and external funding from government grants, charities and direct industrial support.
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