Postgraduate Prospectus

We offer a wide range of postgraduate research opportunities, which are listed alphabetically below. Under each heading you will find information on research areas, funding opportunities, research support, and any relevant research institutes or centres. You can also search for postgraduate research opportunities using the open search facility at the top of the page.

A

• Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) Research Group
• Advanced Materials Research Group
• Advanced Materials Research Group
• Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
• American and Canadian Studies research areas
• Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
• Animal Behaviour
• Animal Behaviour and Ecology
• Animal Behaviour and Ecology PhD and MPhil
• Animal Infection and Immunity
• Animal Population Health and Welfare
• Animal Sciences
• Applied Optics Group
• Archaeology research areas
• Architectural Design (Social Science) (PhD in)
• Architectural Humanities Research Group
• Architecture (Science) (PhD in)
• Architecture (Social Science) (PhD in)
• Architecture and Tectonics Research Group
• Art History
• Astronomy

B

• Bacteriology
• Behavioural Neuroscience
• Biochemistry - Industrial Physical Biochemistry (MRes)
• Biochemistry and Cell Biology
• Bioenergy - Sustainable Bioenergy (MRes)
• Bioengineering Research Group
• Bioinformatics
• Bioinformatics - Applied Bioinformatics (MRes)
• Biological Systems
• Biology - Techniques in Developmental Biology (MRes)
• Biology Masters by Research (MRes)
• Biomedical Sciences Research Areas
• Biophysics and Surface Analysis
• Biophysics, Imaging and Optical Science (Institute of)
• Biorenewables and Bioprocessing Group
• Biosciences MPhil, PhD, Integrated PhD & MRes
• Biosciences Research Opportunities [MPhil/PhD] (Malaysia Campus)
• Brain Tumour Research - The Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre (CBTRC)
• Brewing Science (MRes)
• Building Services
• Building Technology (PhD in)
• Business and Management Research Opportunities (Malaysia Campus)
• Business research areas
• Business School Research Opportunities (China Campus)

C

• Carbon Capture and Storage (The Centre for Innovation in)
• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Cell Biology
• Cell Biology and Imaging
• Cell Biology and Imaging PhD and MPhil
• Cell Signalling
• Chemical Engineering (PhD in)
• Chemistry Research Areas
• Child, Maternal and Sexual Health
• Chinese Studies Research Areas
• Civil Engineering (PhD in)
• Classics research areas
• Coastal Dynamics and Engineering Group
• Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Cognitive Development and Learning
• Community Health Sciences Research Areas
• Comparative Genomics
• Comparative Medicine
• Computer Science [PhD] (Malaysia Campus)
• Computer Science Research Areas
• Computer Science Research Opportunities (China Campus)
• Condensed Matter Theory
• Conservation Biology
• Contaminated Land Management MRes (100% online)
• Cultural and Historical Geography
• Cultural Studies and Critical Theory MPhil/PhD
• Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Research Areas

D

• Dermatology
• Developmental Biology
• Developmental Genetics and Gene Control
• Developmental Genetics and Gene Control PhD and MPhil
• Dietetics (MRes)
• Dr Beatrice Szczepek Reed
• Dr Julie King
• Dr Juliet Thondhlana
• Dr Julio Gimenez
• Dr Martha Jones
• Dr Michaela Mahlberg
• Dr Xin Gao
• Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering

E

• Early life nutrition and disease
• Ecology
• Economics research areas
• Education [MPhil/PhD] (Malaysia Campus)
• Education and Technology for Health
• Education Research Areas
• Efficient Power from Fossil Energy and Carbon Capture Technologies
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering (PhD in)
• Electromagnetics Research (George Green Institute for)
• Energy Technologies Research Institute
• Engineering Research Opportunities (China Campus)
• Engineering Research Opportunities (Malaysia Campus)
• Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy (PhD in)
• English Studies MPhil and PhD
• English Studies research opportunities
• English Studies Research Opportunities (China Campus)
• Environment and Society
• Environmental and Geomorphological Sciences
• Environmental Design in Architecture Research Group
• Environmental Engineering (PhD in)
• Epidemiology and Public Health
• EPSRC AstraZeneca Doctoral Training Centre in Targeted Therapeutics
• Evolutionary Biology
• Experimental Condensed Matter and Nanoscience

F

• Film and Television Studies Masters by Research (MRes)
• Film and Television Studies PhD
• Fluid and Particle Process
• Food Sciences
• French (Masters by Research)
• French MPhil and PhD
• Fuel, Energy and CO2 Mitigation
• Fungal Biology
• Fungal Biology and Genetics
• Fungal Biology and Genetics PhD and MPhil
• Further information
• Further information about doctoral programmes

G

• Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Genetics
• Genomic and Proteomic Sciences (MRes) in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University)
• Geographical Information Science
• Geography research areas
• Geomechanics (Nottingham Centre for)
• Geospatial Science (Centre for)
• German (Masters by Research)
• German MPhil and PhD
• Graduate Entry Medicine & Health research areas

H

• Haematology
• Health Science: Doctor of Health Science (DHSci)
• Hispanic and Latin American Studies (Masters by research)
• Hispanic and Latin American Studies MPhil and PhD
• History (MRes)
• History Research Areas
• Human Factors (PhD in)
• Human Factors Research Group
• Human Genetics
• Human Genetics
• Human Genetics PhD and MPhil
• Human Molecular Genetics

I

• Immunology
• Institute of Hearing research areas
• Institute of Work, Health and Organisation Research Area
• Integrative cardiovascular and metabolic physiology and pharmacology
• International Communications Research Opportunities (China Campus)
• International Studies Research Opportunities (China Campus)

J

K

L

• Law Research Areas
• Learning Sciences Research Institute Research Areas
• Location-aware Ubiquitous Computing for the Digital Society (PhD in)

M

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging & Spectroscopy
• Manufacturing Engineering (PhD in)
• Materials Engineering and Materials Design (PhD in)
• Maternal and Fetal Health
• Mathematical Sciences
• Mechanical Engineering (PhD in)
• Medical Gastroenterology
• Medical Physics (Division of Radiological and Imaging Sciences)
• Medicinal Chemistry and Structural Biology
• Mental Health
• Microbial Biotechnology
• Microbiology
• Microwave Processing
• Modern Languages (Masters by research)
• Modern Languages (Masters by research)
• Modern Languages (Masters by research)
• Modern Languages (Masters by Research)
• Molecular and Cellular Science
• Molecular Biology
• Molecular Cell Biology
• Molecular Evolution
• Molecular Genetics
• Molecular Microbiology
• Molecular Microbiology and Genome Dynamics
• Molecular Microbiology and Genome Dynamics PhD and MPhil
• Molecular Neuroscience
• Molecular Toxicology
• Molecular Toxicology PhD and MPhil
• MRes [MSc] China Campus
• MRes Animal Behaviour
• MRes Bioinformatics
• MRes Biological Systems
• MRes Cell Biology
• MRes Comparative Genomics
• MRes Conservation Biology
• MRes Developmental Biology
• MRes Ecology
• MRes Evolutionary Biology
• MRes Fungal Biology
• MRes Genetics
• MRes Human Molecular Genetics
• MRes Microbial Biotechnology
• MRes Microbiology
• MRes Molecular Biology
• MRes Molecular Cell Biology
• MRes Molecular Genetics
• MRes Molecular Microbiology
• MRes Molecular Neuroscience
• MRes Neurobiology
• MRes Parasitology
• MRes Population Genetics
• MRes Stem Cell Biology
• MRes Toxicology
• Music composition
• Music research areas
• Music research events
• Musicology and Music Theory

N

• Neurobiology
• Neurology - Clinical Neurology
• Neuroscience
• New Economic Geographies
• Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre (NDDC)
• Nutritional Sciences

O

• Oncology
• Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
• Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery
• Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

P

• Parasite Biology and Immunogenetics
• Parasite Biology and Immunogenetics PhD and MPhil
• Parasitology
• Particle Theory
• Pathology
• Pharmacy [MPhil/PhD] (Malaysia Campus)
• Pharmacy-split site PhD programme
• PhD and MPhil Biology research opportunities
• Philosophy research areas
• Photonic and Radio Frequency Engineering Group
• Physiotherapy
• Plant and Crop Sciences
• Politics and International Relations MPhil/PhD
• Politics and International Relations MRes
• Polymer Composites Research Group
• Population and Evolutionary Genetics
• Population and Evolutionary Genetics PhD and MPhil
• Population Genetics
• Portuguese and Lusophone Studies (Masters by research)
• Portuguese and Lusophone Studies MPhil or PhD
• Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group
• Pre-Clinical Oncology
• Primary Care
• Professor Rebecca Hughes
• Psychiatry
• Psychology [MPhil/PhD] (Malaysia Campus)
• Psychology Research Areas
• Public Policy - Professional Doctorate in Public Policy (PDPP)

Q

R

• Radiological and Imaging Sciences
• Rehabilitation and Ageing
• Reproductive Biology
• Reproductive Medicine
• Respiratory Medicine
• Rheumatology
• Risk Analysis, Social Processes and Health
• Russian and Slavonic Studies MPhil and PhD
• Russian Studies (Masters by research)

S

• Slavonic Studies (Masters by research)
• Social Research in Medicines and Health
• Social Science Research Methodology MPhil/PhD
• Sociology and Social Policy Research Areas
• Southeast European Studies (Masters by research)
• Special Professor Liz Hamp-Lyons
• Sports and Exercise Medicine
• Stem Cell Biology
• Stroke Medicine
• Structural Engineering and Construction (Centre for)
• Structural Integrity and Dynamics Research Group
• Supportive and Palliative Care
• Surveying and Space Geodesy (Institute of Engineering)
• Sustainable Development Research Opportunities (China Campus)
• Sustainable Development Visiting Research Student Scheme (China Campus)
• Sustainable Energy Technology (PhD in)
• Sustainable Energy Technology Research Group

T

• Theology and Religious Studies research areas
• Therapeutics & Molecular Medicine
• Thermofluids Research Group
• Toxicology
• Transportation Engineering Centre (Nottingham)

U

• Ultracold Atoms
• University Technology Centre in Manufacturing Technology
• Urban Design Research Group

V

• Veterinary Educational Development
• Virology
• Visual Culture

W

• Wolfson Centre for Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering and Modelling (STEM)

X

Y

Z

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