PhD Ecology at University of Brighton

Programme overview

The University of Brighton harnesses expertise from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and partner with major industries and institutions to bring about meaningful change for the natural world and the positive human interaction with it. Whether you recognise your own discipline as ecology, environmental science, wildlife conservation, zoonosis or environmental management, you will join a team of experts who value your contribution to the shared research aims and who seek to inform real world change locally, nationally and globally.

Faculty: Brighton Doctoral College | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The independent research programme is balanced and enhanced with a range of support from our academic community. You and your fellow postgraduate researchers will have the opportunity to attend and present at regular seminar sessions with guests from across the world of applied sciences and the industries they work with. As a PhD student, Dr Sam Penney's research found new ways to help save white rhinoceros from illegal poaching in South Africa using drones and sirens.

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Application information

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,238 a year (2026/27). MPhil/PhD standard full-time annual tuition fee (part-time £2,619 a year); bench fees/consumables may be charged in some subject areas. Source

International applicants: GBP 16,980 a year (2026/27). MPhil/PhD standard full-time annual tuition fee (international including EU); £15,500 for international students registered in the School of Humanities and Social Science or the School of Business and Law. Source

Apply through the official page: https://evsipr.brighton.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?

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