PhD Microbiology at University of Brighton

Programme overview

The University of Brighton has a long-standing reputation for impactful research in microbiology, informing real world change locally, nationally and globally. As a PhD student with us at the University of Brighton, UK, you will be welcomed into expert support networks for your research, with diagnostic laboratory and field work providing the scientific understanding that can protect human health and the environment.

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. Our lead researchers are internationally recognised with their research fields making a significant contribution to the last UK government research assessment exercise (REF 2021) and progressing now towards the next.

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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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