Current Students

Training and Development

Training and development activities are an essential part of doctoral study.  All of our postgraduate researchers undergo a Training Needs Analysis (TNA) so we can tailor their training and development programme to their own particular needs

Training and development involves Faculty specific courses in specific I.T. packages, such as: Matlab, LaTeX, LabView and Maple; courses run by the Postgraduate Skills Development Programme (PGSDP) team within the University and courses supplied by external training providers.

The University is proud of its position at the top of the Graduate Employment League and its close liaison with industry.  Its new business facing courses allow our doctoral researchers to bridge the gap between academia and business and make Surrey graduates highly sought after by industry.

Resources

This section is for current PGR students and provides links to useful sites. Including:

• Mini guides to a range of University services
• Surrey Life intranet
• And other resources for current students

All PGR students should reference the Registry web site which provides useful information with respect to the University regulations, Code of Practice and contains the annual review form.

In addition, you can access an electronic version of the FEPS Graduate School Handbook.

For more resources on postgraduate life at Surrey, visit the postgraduate pages, particularly the useful documents and progress and assessment pages.

Conference

The University Festival of Postgraduate Research is the highlight of the year.  Run by our postgraduate researchers for our postgraduate researchers, it encompasses poster and oral presentations from all four Faculties.  

With an emphasis on communication, the conference aims to enable our postgraduate researchers to engage those from other disciplines, in their research and teaches them how to convey complex research ideas to a multidisciplinary audience.

Prizes are awarded to the best oral and poster contributions in each session as well as an overall poster and oral presentation prize.