Doctoral College

The Doctoral College at the University of Surrey was established to support the academic and professional development of postgraduate researchers and early career researchers and to ensure our world-leading research continues to grow.

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We are pleased to announce that a variety of funding opportunities are available to outstanding PhD candidates across a range of disciplines.

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Postgraduate research at Surrey

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Doctoral College hallway at the University of Surrey

30.07.20

Fantastic recognition of Surrey's Doctoral College's efforts to support its postgraduate researchers

12.02.20

PhD student wins international data science competition

21.01.20

Surrey Research Fellowship (SRF) competition (2nd Round).

Doctoral Training Partnerships

We are a member of the South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) a consortium formed of 10 leading UK universities, all of which are engaged in cutting-edge social science research and training.

A partner institution in the South East DTC, accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

We are proud to be able to offer funding and training as part of the TECHNE consortium, an AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership with six other Higher Education institutions.

SCENARIO is a postgraduate centre in the Science of the Environment: Natural and Anthropogenic pRocesses, Impacts and Opportunities. The centre will play a major role in advancing the quantitative science of the environment, in understanding the interaction between people and environmental change, and in the exploitation of environmental science and engineering by industry and policy makers.