Research courses
Our active research community benefits from links with leading research institutions, veterinary practices and the wider veterinary industry. Faculty members' research activities extend beyond school boundaries, with national and international collaborations in fields ranging from biosciences and psychology to business and the arts.
What we are researching
Research areas include but are not limited to the following:
- Infectious diseases and zoonoses
- Pathology
- Food safety and food security
- Epidemiology
- Veterinary public health
- Digital innovation in animal health
- Nutrition
- Metabolic disease
- Genetics
- Vaccinology
- Immunology
- Neurology
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Orthopaedics
- Biomechanics
- Bio-imaging
- Animal behaviour
- Welfare and ethics
- Veterinary education.
Veterinary Medicine and Science PhD
Depending on the nature of your research project, you might be mostly based at a desk, a laboratory, a clinic, in the field, or a combination of two or more of these.
Explore our departments
If you are interested in doing a PhD with us, please look at the interests of our School's research departments and get in contact with an academic.
Freddie Dicks, shares her experience of successfully publishing her research in the Journal Vaccines as a third year Vet Student at the University of Surrey that also resulted in Reader of Music, Milton Mermikides sonifying the data from Freddie's research to convey sentiment in new ways.
World-class facilities
We’re home to world-class facilities, including outstanding research laboratories, veterinary clinical skills centres and a Veterinary Pathology centre with high containment laboratories.
Studentships
Holding onto hearts and mind: Proteo-transcriptomics profiling of the ageing heart in Parkinson Disease – the search for novel markers for early decline in brain-heart communications
Funding information:
Funding will cover University tuition fees at the UK/EU rate for three years and a stipend for three years at RCUK levels. The PhD studentship is expected to commence in January 2026.Expert support
The Doctoral College supports the academic and professional development of postgraduate researchers to ensure our world-leading research continues to grow. There is also an extensive Researcher Development Programme run at university level.
What our students say
Read our student profiles to discover first-hand what it's like to study with us.
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