Students are not registered for a degree in their first year and may either submit for an MPhil or continue to PhD study. Entry to the PhD programme is subject to satisfactory progress and passing a first year viva voce examination based on a written report.
ÊAll graduate students attend induction and safety training courses in the department. As well as undertaking your research, you will attend courses and lectures on some of the following: instrumentation, sequencingÊThe Department of Plant Sciences is an outstanding University Centre for research in plant and microbial sciences. It offers unrivalled research and training opportunities in the following areas of plant and microbial science:
- Bioenergy
- Cell Biology and DevelopmentÊ
- Crop Improvement and Protection
- Epidemiology and Mathematical Modelling
- Ecology and Evolution
- Genetics and Epigenetics
- Molecular Biology and Physiology
- Systems Biology
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the University's principal research degree. A PhD in Plant Sciences takes three or four years of full-time study to complete and consists of research and courses as required under academic supervision. Examples of projects available can be found via the Research Groups page on the Department of Plant Sciences 'website.
Students are not registered for a degree in their first year and may either submit for an MPhil or continue to PhD study. Entry to the PhD programme is subject to satisfactory progress and passing a first-year viva voce examination based on a written report. All graduate students attend induction and safety training courses in the Department.
ÊAs well as undertaking your research, you will attend courses and lectures on some of the following: instrumentation, sequencing and database use, statistics, experimental design, analysing data, writing reports and a dissertation and how to give effective scientific presentations. Students receive termly reports on their work.and database use, statistics, experimental design, analysing data, writing reports and a dissertation, introduction to MIMAS (a national data centre run by the University of Manchester), and how to give effective scientific presentations. Termly reports are provided on your work.
