Earth sciences

Department of Earth Sciences

 

Welcome

The department is internationally renowned for the quality of its teaching and research activities. It provides a stimulating and supportive environment for students and staff to study and research a wide range of earth sciences. Strong collaborative links with international petroleum geosciences industries, environmental consultancies and engineers, and local authorities, provide valuable support for postgraduate research projects, employment for graduates, and work experience for undergraduates.

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Research

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The Department of Earth Sciences ranked equal 6th in the UK with 70% of our research rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour. Staff supervise around 40 PhD research student projects that address issues of environmental geoscience, geochemistry and geophysics, magmatic processes, palaeobotany, and structural and sedimentary geology.


 
Science Open Day
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25 February 2012