Postgraduate Research

Be part of a vibrant research community at Hull. Our research impacts the world. Come and join us.

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“I have developed as a person and this study has opened up many desirable career opportunities that I didn’t have before.”
Timea Tallodi, PhD in Workplace Mediation

“I have grown more confident in my ability to undertake quality research because of the training I received at Hull. I feel a sense of accomplishment having finished my MSc, and I look forward to my PhD.”
Samson Shittu, MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Funded opportunities

See our latest funded PhD opportunities. Many of our projects are interdisciplinary and in collaboration with industry.

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Doctoral College

The Doctoral College provides dedicated support to postgraduate research students. Offering skills development and dedicated facilities, the school is here to help you achieve your potential.

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Our research

Flooding. Plastics. Pollution. Energy. Sometimes the challenges seem almost insurmountable. Some are big, some small; some local and some global. But problems only exist to be solved.

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Benefit from free events like the Thesis Boot Camp. Joining other PhD students at Hull, sessions include motivational talks, goal setting and strategies to help you get over that final hurdle, or kick-start your writing progress.

The library has an exclusive lounge for postgraduate research students and a dedicated skills team to provide a wide range of study and research skills help.

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The Doctoral College runs a regular postgraduate writing support group, designed to help all of our research students make progress with academic writing. There are various exercises to get involved in, or you can come along and just write.

Thinking of applying, but don’t know where to start with your research proposal? See our top tips for writing a good research proposal

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