12 PhD programmes offered by the university

Big Data! Those two words describe one of the new hot topics in mathematical sciences. The Computational and Applied Mathematical Sciences programme at University of Canterbury will give you access to this, and other fast growing areas of computational mathematics and statistics.

The Biochemistry programme at University of Canterbury has modern state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities.

Molecular Biology is the field of biology that studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level. The study of chromosomes and gene expression of an organism can give insight into heredity, genetic variation, and mutations. The ‌Cellular and Molecular Biology programme is offered at University of Canterbury.

Courses during the ‌Biotechnology programme at University of Canterbury are taught by leading national and visiting international researchers.

The Physics course at University of Canterbury aims to understand the behaviour of matter and energy from the scale of subatomic particles to that of the Universe itself. 

Postgrad life in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Canterbury is challenging and rewarding. 

The Chemistry programme at University of Canterbury has world-leading award winning faculty directing research in many disciplines of chemistry.

Mathematics is a living subject with new processes, techniques, and theories constantly being devised, tested, and explored. This degree is offered at the University of Canterbury.

The Microbiology course at University of Canterbury is a broad major, covering bacteria, archaea, eukaryotic microbes and viruses, and environmental, evolutionary, and molecular microbiology.

The degree in Mathematical Physics at the University of Canterbury will give you a deep conceptual understanding of how things work, and how the universe fits together. It will also give you the skills to think from first principles, and to express that thinking analytically in mathematical models.

This ‌Biological Sciences programme at University of Canterbury is broad and flexible, allowing students to study multiple aspects of the biological sciences or take on an interdisciplinary approach.

Astronomy and astrophysics are concerned with the study of the nature and distribution of matter and radiation throughout all time and space in the Universe. The Astronomy course is offered at University of Canterbury.