32 Part-time PhD programmes in Earth Sciences

Earthquake Engineering encompasses a broad range of activities that seek to minimise the damage and disruption communities suffer when hit by an earthquake. The Earthquake Engineering programme is offered at University of Canterbury

Underpinned by substantial external funding, the School of Earth Sciences vibrant research environment provides Cardiff University's Earth Sciences PhD and MPhil students with opportunities to work with world experts and use high-quality research equipment.

Join our Graduate School of the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (GSNOCS). At University of Southampton, we're an interdisciplinary research community working on the latest topics in Ocean and Earth Science. 

 Within this Rural Studies PhD programme from Newcastle University you'll be supervised and supported by our research-active academic staff.

The School of Earth Sciences has strong international links, and the presence of researchers from all over the world creates an exciting and stimulating environment. University of Bristol offers the Earth Sciences programme. 

The Earth Sciences course at University of Birmingham allows you to undertake research across a wide range of the earth sciences.

This Marine Sciences MPhil, PhD programme from Newcastle University provide research training, supervision and collaboration to international standards.

Earth and Environmental Sciences focuses on environment, water, climate, geochemistry and geology. This degree is offered at McMaster University.

Mountain Dynamics is a key theme in our Dynamic Earth Research Group at The Open University UK. Our research into tectonics and mountain building covers the processes and mechanisms relating to how mountains form on the surface of our planet and how the continental crust deforms from the macroscale to the microscale.

Learn to generate rigorous scientific inquiry that bridges the gaps identified in scientific knowledge. The University of North Dakota's Earth System Science and Policy Ph.D. combines theory with practice, global and local perspectives, and scientific and social disciplines.

Throughout the Earth Sciences course from The University of Cambridge you will have either done an undergraduate degree in an earth science subject or, perhaps, want to use your degree from another science subject such as physics, chemistry, mathematics or biological sciences; be relishing the stimulus of one of the UK's premier research departments.

The Antarctic Studies programme from The University of Cambridge is an institute of the UK Research & Innovation - Natural Environment Research Council (UKRI-NERC) and is responsible for the UK's national scientific activities in Antarctica.

Earth and Space Science is a multidisciplinary research program at York University associated with the Centre for Research in Earth & Space Science (CRESS).

The PhD programme in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong aims to educate and mentor outstanding young scientists for careers in academia, government, and the private sector.

The Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University offers advanced graduate training leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Geosciences.

Postgraduate Earth Sciences research in the School at University College Dublin covers a broad spectrum of specialities, as can be seen in our Research Groups, with a seamless transition between pure and applied research.

Our postgraduate Earth Sciences students at University of Liverpool are led by internationally-renowned experts and enjoy a first-class experience in an exciting research environment.

The Earth Sciences - Water programme offered by University of Waterloo develops advanced expertise in water systems, hydrogeology, and environmental processes affecting the Earth’s surface and subsurface.

The study of sedimentary rocks and the fossils contained within them is critical to our understanding of the Earth system and the evolution of life. This Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeobiology degree is offered at The Open University UK. 

The Earth Sciences programme offered by University of Waterloo develops advanced expertise in geological systems, environmental change, and geoscientific analysis.