Overview

About the programme

The Scottish Association for Marine Science's research focuses on three major and urgent challenges which humankind and our natural world must face:

to discover the physical, chemical, geological and biological processes that drive the marine system so that we have the knowledge needed...
to describe and quantify how our coastal environment, where more than half the human population resides, responds to ever-increasing man-made pressures such as climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and resource overexploitation and to work with society on developing and testing mitigation and adaptation measures and finally
to develop a sustainable blue economy so that we can use the marine environment for the benefit of people without degrading its health and productivity.

To address these major challenges SAMS science at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) is multi-disciplinary, drawing on the expertise from physicists, mathematicians, biologists, geologists, chemists, social scientists, computer scientists, technologists, engineers and communicators.

Programme Structure

Research topics include:

Arctic wide zooplankton migration behaviour
Developing a fjord box model for high latitudes
How does vertical mixing influence ocean-glacier interactions?
Prey selection by gadoid larvae
Feeding preferences of Nephrops larvae
Dispersal of early life stages of flatfish on the west of Scotland
Using natural resources to remove microplastics from the marine environment
Evaluating and comparing the perceived versus real problem of litter on Scottish island coastlines
Fine scale passive acoustic tracking of harbour porpoises: investigation of echolocation behaviour around artificial structures
The genetic stability of microalgal strains used in biofuel production
Modelling the hydrodynamics of large scale macroalgae cultivation
Oyster culture in Scotland
Implications of large offshore renewables arrays for fisheries

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-04 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Marine Science View 14 other PhDs in Marine Science in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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Other requirements

General requirements

To gain admission to a research degree programme, you must comply with the following minimum entry requirements:

A master’s degree at postgraduate level of a University in the United Kingdom or equivalent, or
A first or upper second class honours degree of a University in the United Kingdom or equivalent, or
Other qualifications or experience that affords sufficient evidence of their availability to benefit and study at the academic level required.

Tuition Fee

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International

16000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 16000 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

16000 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 16000 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Inverness

660 - 1140 GBP /month

Living costs

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