Overview

Microbiology impacts numerous aspects of our lives, including ensuring our food is safe, treating and preventing disease, developing green technologies, and tracking the role of microbes in climate change. This research programme can equip students with the skills needed to solve major global challenges such as antibiotic resistance, clean drinking water, and food security, by conducting research in areas such as medical, industrial, and environmental microbiology; molecular, cell, and system biology; recombinant DNA technology; protein biochemistry; structural biology; fermentation; and bioengineering.

Students will have at least one formal meeting with their supervisors each month where progress will be discussed. After three months students are expected to provide an outline of their research proposal, which will be evaluated. Most students are initially enrolled on an MPhil programme, and after the first year they may apply for transfer to a PhD programme via a written report on which they will be orally examined.

Studying the Microbiology programme at University of Lincoln

Both the MPhil and PhD are awarded based on the quality of a student's thesis and their ability to present and successfully defend their research in an oral examination (viva voce). They are expected to demonstrate how their research findings have contributed to knowledge, or developed existing theory or understanding.

Programme Structure

Students will have at least one formal meeting with their supervisors each month where progress will be discussed. After three months students are expected to provide an outline of their research proposal, which will be evaluated. Most students are initially enrolled on an MPhil programme, and after the first year they may apply for transfer to a PhD programme via a written report on which they will be orally examined.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 36 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-10-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

6

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PTE Academic

58

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Microbiology View 38 other PhDs in Microbiology in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6

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PTE Academic

58

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Other requirements

General requirements

First or upper second class honours degree in a relevant subject.

If you have studied outside of the UK, and are unsure whether your qualification meets the above requirements, please visit our country pages for information on equivalent qualifications.

Tuition Fee

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International

17700 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 17700 GBP per year during 24 months.
National

4830 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4830 GBP per year during 24 months.

Living costs for Lincoln

660 - 1140 GBP /month

Living costs

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