PhD Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

An upper second-class Bachelor’s degree, or a second-class Bachelor’s degree together with a Master’s degree from a UK university in a relevant subject, or an equivalent overseas qualification.
English level expected for the students whose first language is not English: Level 1

Place of Tenure

MSSL is located in remote countryside in Surrey. There is limited public transport to reach the site. Before you apply to study for a PhD in our department, please check our location carefully and consider how you will commute regularly to MSSL. 

We apply the following Place of Tenure from the UKRI training grant guideline to all our research degree students:

“Students are required to be resident in the UK for the majority of their studies. The Student must live within a reasonable travel time of their Research Organisation or collaborative organisation to ensure that they are able to maintain regular contact with their department and their Supervisor. This is to ensure that the Student is not isolated and receives the full support, mentoring, training and access to facilities required to complete their research successfully and to a high standard. The only exceptions to these requirements are to cover periods of absence that are an essential part of their study e.g. fieldwork, study visits or conference attendance. “