Award Award | Duration Duration | Start dates Start dates | Application Application |
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PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available) | Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
| February and October February and October | January to April January to April |
Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy at the OU focus on star-forming galaxies, active galaxies, and strong gravitational lensing, addressing fundamental questions about the evolution of galaxies and their dark matter haloes and AGN jets. We have a strong record of promoting the visibility of our research students in major international consortia. We lead several ongoing and next-generation surveys and missions, including Euclid, SPICA, LOFAR and the Athena X-ray Observatory.
We also have leadership roles in many major international legacy surveys on ground-based and space-based observatories, including Herschel, LOFAR, JCMT, eMerlin, AKARI and other telescopes, as well as being members of the UK Large Synoptic Survey Telescope consortium, user-shareholders in the 11-metre Southern African Large Telescope, and co-Is on Planck. We are involved in planning for next-generation instruments and observatories. The research group is part of the Astronomy Discipline at the OU; Astronomy is one of four discipline areas in the department, supported by the Faculty laboratory and computing infrastructure.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.
Please also see further opportunities.
UK fee UK fee | International fee International fee |
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Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year | Full-time: £16,420 per year Full-time: £16,420 per year |
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year | Part-time: £8,210 per year Part-time: £8,210 per year |
Some of our research students are funded via the UKRI Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.
For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.
To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.
