Atmospheric Research and Surface Exploration

Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application Application
PhD PhD	Full-time: 3–4 years Full-time: 3–4 years	February and October February and October	January to April January to April

The Planetary Atmospheric Science Group undertakes world-leading climate modelling and atmospheric retrievals spaceflight instruments Beagle 2, Cassini-Huygens and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).

Our areas of expertise is are remote sensing spectroscopy, imaging instrumentation and in situ meteorological instrumentation for Mars missions.

We co-lead the NOMAD instrument on the ExoMars TGO mission which retrieves key atmospheric species that we analyse and interpret using a global climate model (GCM) of Mars. A key strength of our group is the ability to assimilate into our GCM, enabling the best possible global reconstruction of the martian atmosphere.

We offer the opportunity for studentship projects to work on a range of subjects, from the design of future optical and in situ spaceflight instruments to analysis of new observations from active missions such as ExoMars TGO utilising multi-scale numerical climate simulations and data assimilation.

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
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

Our research students are funded via many sources, including: industry, Doctoral Training Partnerships, the EU, self-funding, and faculty funded studentships.

For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.

To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.

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