PhD Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Management)

at Abertay University

The award of the Doctor of Philosophy demonstrates that the main focus of your work is your personal contribution to knowledge in your discipline or field, through original research or the original application of existing knowledge.

The minimum entry requirement for all our research degrees is an Upper Second Class Honours degree (or equivalent) at undergraduate level in an appropriate discipline and/or a Master’s degree. In some cases, appropriate professional or experiential learning may be considered in combination with a lower classification of Honours degree.
 

For candidates whose first language is not English or your undergraduate/Master’s degree was not awarded from a University from a UKVI designated English Speaking country, you are required to show evidence of one of the following qualifications:
 

• IELTS Academic: total 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each component.

• TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 92 with at least 20 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL “My Best Score” to meet our English language requirements.

• CAE and CPE: total 176 with at least 169 in each component.

• Trinity ISE: ISE II with distinctions in all four components.

• PTE Academic: 62 overall with at least 59 in each component.

• NECO English at B (4)

• WAEC English at B (4)
   

If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than three and a half years old at the beginning of your programme of study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.

The fees for Postgraduate Research Programme is £15750 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.