Postgraduate research

A vibrant, sustainable research community also embraces postgraduate research students. We currently have more than 1000 research students and plan to increase this number significantly over the next 5 years. Each year the University invests millions of pounds of in funding opportunities to enable the most talented postgraduate students from across the world to realise their potential with us.

See the full range of our postgraduate research degrees, together with fees and funding information and details on how to apply.

HR Excellence in Research

We are one of only 15 UK universities to gain the HR Excellence in Research award from the European Commission, showing Durham's commitment to supporting the development of our researchers.