Our research culture is set up to generate research that is both intellectually innovative and impactful, addressing the key global challenges of our time and providing wider public and societal benefit.

Much of the research that we do and the impacts that we make are relevant to the pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Our doctoral programme offers an exceptional opportunity to pursue original exciting research projects in a community of supportive staff and fellow postgraduate scholars. Numerous funding paths are available for home and international students across both human and physical geography.

Apart from the Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford, Durham University Observatory has the longest unbroken series of meteorological observations for any university in the UK.