地理学院是研究生教学和研究的领先中心，在整个学科领域具有国际认可的优势。博士学位是研究生学习的最高级形式。它是在成功完成监督研究，口头考试和最终论文后获得的。
Our PhD programme enables you to conduct original research across a wide range of geographical research areas. Our students are an integral part of our wider research and teaching community. Individual projects may cut across research areas, for example, in fields such as environmental management. You will also be supported by at least two academic advisors, who may be drawn from more than one of our research groups. <br><br>Our research areas include,<br><br>Cultural and Historical Geography<br>Shaped by, and shaping, wider developments in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Sub-themes include: <br><br>Landscape and Culture<br>Health and Disease<br>Race and Empire<br>Geographical Thought and Cartography<br>Economic Worlds<br><br>Analyses contemporary economic phenomena. It is characterised by the development of innovative theoretical approaches that are attuned to the cultural, political and social dimensions of economic life. Sub-themes include: <br><br>Money <br>Knowledge <br>Bodies <br>Value <br>Environment and Society<br>Encompasses research around environment-society relationships. Sub-themes include: <br><br>Health, environment and society <br>Climate change, environmental risk and resilience <br>Environmental knowledge, governance and politics<br>Environment, culture and sustainability <br>Geosciences<br>Leading research in earth and environmental systems over a range of spatial and temporal scales. Sub-themes include: <br><br>Biogeography <br>Environmental reconstruction <br>Informatics <br>Water resources