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The award
Postgraduate Research
How long you will study
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Domestic course fees
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How you will study
full-time, part-time
Course starts
September
International course fees
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Research developed by the Geomechanics team covers a wide range of areas, including laboratory testing, microstructure analysis, constitutive modelling and geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering studies. In particular, researchers have an interest in unsaturated soils behaviour at micro and macro-scale.
Notes about fees for this course
Fees for this course can be found on the tuition fees page.
Scholarships and bursaries
We aim to encourage well-qualified, ambitious students to study with us and we offer a wide variety of scholarships and bursaries to achieve this. Over £6 million worth of opportunities are available in fee and stipend scholarships, and more than 400 students benefit from this support.
View our full range of postgraduate research scholarships.
We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates. Please visit our How to apply page.
If you do not meet the entry requirements for this course then consider one of these postgraduate preparation courses from another institution:
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