Bring Your Research To Life

Inspiring PhDs

Genomics, cyber security, creative writing, climate change, big data, consumer behaviour, global history, drug formulation, plant sciences, social care - with a huge range of PhD research themes at a world-leading institution, your choice of project can be as unique as you are.

Every year we welcome students from all over the world to come and be part of our world leading and world changing research. Find out how you could take your research career to the next level with a UEA PhD.

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Postgraduate students studying in the lab

Brilliant research

UEA research is world leading and world changing. We are a research-intensive university ranked in UK Top 20 for our overall research quality (Times Higher REF21 analysis) and World Top 100 (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024).

Carrying out independent, original PhD research, you will work closely with your academic supervisors and our globally respected research groups. Your studies include potential for field trips, internships, conferences and overseas collaboration.

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FMH Postgraduate Research Prizes Award Ceremony - Feb 2016

Perfect partners

UEA is situated within Norwich Research Park, one of Europe’s largest collaborative research centres. Founded on bringing some of the greatest minds together from across the world and working on solutions to the biggest challenges facing humankind, this unique park brings together researchers from across the scientific, engineering, health, arts, social science and economic communities. Our superb facilities and unique networking opportunities offer the perfect home for your research.

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We welcome applications throughout the year - if you are interested in finding out more about postgraduate research opportunities at UEA then tell us a little bit about yourself and we'll get in touch with some relevant information.

Welcome to Norwich

Set in one of the UK’s most-sought-after cities, UEA offers the perfect environment to explore your ideas through a PhD. Small enough to explore on foot but big enough to have lots to offer, Norwich is a fantastic fusion city, bringing together the historic and modern into the perfect backdrop to your time at UEA. This vibrant city offers both an economical and cosmopolitan lifestyle - you’ll soon find there’s nowhere quite like Norwich.

Norwich life

A vibrant community

UEA's large community of over 1,500 postgraduate research students are at the heart of active research teams, challenging boundaries and making real advances. Whether you're looking to feed a passion, advance your career or change direction, join our dynamic postgraduate research community and set yourself apart with a prestigious research degree from UEA.

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