Departmental programmes
Overview
The Department is involved in the running and/or administration of several different postgraduate research training programmes. These include:
PhD programmes (3 or 4 years)
MSc by Research (1 year)
PhD Programmes
Doctoral Training Programmes (4 Year)
Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs) are cohort-based training programmes funded by External Agencies (typically Research Councils or Charities). The DTPs:
recruit several students per year.
involve some programme-specific cohort-based training.
typically involve other Universities and/or Departments at York.
Individual Programmes
Targeted Doctoral Studentships (3 or 4 Year)
Targeted Doctoral Studentships (TDSs) are individual studentships tied to specific projects, resulting from awards won by academic staff from a wide-variety of funding bodies. The TDSs:
includes studentships from benefactors, departmental awards, or government-sponsored agencies.
may have their own specialised training requirements, but typically they follow the standard training of the Biology 3 or 4 year PhD.
Programme Coordinator: Dr. Peter Mayhew
MSc by Research (1 Year)
An MSc by Research (MxR) is a 1 year programme, that follows the standard training of the Biology 3 PhD in the first year.
Typically self-funded studentships, for students applying to individual projects with academic staff members.
It is not subject to the progression requirements of the longer PhD programmes.
Programme Coordinator: Dr. Peter Mayhew