BRING YOUR
RESEARCH TO LIFE

Inspiring PhDs
Drug delivery, cyber security, creative writing, water security, global history, low carbon energy - with a huge range of research studentships at a world-leading institution, your choice of project can be as unique as you are.
New for 2021: funded Studentships for international students
Find out how you could take your research career to the next level with a UEA PhD - available now to start in 2021.
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Brilliant Research
UEA research is world leading and world changing. We are a research-intensive university, 10th in the UK for the quality of our research outputs (Times Higher REF 2014 analysis) and World Top 50 for research citations (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020).
Our PhDs are an opportunity to become part of our active, outstanding, globally respected research groups and with potential for field trips, internships, conferences and overseas collaboration who knows where your research could take you?
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Perfect Partners
We are part of the Norwich Research Park, an incredible environment for research where many scientists, clinicians and entrepreneurs are exploring some of the world’s leading research areas. With an annual research spend of over £100 million, Norwich Research Park is home to over 50 innovative science and IT based businesses. We believe these superb facilities and unique opportunities to network provides our postgraduate students with the perfect home for your research.
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Sign up to our virtual Postgraduate events to get expert advice on your research degree choices, and the funding opportunities available to you. Access live chat for on-demand information, and interact with our student panel.
Our Admissions, and Student Support Teams are also all here to help with any queries you may have and to offer friendly guidance throughout the application process.
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Life in the City
Set in one of the UK’s best-kept-secret cities, UEA is 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 with its laid-back culture offers both an economical and cosmopolitan lifestyle - you’ll soon find there’s nowhere quite like Norwich.
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A Vibrant Community
Where else do you get to meet people from all over the world? Some who think like you do, some who will change how you think. The friends you make at University are the people who stay with you, even when you are miles, or years apart. We have a large community of over 4000 postgraduate students, social but focused, diverse yet close, your support network for an amazing time. Don’t take our word for it, hear from current postgraduate students.
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