MPhil: minimum 12 months full time; minimum 24 months part time
PhD: minimum 36 months full time; minimum 72 months part time
Fees per academic year 2013-14
UK and EU: full time £4,320-£10,950 part time £2,160-£5,475
International: full time £14,180-£20,810 part time fees
Fees vary according to the exact nature of the research project.
More information is available about tuition fees and discounts.
Main avenues of research include land use and network models, passenger transport and policy, transport and the environment, and infrastructure design and telematics.
MPhil/ PhD supervision is normally available in the following areas:
Freight and traffic loading; public transport management and operations; traffic management and control; road traffic safety and accident analysis; transport emissions and the environment; transport telematics and image processing; intelligent transport systems (ITS); travel behaviour; highway design and engineering; operating speed models; environmental impact and monitoring of transport activities.
Examples of specific project areas and titles may be obtained from our postgraduate brochure, or our research projects website.
General staff interests include: transport emissions and the environment (Professor M Bell, Dr A Namdeo); highway engineering, safety and accident analysis (Mr R Bird); transport telematics and ITS (Professor P Blythe); transport studies, travel behaviour (Dr N Thorpe); transport studies, safety and transport modelling (Dr D Dissanayake).
The Transport Operations Research Group has weekly seminars during term time at which staff, current PhD students and invited speakers make presentations. The main research themes presently being pursued deal with transport telematics, public transport, transport and the environment, pollution and congestion, road-user charging and infrastructure, and most research students are working in one of these areas. Opportunities arise for students to make presentations at conferences, and the group arranges attendance at the Universities’ Transport Study Group Annual Conference.
Our Science, Agriculture and Engineering Graduate School provides training in professional/key skills and research techniques, supports personal development, hosts postgraduate events and has links with several specialist graduate training networks.
An upper-second-class Honours degree or an international equivalent. Applicants whose first language is not English normally require IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 90 (Internet-based), or equivalent.
Our INTO Newcastle University Centre can provide extra tuition to help you meet the University's English language requirements.
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has rules for international students regarding minimum English language requirements.International Students, consult your own government for funding. The University offers International Scholarships, and there are funding opportunities by external organisations available.
Students should consult their employers for sponsorship opportunities.
More information on scholarships, studentships, bursaries and other funding is available from our database.Visit our postgraduate application site.
Applications are considered throughout the year although specific deadlines for funding may apply. Further application advice is available from the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering.
There are three possible start dates for your research degree:
• 7 January 2013
• 15 April 2013
• or 23 September 2013
However these dates are not mandatory and in some circumstances permission can be granted for alternative start dates.
Please note: As a formal condition of the offer to study at Newcastle University, students from outside the UK/EU are required to pay a deposit of £1,500 or submit an official letter of sponsorship for their chosen programme. The deposit payment is non refundable, but will be deducted from tuition fees upon registration.
For further information please contact:
Postgraduate Research Secretary (Civil Engineering)
School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6445
Email: melissa.ware@ncl.ac.uk
http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/postgrad/index.htm
This programme is within the subject area of Civil Engineering.