Wednesday, February 4, 2009

PhD Studentships in Chemistry at University of London

Department of Chemistry

For entry from September 2009

Applications are invited for our three year research programmes
leading to the degree of PhD. The department deadline for
recommending the applicants for scholarships for overseas students for
2009 entry is 1 March 2009 so you should aim to submit your
application by the middle of February to give it time to be considered
and processed. Competition is extremely high for the overseas
scholarships so you will need to have the equivalent of a first class
honours degree
from a recognized university. You should have achieved
the standard level on the IELTS (International English Language
Testing System) which would be an overall grade of 6.5 with a minimum
of 6.0 in each of the subtests.

The Department performed very impressively in the latest RAE appraisal
with every submission being ranked as internationaly recognised or
better which means that even members of staff that are in the very
beginning of their career are world class. Prospective candidates are
expected to contact members of the academic staff working in their
fields of interest via. http://www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/people/acadstaff.html

Our main research activities are in the following areas:

Chemical Biology
Chemical Physics
Chemical Magnetism
Computational Chemistry
Crystallography/Industrial Materials
Electrochemistry
High Performance Scientific Computing
Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Nanoscience
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Spectroscopy

Further information on our research programmes is available from
http://www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/research/index.html

The department has world class facilities in the areas of scanning
probe microscopy
, x-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron
microscopy
, mass spectrometry, NMR, XPS, ultra fast laser
spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, computational chemistry,
time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, attosecond science, FTIR
RAIRS spectroscopy, and thermal imaging. The Department also makes
extensive use of national and international neutron and synchrotron
radiation facilities
.

Close collaborative links exist with industry and other university
departments in the UK and abroad.

Applications can be filled out on line at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/admission/graduate-study/application-admission/
and information on English requirements are at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate-study/application-admission/english-language.


You may contact Mary Lou Jabore (m.l.jabore@ucl.ac.uk) who is happy
to answer questions about the admissions process and funding
opportunities available.