Town and Regional Planning

Overview

At present, The Geddes Institute has students registered for PhDs in subjects closely related to staff interests and research commissions. The research themes include planning and development, housing studies, social justice and planning and property development. There is a strong international dimension to this research portfolio.

Research includes:

• Negotiated settlements and land development in Malaysia
• Housing in developing countries
• Low cost home ownership in Kuala Lumpur
• Housing and younger women
• Social justice, housing and transport
• Social justice and the role of the educational sector
• The role of place-branding in the promotion of foreign direct investment in northern Germany

For more information about Research in Town and Regional Planning at Dundee, please visit the Town and Regional Planning website.

Entry Requirements

You should have an honours degree at 2.1 or above, or a Masters degree in a relevant discipline.

English Language Requirement: IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in the written component and no less than 5.5 in any other component, if your first language is not English. Please check our Language Requirements page for details of equivalent grades from other test providers, and information about the University of Dundee English Language courses.

Fees & Funding

We do not currently have any funded places for PhD students in Psychology.

Please visit our Fees & Funding webpages for general postgraduate research funding information.

How to Apply

To apply for a research degree in Town and Regional Planning, use the online system UKPASS, via the link below. You may wish to visit our How to Apply webpage first for more information what you should submit as part of your application.

Apply here:

• PhD in Town and Regional Planning
• Non-graduating research in the School of the Environment (6 months or more)
• Non-graduating research in the School of the Environment (less than 6 months)

Contact

Alda Ritchie, Senior Programme Secretary

Telephone: +44 (0)1382 345236

Email:a.ritchie@dundee.ac.uk