This masters by research programme is an opportunity to carry out a substantial piece of research in any of the following major branches of geosciences:

Atmospheric Science
Climate Change
Ecological Sciences
Environmental Geochemistry
Environmental Geoscience
Environmental Sustainability
Exploration Geophysics
Geoinformatics
Geology
Geophysics
Glaciology
Human Geography
Meteorology
Oceanography
Palaeoclimatology
Petroleum Geology
Physical Geography
Remote Sensing
The programme aims to provide a structured approach to basic research training, allowing students to explore an area of research that may be subsequently developed into a PhD. Students may also have the opportunity to develop links with research projects at national and international levels.

The School has the largest geoscience research group in the UK, with about 370 academics and researchers. The ambition and quality of the research was reflected in the latest Research Assessment Exercise, where 66% of the research was rated within the top two categories: world-leading and internationally excellent.