"We work with doctoral candidates to get them to present their work to each other, to the department, in workshops until towards the end they are organising their own conferences, seminars and talks."

Dr Ruth Glynn, Senior Lecturer,
School of Modern Languages

"Bristol is great and I love working at the bench; I've really expanded my expertise. For me the best thing has been my development in to an independent researcher."

Yusra Siddiqui,
School of Biochemistry

"I've been given the tools and facilities to learn by myself. So the learning is mine, and wherever I go I take it with me."

Daniel Linker,
PhD student in the Department of Music

"It's great to work in a top university where standards are so high."

Claire Connor, PhD Student in the Department of History, with her daughter Jo

"This city has so much to offer and the Quantum Photonics group is a stimulating environment for learning cutting-edge physics."

Enrique Martin-Lopez,
PhD Student in the School of Physics

About the College

Doctoral students

Welcome to this site, which contains information about the Bristol Doctoral College and its postgraduate research community. It also provides links to other relevant information across the University.
Professor Sally Heslop, Director of the Bristol Doctoral College