Soil and Environmental Science

Bangor University is in such a great location for studying and researching environmental issues; it is minutes away from a huge diversity of landscapes and environments. The university offers this Soil and Environmental Science programme.

Bangor University is active across a whole range of disciplines, leading research into some of the most pressing environmental issues across the world.The university offers this Soil and Environmental Science PhD programme.

Study Overseas

We offer ‘split’ PhD programmes for international students with part of the study taking place in the student’s own country or a third country. Many of our British and other European students also carry out fieldwork overseas for their research.

Research areas include:

• Sustainable Rural, Peri-urban and Urban Environments
• Climate Change
• Biogeochemistry of Soil and Freshwaters
• Plant Ecophysiology
• Waste Management and Restoration
• Soil Classification
• Soil Biology
• Soil Hydrology and Physics
• Pathogenic Organisms in Soil
• Pollution by Heavy Metals
• Cycling of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Environment
• Extreme Environments (Deserts, Arctic etc.)
• Wetlands for Pollution Control