Taught and Research Degrees at Warwick HRI
The University of Warwick
The University of Warwick
some 15,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students, of whom 3,500 are from overseas. The life sciences department Warwick HRI, undertakes world-class research and postgraduate training. We are dedicated to academic excellence in plant and microbial sciences and the application of excellence to improve horticulture, crops and the environment.
Our extensive facilities include state-of-the art laboratories, Genomics Resource Centre, computer controlled glasshouses, controlled environment units and an industry-standard BioConversion Unit, all complementing 150 hectares of field resources and rural landscape. Research at Warwick HRI is underpinned by core capabilities in mathematical biology and bioinformatics.
Taught Degrees
Why choose this course? Successful horticultural enterprises require advanced skills in both modern business methods and cutting-edge science. This programme supports the development of graduate recruits and managers for organisations involved in growing, supplying and marketing fresh horticultural produce in a competitive world market. Students will be able to apply enterprise skills to value-adding activities such as market and process development, and they will be able to evaluate crop-critical processes within horticultural systems to improve productivity and recognise best practice throughout the world.
The course includes a commercial placement.
Why choose this course? Improvements in crop production depend on the knowledge-led application of current science and biotechnology worldwide. This course has been designed to apply cutting-edge knowledge to real and diverse cropping challenges. The latest molecular and strategic bioscience techniques will be taught from a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines and analysed in the context of modern commercial practices. Advanced crop production techniques, molecular science and genomics will be integrated with developments in physiology, pathology, pest and weed ecology along with the latest strategies for optimising soil, water and nutrient use efficiencies. Students will learn to exploit modern plant biosciences effectively, through familiarity with biometry, and the application of essential statistics for evaluating technical data, and knowledge of supply chain management. The course includes a research project.
Why choose this course? Biologists now use interdisciplinary approaches to investigate complex biological systems; hence there is an increased demand for good quantitative biologists. The emphasis of this course will be the practical implementation of modelling tools to address real biological problems such as the spread of infectious diseases or crop dynamics, providing experience in mathematical and statistical model-building. This will lead to career opportunities in predicting the behaviour of biological organisms, communities and ecosystems, in public and commercial enterprises, government agencies, policy and consultancy. The course includes a research project.RESEARCH DEGREES
This practical course is based on a single research project under the training
and supervision of one of our Research Leaders. Research at Warwick HRI is interdisciplinary and ranges from fundamental laboratory science to field-based applied horticulture.
Research areas include sustainable horticulture and crop science, genomics and bioinformatics, plants and the environment, plant microbe interactions, microbial diversity and soil systems, mathematical biology and novel crops. Students interested in this degree should contact an appropriate Research Leader or the Director of Graduate Studies in order to discuss projects and supervisors.
PhD studentships are offered for projects closely linked to the research interests of Warwick HRI's leading scientists. Some examples include: impact of climate change on plant diseases, studies on fungicides in mushroom casing in relation to disease control, optimising water-use efficiency in crop species, development of molecular approaches in the study of lettuce, modelling transcriptional networks in plant senescence and quantitative application of trap plants for pest control in field vegetables.
Warwick HRI prides itself on close relationships with both academia and industry. We encourage our students to develop these relationships along with the communication skills that will enable them to apply their expertise within business.
For more information on course structures and modules please visit our website.
For enquiries on taught MSc degrees email: whri.msc@warwick.ac.uk
For enquiries on research degrees please
email: whri.phd@warwick.ac.uk
www.warwick.ac.uk/go/whri/study
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