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Postgraduate Study Opportunities at Warwick HRI The University of Warwick | |||||||||||
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The University of Warwick has an outstanding reputation for research and teaching and is consistently ranked among the top universities in the UK. We have excellent facilities and resources for learning alongside world-class researchers and academics.
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Taught Degrees
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| MSc Environmental Bioscience in a Changing Climate - New for 2009 | |||||||||||
 Why choose this course? Humankind harnesses a multitude of natural resources for the provision of food, fibre, energy and recreation. Many of these resources have become overexploited with resulting impacts on global climate, agricultural production and biodiversity.
You will explore solutions for the sustainable provision of food, materials, energy and landscape in a changing global environment. The course includes a research project.
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| MSc Enterprise in Horticulture | |||||||||||
 Why choose this course? Successful horticultural enterprises require advanced skills in both modern business methods and cutting-edge plant science. This course is designed for those seeking a career in business relating to growing, supplying and marketing fresh horticultural produce in a competitive world market. The course will help you to improve productivity and recognise best practice throughout the world. The course includes a commercial placement.
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| MSc Plant Bioscience for Crop Production | |||||||||||
 Why choose this course? Improvements in crop production globally depend on the knowledge-led application of plant science and biotechnology. This course will develop your cutting-edge research skills across a range of plant science disciplines. 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. The course includes a research project. | |||||||||||
| MSc Modelling Biological Populations and Interactions | |||||||||||
 Why choose this course? Quantitative models are crucial tools that underpin current research to improve our understanding of the behaviour of complex biological systems. Ecological modelling can predict the impact of both climate change and the effects of land-use changes on biodiversity. Such models provide a critical resource for environmental policy development, whilst agronomic decision support models are vital in the development of sustainable agriculture. The emphasis of this course is the practical implementation of modelling tools to address real biological problems and will equip you with a working knowledge of current approaches to the statistical and mathematical modelling of biological populations and their interactions. You will learn how models can be used to predict responses to a changing environment, the importance of model testing and how to deliver models to target audiences in academia and industry. The course includes a research project. | |||||||||||
RESEARCH DEGREES
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| MSc by Research | |||||||||||
 This practical course is based on a single research project under the training and supervision of one of our Research Leaders. Our research 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. If you are interested in this degree please contact an appropriate Research Leader or the Director of Graduate Studies to discuss projects and supervisors. | |||||||||||
| PhD in Plant & Environmental Sciences | |||||||||||
PhD studentships are offered for projects closely linked to the research interests of Warwick HRI's leading scientists. Some examples include: the impact of climate change on plant diseases, regulation of storage oil mobilisation in seeds, optimising water-use efficiency in crop species, RNA signalling in flower development, modelling transcriptional networks in plant senescence and the quantitative application of trap plants for pest control in field vegetables.
 "State-of-the-art science facilities combined with internationally recognised faculty members make Warwick HRI an exceptional learning atmosphere" Yiannis Matsoukas, PhD Student
For more information on course structures and modules please visit
www.warwick.ac.uk/go/whri/study
For enquiries on taught MSc degrees email: whri.msc@warwick.ac.uk For enquiries on research degrees please email: whri.phd@warwick.ac.uk
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The Department Warwick HRI is at the forefront of research and teaching in plant, microbial and environmental sciences, underpinned by core capabilities in mathematical biology, biometrics, genomics and bioinformatics to improve horticulture, crops and the environment. We have the latest technologies for innovative personal study by research and taught degree programmes of the highest quality. 
imaging facilities, computer controlled glasshouses, controlled environment units and a BioConversion Unit, all complementing 150 hectares of field resources and rural landscape. 