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I have completed the MSc in Applied Marine Science, and now I would like to pursue a PhD in environmental sciences/management online. I have not been able to find a university in the UK that offers such a programme. If there is anyone who has information on such a programme, I will be very grateful for that information. Thanks for your assistance.

It seems as though there are no schools in the Europe that offer a PhD in environmental science/mamagement online. What about those that may be offering such a programme partly online and partly on campus? Anyone with any relevant information please let me know.

Hello, its very hard to find an online (distance) PhD at all, but I would imagine it would be even harder in this field. You might need field or lab equipment that your host institution would provide, field assistance etc.

Whilst a lot of people I know in the Environmental Sciences might be away for large periods of time on fieldwork etc, they live and return to the host institution.

I know many circumstances mean a lot of people can't move, but it may be better to look at Universities within a commuting distance? I think everybody on here will tell you how important it is to be around a Department, academics and other students (all your best ideas will come by chatting to them at coffee break) and all the facilities a University provides.

I don't think you are going to easily find a part online/part on campus PhD for this subject area. I know a couple of environmental scientists doing PhD's and they spend 6-8 months of the year in the field doing research. It might be worth looking at uni's that doffer PhD's in your area and then look at how the time is split between field work and time on campus as you might find a happy medium that suits your needs. Is there any particular reason why you are set on an online course?

Thanks Tricky! I am living in the Caribbean, and I was just wondering if could stay here while pursuing a PhD programme in Environmental Science. We are in the process of setting up an environmental lab (analytical and wet lab) at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in the British Virgin Islands, and I was hoping to be able to do my research projects at the lab, while I visit ba campus for other required projects. I guess that I will just have to bite the bullet and head back to the UK to do resaarch if I can't find another way.

Thanks Thecoastman for your advice. Here in the Caribbean there are not many schools that would offer a PhD in environmental science, so we have travel out of the region to do so. I prefer to study in the UK, so I'll try and get hooked up with a university in the UK. Right now I am looking at University of Birmingham; there seems to be some interesting projects there that I would like to be a part of.

If you're looking in particular for Marine Science then I'd recommend (in no particular order) Hull (Institute for Estuarine and Coastal Studies), Southampton (and the National Oceanography Centre), Cambridge, Bangor, University College London. The University of Newcastle also does a Tropical Marine Management MSc I think, so presumably they do PhDs in that area too.