Location
Streatham Campus, Exeter
Run by INTO University of Exeter, this six month course is designed to help you improve your English language proficiency, study and research skills before you start a research degree with the College of Engineering, Mathematics or Physical Sciences at the University of Exeter. The programme is designed for postgraduates intending to study for a doctorate who need to improve their English language and research skills or whose research ideas are not yet firm enough to undertake doctoral studies.
The Pre-Doctoral Studies course runs for two terms (21 weeks), starting in August and ending in December each year. On this course you will:
- Improve your English language proficiency in the core skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, within the context of postgraduate studies
- Work with leading scientists in your chosen area of study
- Enhance your scientific report writing and presentational skills
- Develop research and study skills appropriate to the context and culture of a UK university
- Be integrated into a College research team
- Acquire a good knowledge of your chosen research area through two substantial projects
- Refine your research proposal prior to formal PhD registration
