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Subject area:	Astrophysics
Research Institute:	Environment, Physical Sciences & Applied Mathematics
Type of Programme:	PhD / MPhil
Duration:	PhD – 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time MPhil – 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Starting Date:	Any time of the year
Entry Requirements:	See here
International entry requirements	We accept a range of qualifications from other institutions. Details here. Standard English Language requirements apply. Details here

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The Keele Astrophysics group currently consists of 9 academic staff members, with research interests including star formation and stellar clusters, late stellar evolution, massive stars and their impact on the early universe, the interstellar medium, binary stars, interacting binary stars, the detection of extra-solar planets and high energy observations of active galaxies & GRBs. Further information on the group is available on their website

Star formation and young stellar objects (Prof Rob Jeffries & Dr Joana Oliveira)
WASP – the search for extrasolar planets (WASP@Keele)
Evolved stars – mass loss and explosive ends (Prof Nye Evans)
Laboratory Astrophysics – studying cosmic dusts with synchrotron radiation (Prof Nye Evans )
Structure, content and dynamics of the interstellar medium (Prof Nye Evans, Dr Jacco van Loon)
Theoretical and computational modelling of stellar interiors stellar evolution and stellar atmospheres (Dr Dean McLaughlin, Dr Raphael Hirschi, Dr Barry Smalley)
Galactic dynamics and dark matter (Dr Dean McLaughlin)
Active Galactic Nuclei & Gamma-ray bursts (Dr James Reeves & Dr Raphael Hirschi )

Enquiries are welcome at any time on the following projects. Funding may be available.

Title	Keele Supervisor(s)
Extrasolar planets with the WASP project	Prof Coel Hellier, Pierre Maxted, Barry Smalley
Structure and dynamics of the interstellar medium with GASKAP	Dr Jacco van Loon
Massive Rotating Stars: Life and Death	Dr Raphael Hirschi
Extragalactic Astrophysics - Galaxy Nuclei	Dr James Reeves & Dr Dean McLaughlin
Stellar Astrophysics; laboratory astrophysics	Prof Nye Evans
Observations of Active Galaxies and Gamma-ray Bursts	Dr James Reeves
The environments of young stars and their forming planetary systems. A multi-wavelength observational project aiming to characterize the physical conditions around young stars and their birth sites using optical, infrared and X-ray data and high esolution optical/IR imaging	Prof Rob Jeffries