Leather Technology PhD

Course Content

• Course Details

  This course is a way for you to develop a specialism in the leather industry and improve your technical skills.

  While developing and setting up research projects, you will initially receive general, discipline based and project specific training so that you can go on to conduct your research work effectively and independently. When you finish this course, you will be able to find research and development roles in chemical companies and tanneries or progress into an academic career or enter business at a managerial level.

  We are one of the foremost centres for leather education in the world and we are dedicated to delivering theoretical and practical education at the highest standards.

  Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 21/22. The modules relating to the academic year 22/23 will be available from June 2022.

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• Fees and Funding

  22/23 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 22/23 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  • UK – Full Time: £5,085
  • UK – Part Time: £2,565
  • International: £14,750

  Additional costs

  • £100 to cover PPE (one white lab coat, one blue lab coat, wellington boots and gloves) and contribution to raw material costs
  • student Membership to the Society for Leather Technologists and Chemists (six journals per year and free attendance to the Annual Conference) This is optional and costs £26.50
  • individual Spray Gun, £35 (Sponsorship may be available)
  • a field trip to Italy usually costing around £150, due to subsidies from industry contacts

  21/22 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 21/22 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  • UK – Full Time: £4,985
  • UK – Part Time: £2,515
  • International: £14,460

  Additional costs

  • £100 to cover PPE (one white lab coat, one blue lab coat, wellington boots and gloves) and contribution to raw material costs
  • student Membership to the Society for Leather Technologists and Chemists (six journals per year and free attendance to the Annual Conference) This is optional and costs £26.50
  • individual Spray Gun, £35 (Sponsorship may be available)
  • a field trip to Italy usually costing around £150, due to subsidies from industry contacts

  For tuition fee and studentship information, please email researchdegrees@northampton.ac.uk

  For information on the scholarships available to you, please see our scholarships page.

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• Facilities

  We are the only university in the UK to integrate leather technology with fashion, and the only university with a tannery. Industry leading leather experts deliver research, science, technology and supply chain knowledge on an international level. This programme allows you to research an area of particular interest and expand your skills and knowledge in this area whilst working within a research active and commercially focused department.

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