The Department of Environment of the School of Environment of the Ionian University provides the opportunity to conduct Doctoral Studies (PhD) in fields that are within the research interests and/or the specialist knowledge field of the staff members of the Department. Ph.D. Studies aim to produce high quality scientific research and to create scientists capable of contributing to the advancement of science, research, and applications.

The successful PhD candidates are intended to staff the research, business, and educational workforce of Greece and abroad. The Department, inline with the University’s culture, values doctoral research students as a source of academic prestige and of international distinction and that they ought to contribute to the qualitative and quantitative advancement of research.

Admissions are accepted (Article 38 of Law 4485/ 2017) from candidates that hold a Master's Degree from a National University or a university which is formally recognised as an equivalent to the Greek Universities, or an advanced undergraduate degree which offers an integrated Master qualification according to Article 46 of Law 4485/2017. Candidates should be proficient in advanced writing and spoken Greek and/or English languages. If the doctoral thesis is written in another language, the candidate submits an extensive summary in Greek attached to the doctoral thesis.