CENTA – The Central England NERC Training Alliance

The Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA), is a consortium of research-intensive Universities and research institutes that are working together to provide excellence in doctoral research training in Earth and Environmental Sciences.

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Apply to a project for 2027 entry.

Our partners

Find out more about the various institutions and Universities involved in our training programme.

Study with us

Explore all of our current opportunities and different research areas that you can study with us.

Training schedule

Our training includes lots of student support throughout and also a residential in the first year to help you prepare.

Our student stories

Zak Savin-Baden

AI-Driven Pollinator Monitoring For Biodiversity

Daniel Loy

Microbial Survival in the Makgadikgadi Basin, Botswana

Gregory Eckhartt

Treescapes and the city: Do wooded networks enhance bird movement in urban areas?

Lauren Tuffield

Fertility of subduction and post subduction magmatism associated with porphyry- and epithermal-Cu-Au mineralisation in the Aegean using zircon geochronology and geochemistry