254 PhD programmes in Biology in Europe

The PhD course in Cellular and Developmental Biology at Sapienza University of Rome is an Innovative Interdisciplinary Doctorate which aims to provide a high-profile and highly interdisciplinary preparation, based on widely diversified conceptual and methodological approaches.

The Theoretical Chemistry and Biology programme offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology develops advanced research expertise in modelling molecular and electronic processes using computational methods.

Plant Biosystems Design is jointly administered by the Universities of Bristol, University of Cambridge and York, and the John Innes Centre. It aims to catalyse interdisciplinary partnerships and drive innovation in the application of engineering principles to plant biology and biotechnology.

The Generative Biology programme offered by University of Oxford is designed to train doctoral researchers in cutting-edge areas of generative biology.

The Biology course at the University of Bath is renowned for its broad range of world-leading and internationally excellent research on animals, plants and microorganisms.

This prestigious Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded Doctoral Landscape Award will support the next generation of researchers equipping them with the skills for careers in academia, industry, policy and civic society and developing the UK bioeconomy. The BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience programme is offered at University of York.

The Regenerative Sciences program at Hannover Medical School was developed as part of the Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH – ‘From Regenerative Biology to Reconstructive Therapy’. 

A structured training Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology programme from University of Konstanz provides scientific as well as transferable skill courses. Our doctoral researchers benefit from our partnerships with academic institutions and leading companies around the world.

The Biological Anthropology from University of Cambridge, is an opportunity for original research leading to a thesis within a structured research environment that encourages both independence and collaboration. 

Molecular Biology (Postgraduate Research) PhD students at the University of Wolverhampton are supervised by academics who are leading experts in their particular area of expertise. At least one academic in each supervisory team will have a track record of successful supervisions.

Within the PhD programme Environmental Biology at Utrecht University fundamental life processes of plants and microbes are studied at different organizational levels, from molecules and cells to plants, animal and entire ecosystems.

The Life Sciences Education Research at Utrecht University encompasses high quality educational research in (bio)medical and health science disciplines. 

The Theoretical Physics - Computational Biology programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in mathematical modelling and theoretical approaches to biological and biophysical systems.

The areas comprising the "Molecular Biosciences" doctoral programme at University of Bayreuth range from organic chemistry to biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, all the way to biotechnology.

The graduate of the PhD programme in Biology at the Jagiellonian University is prepared to practice science, carry out research and conduct teaching activities at the university level.

The Health, Biology, Biochemistry Doctoral School (ED SSBCV) is comprised of joint research units associated with major research entities from the University of Tours and the University of Orleans.

The Biological Sciences programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced expertise in the mechanisms of living systems, preparing researchers to generate discoveries that address challenges in nutrition, wellbeing, environmental sustainability, and biodiversity conservation.

Cell Biology at University of Liverpool encompasses research of the cell and its organelles' structural and functional roles, physiology, signalling, cell stress, cell communications, and its applications to the diagnosis and therapy of disease. 

The goal of the Department of Musculoskeletal Biology at the University of Liverpool is to understand the processes that underlie ageing and disease in tissues such as skeletal muscle, bone, cartilage, tendon and ligament.

In this Biology and Biomaterials PhD at the University of Brighton you will join our researchers as they examine and innovate in the structure, design and functional performance of natural and synthetically derived pure and composite biomaterials with diagnostic or therapeutic impact on living systems.