126 PhD programmes in Biology in United Kingdom

Research in the School of Life Sciences covers a wide spectrum of biology from genes to ecosystems, and this broad-based structure provides opportunities for developing novel ideas and inter-disciplinary projects. Learn more with the Cancer Biology programme from University of Essex. 

Develop your skills and understanding of the latest veterinary research with this Computational Biology programme from University of Nottingham.

This Biological Sciences from University of Cambridge is a four year fully-funded PhD programme that aims to create highly skilled and employable people.

The Engineering Biology programme offered by University of Oxford is a research-based course combining synthetic biology, engineering, and computing to develop real-world biotechnological solutions, with training in innovation, ethics, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Department of Chemistry offers research opportunities and projects in a wide range of research themes. This PhD in Biological Chemistry is offered at The University of Manchester.

Evolution is the key to understanding many questions in the life sciences. To comprehend the diversity of life on earth, it is essential to know the evolutionary link between organisms and the processes by which new traits originate and are maintained. The Evolutionary Biology program is offered by The University of Manchester.

Research in the School of Biosciences revolves around understanding systems and processes in the living cell. The Cell Biology programme at University of Kent has a strong molecular focus with leading-edge activities that are synergistic with one another and complementary to the teaching provision. 

The Biological Sciences programme offered by Aberystwyth University develops advanced expertise in living systems, agricultural innovation, and environmental sustainability.

Environmental biology research seeks to understand how biological systems, comprising plants, animals and microorganisms, evolve, function and interact. This Environmental Biology programme is offered at The University of Manchester.

The PhD in Medical Mycology programme at The University of Manchester enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Medical Mycology.

The Biomaterials research programme at The University of Manchester covers an exciting area of research in the Department focusing both on fundamental understanding of interactions between man-made materials and biological tissues and the development of useful applications. 

Postgraduate research students of the Botany (Postgraduate Research) programme at University of Wolverhampton are encouraged to present their research to University academics and fellow PhD students at colloquia within the School of Architecture and The Built Environment, which provide an encouraging and friendly environment for students to sharpen their research and presentation skills.

In the Infectious Disease programme from University of Glasgow we take a highly interdisciplinary approach to the study of infectious disease that combines mathematical and statistical modelling with ecology, evolutionary biology, parasitology, immunology and bioinformatics and the social sciences.

Research in the School of Biology at the University of St Andrews spans a broad range of topics in the biological sciences, and offers a variety of opportunities for PhD research.

On this Biological Sciences PhD at Swansea University will undertake an individual biological sciences research project over three years, supported by our internationally renowned researchers.

Our work on Theoretical Condensed Matter and Biophysics at The Open University UK follows a common thread of modelling complex systems consisting of many interacting objects.

Research opportunities in the Biological, Biomedical and Life Sciences at Keele University include a wide range of topics in mammalian molecular biology, molecular medicine, epigenetics, proteomics, physiology, structural biology and neuroscience.

The question of whether life exists beyond Earth is eons old, yet it is only relatively recently that space missions have been launched to help answer this. This Governance and Ethics programme is offered at The Open University UK.

From animal behaviour to molecular evolution, you work in field and laboratory settings, guided and supervised by our expert faculty. This Biology programme is offered at the University of Sussex.

Eye and Vision Sciences research at University of Liverpool extends from basic molecular interactions through to health service implementation with the goal of translating our findings for the benefit of patients.