7.5k PhD programmes in Europe

The Regenerative Medicine programme offered by Swansea University is at the forefront of innovative and life-changing healthcare. Researchers at the Medical School aim to harness the power of stem cells, tissue engineering, and biomaterials, to help restore, repair, or replace damaged tissues and organs.

Language and Policy is a key topic within the Language and Literacies Research Cluster at The Open University UK.

Astrochemistry at The Open University UK is the study of molecules in space, how they form, where they form, and what role they play in shaping the formation and evolution of astrophysical systems, particularly in star and planet formation.

The Social and Sustainable Enterprise (SSE) research cluster at The Open University UK addresses the connections between entrepreneurial activity, innovation and the transition towards environmentally and socially sustainable ways of doing business.

This Transformative Technologies for Pharmaceutical Science from University of Cambridge is a four year fully-funded doctoral training programme that aims to develop future leaders in data-driven approaches to pharma research and development that are informed by and provide new insight into our understanding of biological processes.

Decision Making for Complex Systems at University of Cambridge is a programme offered in conjunction with the University of Manchester that aims to enable students to develop new fundamental AI capabilities in the context of a diversity of complex systems.

Education and Schools at University of Northampton welcomes applications to study for an Education and Schools PhD at the University of Northampton’s Faculty of Health, Education and Society, particularly across the broad themes that are supported through our Centre for Education and Research.​​

English at University of Cambridge is an outstanding place to work on Anglophone literature. Students and scholars benefit from world-class libraries, and from each other. The PhD cohort is diverse and large in number. No particular area or approach is preferred.

With a MPhil/PhD in Tourism at Middlesex University you'll get an unprecedented opportunity to explore the field of tourism and hospitality management – and making a lasting contribution to existing knowledge and research.

A graduate from Law and Social Sciences at Middlesex University will have developed advanced skills in research, analysis and writing, public presentations and, in many cases, teaching at university level. 

Undertaking the Art and Design (Distance Learning) degree at University of Huddersfield means joining a creative, collaborative research community.

Business School at Middlesex University will give you the opportunity to carry out cutting edge research that will help you understand the challenges of business in a globalised society, will prepare you for a career in higher education or in professional practice, and offer you the chance to make a lasting contribution to organisations, academia and the wider society.

PhD Distance Learning at The Glasgow School of Art is a postgraduate research degree programme based in one of GSA’s four Schools: Fine Art, Design, Innovation and Technology, and Architecture, or through the Interdisciplinary Research centre.

Further your knowledge of key topics that impact people's health, wellbeing and performance with this Health course at the University of Bath.

The Multi-disciplinary Gender Studies from University of Cambridge students will develop both general knowledge of the field(s) of gender studies as well as specific knowledge related to their own research project.

As one of the most vibrant and important fields in the world today, research and work in Law (Distance Learning) influences personal, national and global perspectives in world affairs.  Join this Law programme at the University of Huddersfield.

Data Science and Systems Modelling at Abertay University covers a wide range of areas at the interface between computer games and complex systems, including in physics, healthcare and the environment.

Over the duration of the Informatics doctoral programme from Szechenyi Istvan University, students are expected to become increasingly self-reliant in their work.

The Pharmacy and Pharmacology course at the University of Bath is one of the UK’s leading research hubs in pharmaceutical science, whose output is consistently ranked among the very best in the field.

The PhD programme in Marketing from ESSEC Business School - Paris is devoted to training doctoral candidates to conduct rigorous and high impact research in a dynamic business environment.