7.4k PhD programmes in Europe

The Building Materials programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in the structure, properties, performance, and sustainability of construction materials.

The Molecular Biosciences programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in molecular mechanisms of biological systems across cellular and integrative levels.

The Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH) research group at The Open University UK engages with various fields, including English Literature, Creative Writing, Music, History, Theatre Studies, Art History and Classical Studies, to explore topics related to themes of gender and otherness.  

The Postcolonial and Global Literatures research group at The Open University UK has contributed to major externally-funded projects, including: Making Britain: South Asian Visions of Home and Abroad, 1870–1950, and City Fictions of the New India: Literature, Infrastructure, Citizenship.

At Spatial Planning researchers at Blekinge Institute of Technology we research how planning influences and governs societal development.

The Finance programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced expertise in financial markets, institutions, investment analysis, and financial decision-making, preparing researchers to investigate contemporary challenges in finance using rigorous analytical and quantitative approaches.

An emphasis on the contemporary characterises research in the Italian subject group at the University of Liverpool.

The International Studies programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in international relations, global politics, security, political economy, and conflict studies, enabling students to investigate contemporary international issues through original and interdisciplinary research.

The Structural Integrity group at The Open University UK is actively involved in research supporting development of the R6 Procedure for the assessment of the integrity of structures containing defects.

This Polar Studies course from the University of Cambridge embraces both the natural sciences and social sciences and humanities. 

Comparative Literature at University of Glasgow is an exciting interdisciplinary, intercultural, and inter-medial discipline housed in our School of Modern Languages and Cultures with expertise in ten modern languages and cultures.

Beyond their individual projects, our students are fully engaged in the rich intellectual life of our subject area and the School of Critical Studies, organizing reading groups and conferences, participating in colloquia, and, from the second year of study, contributing to undergraduate teaching. We offer a English Literature degree at the University of Glasgow.

In the Modern Languages and Cultures programme from the University of Glasgow, we have expertise and supervision in language, culture, sociolinguistics, literature and history for the subjects of French, German, Hispanic, Italian and Slavonic Studies, alongside a strong postgraduate community in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies.

Our Molecular Genetics research at University of Glasgow lies at the interface of organismal, functional and systems biology. 

The Health Policy programme offered by Swansea University explores decision-making processes within health services in the UK and abroad, supporting policy changes that improve outcomes for patients and healthcare practitioners. It provides the opportunity to pursue particular personal or professional research interests within this diverse field

The international doctoral program Energy Conversion Systems - From Materials to Devices at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) was established with our partner institute, the Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, in order to better understand lead-free perovskite materials for electro- optical-mechanical energy conversion systems.

Education as an academic area at Luleå University of Technology focuses on the way people, in light of their background and experience, change the understanding of the world around them and how they act in it.

The Medical Neuroscience programme offered by Swansea University focuses on the study of the brain and nervous system, examining its structure, function, chemistry, and physiology to better understand medical conditions relating to the nervous system and providing a framework for understanding human behaviour.

Applied Geophysics at Luleå University of Technology is a topic based on the laws of physics and methods which, combined with geological information can be used in a variety of applications.

The Engineering Education programme offered by Lund University develops advanced research expertise in teaching, learning, and pedagogical development within engineering and technology disciplines.