7.4k PhD programmes in Europe

Study for a PhD in Heritage at the University of Stirling and you’ll be part of a vibrant research culture, supervised by academic staff who are international leaders in their fields. You will join a dynamic cohort of early career researchers who benefit from a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research environment.

Within the broad areas of Business and Management, there are multiple themes available to study a PhD at Abertay University.

Research across the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at University of Liverpool spans ‘from Cell to Society’, with the work of the Department of Public Health and Policy firmly at the Societal end of the spectrum. 

The Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Group in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at The Open University UK is made up of the Fluid Dynamics and Soft Matter Group, Mathematical Biology, Mathematics of Planet Earth Group, Statistical Physics Group, and Theory of Condensed Matter Group.

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) transforms the knowledge, action and leadership needed for more equitable and sustainable development globally, through our world-class research, learning and teaching at the University of Sussex.

The Atmospheric Research and Surface Exploration group at The Open University UK undertakes world-leading climate modelling and atmospheric retrievals spaceflight instruments Beagle 2, Cassini-Huygens and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).

A Creative and Critical Practice PhD at the University of Sussex develops your practice-led research in creative media production alongside critically engaged writing.

MD Medicine students are awarded a joint degree from the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton. Research at BSMS spans basic science through to clinical projects, medical ethics and social science, offering a wide and exciting range of possibilities for postgraduate students.

The Animal Biology programme from University of Worcester has grown significantly in the last 10 years as the University itself has expanded.

Drama, Theatre and Performance at the University of Sussex welcomes applicants with practice-as-research projects as well as historical, critical and theoretical approaches.

The Agroecology, Water and Resilience programme offered by Coventry University investigates sustainable agricultural systems, water resource management, environmental resilience, and nature-based solutions for global development challenges.

Our Management PhD at University of Liverpool aims to develop world-class researchers, specialised in building theory and producing valuable insight into business and management practice.

The Lusophone programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in the cultures, literatures, histories, and societies of the Portuguese-speaking world, enabling students to undertake original interdisciplinary research focused on Brazil, Portuguese-speaking Africa, and related transnational contexts.

Environmental changes in Earth history can be used to help understand and predict the trajectory of future anthropogenically driven environmental change. This Climate Change, Past, Present and Future programme is offered at The Open University UK/

At the University of Aberdeen, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Philosophy. Join us! 

During the Health Behaviour and Wellbeing program from Tallinn University the students are taught the principles of carrying out research and its practical application to pursue a career in higher education, research and development institutions and in health care system by integrating knowledge with health technologies.

We are at the forefront of research and our postgraduate body is one of the largest in the University, encompassing world-class fundamental and applied research. We offer a Electrical Engineering and Electronics degree at University of Liverpool.

In the Palaeoenvironmental Change Research Group at the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystems Sciences, our mission is to untangle some of the key Earth system processes that drive the planet’s climate. This Oceanography and Palaeoceanography programme is offered at The Open University UK.

The PhD Course in Microbiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Transplants at Tor Vergata University of Rome (MIMIT) provides an educational training of qualified researchers aimed at the acquisition of basic microbiological and immunological knowledge and at the deepening of some specific topics.

The Electronics and Photonics programme from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava will help you gain detailed theoretical and methodological knowledge, understanding and practical experience of key and world-class research areas of electronics and photonics, such as nanoelectronics, smart sensors, organic electronics, Internet of Things (IoT) systems.