560 PhD programmes in Health Sciences

The Doctor of Philosophy is offered in a range of fields across all seven Schools in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Food, Nutrition and Health at The University of Exeter is underpinned by our current expertise in nutrition science, human nutrition and dietetics, sustainable nutrition and planetary health, nutrition physiology, and sports nutrition, as well as cutting-edge facilities and techniques.

The Planetary Health Studies course at Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon addresses critical global challenges at the intersection of health, environmental, social, and political sciences.

The Cancer Studies research programme from University of Nottingham delivers a pioneering model of synergistic cancer training and research throughout the postgraduate journey.

A collaboration between the School of Health Professions and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the PhD in Health Sciences at The University of Texas at San Antonio is designed to prepare allied health professionals to assume major leadership, research and educational positions within their professions, as well as to provide career advancement opportunities.

Within the multidisciplinary School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, we offer research supervision in all areas of staff expertise in sports and exercise sciences and related areas. Learn more at the Health and Physical Activity programme from University of Essex.

This National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge programme from The University of Cambridge is a four-year PhD programme in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) whereby students spend two years at Cambridge and two years at the NIH.

The Sensory, Pain and Regeneration programme offered by King's College London is part of the Division of Neuroscience within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN). Research  focuses on the maintenance of a healthy nervous system during aging, by understanding how its activity changes during damage to nerves and the surrounding tissues.

Our Health Studies research at University of Nottingham has a truly international outlook and wide-ranging impacts on society, the economy, health and welfare, culture, public policy and the environment.

Within Perinatal and Child Health programme from University of Nottingham, it is focused on delivering optimal maternal and newborn health, covering pre-conception through to early childhood.

The Health, Psychology and Psychiatry course from Rovira i Virgili University brings together various disciplines in order to provide a broad overview of the basic and applied processes in psychology, psychiatry and health sciences. 

The Health and Social Care programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University enables experienced practitioners to investigate policy and practice issues within health and social care settings, producing original research that advances professional knowledge and service improvement.

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

Integrated Safety from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava focuses on the training of graduates who are experts in occupational safety and health, fire engineering and environmental engineering. Emphasis is placed on the ability to practically apply the acquired knowledge. 

The Old Age Psychiatry Research programme offered by King's College London investigates mental health, dementia, ageing, and neurological disorders affecting older adults through clinical and biological research.

We offer supervision in Refugee Care at University of Essex, allowing you to undertake research that introduces a therapeutic dimension and psychosocial perspectives to your work with asylum seekers, refugees and other involuntarily dislocated persons.

The PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence at The University of Manchester is a structured research programme containing taught elements designed to provide a solid skills basis for independent research in this area.

The PhD in Health and Organisational Research from University of Essex offers you a unique opportunity to undertake research in a variety of health and organisational contexts. 

This Health and Social Care Research Opportunities programme from University of Lincoln provides candidates with an opportunity to develop advanced and specific knowledge in a particular field of study. Students will have the freedom and flexibility to choose and develop their own subject area and enhance highly transferable research and project management skills.

The part-time DPhil is part of the Evidence-Based Health Care Programme at the University of Oxford, which is jointly run with the Centre for Evidence- Based Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences.