74 PhD programmes offered by the university

This E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning (by thesis and coursework) course from Lancaster University combines online learning and residential teaching.

This Design course from Lancaster University can focus on one of a wide range of topics within Design or on a research topic that crosses different disciplines.

Through the Health Research course from Lancaster University applications are welcomed in any of our main research areas. These include ageing, dementia, health economics, mental health, organisation and health, palliative care, and inequalities in health.

The Management Science (Integrated) course from Lancaster University is a doctoral programme typically lasting four years, for all students but especially for those from outside the UK.

The Accounting and Finance course from Lancaster University invites applications for PhD program in Accounting and Finance. You will be working alongside world-leading academics in a busy, exciting and innovative department.

The Architecture course from Lancaster University offers a unique opportunity to draw from a range of topics within Architecture and the wider build environment.

This Sociology course from Lancaster University provides an opportunity to develop your own research expertise in an interdisciplinary department. Our staff are involved with research centres and groups looking at everything from Social Futures and Inequalities to Data Science, Mobilities and Migration. 

This Palliative Care course from Lancaster University is ideal for people in or looking to enter clinical work, education, research, management, policy and advocacy. Clinical experience is not a requirement for this PhD.

As a Film course from Lancaster University student you will normally be supervised by a team of two supervisors who will ensure that you receive focused critical feedback and encouragement throughout the programme.

This Health Data Science course from Lancaster University provides research training in developing applied informatic and analytic approaches to data within health-related subjects such as medicine and the biomedical, biotechnological, and bioengineering sciences.

Through the Linguistics course from Lancaster University you will work independently under the guidance of one or more supervisors or as part of a team.

This Medicine course from Lancaster University has a wide variety of medical and clinically applied research projects that can be undertaken here.

The Biological Science course from Lancaster University offers a phd degree in Biological Science. A great strength of LEC is its ability to share expertise and ideas from many disciplines in order to provide a flexible approach, which is so important in the dynamic, rapidly developing discipline of environmental science.  

The Sports and Exercise Sciences course from Lancaster University is an excellent opportunity to pursue your research career in this domain, while increasing your knowledge, learning new skills and developing your own abilities as a researcher.

Through the Religious Studies course from Lancaster University you'll enjoy good working relationships with related departments and centres, and joint supervision arrangements are sometimes possible.

This Economics course from Lancaster University aims to prepare you for a successful research-driven career in academia, government, research organisations, or business.

The Physics course from Lancaster University schemes emphasise the development of transferable skills, such as critical thinking, communication skills, numeracy, literacy, team working, and computing and computational skills, which are in much demand amongst employers.

The Engineering course from Lancaster University offers the graduate students a phd degre.

This Management Science course from Lancaster University is for you if do you want to use advanced technical skills to solve problems in the world of management science

This Social Statisticscourse from Lancaster University is suitable for a range of purposes, notably: social science graduates interested in quantitative empirical work and statistics graduates wishing to develop applicable expertise in social statistics.