649 PhD programmes in Medicine & Health in United Kingdom

The Allied Health programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University enables researchers to make a substantial contribution to knowledge across health, medical, and social care fields through multidisciplinary research informed by current healthcare priorities and professional practice.

The Medical Physics and Imaging programme offered by Swansea University prepares doctoral researchers for careers as medical physicists contributing directly to patient treatment and care. It includes opportunities for laboratory work, basic and applied research, as well as management and teaching.

A University of Hertfordshire research degree in Health and Social Care is an internationally recognised degree signifying high levels of achievement in research.

Find out more about our MD Doctor of Medicine research degree offered at the University of Warwick. 

The Open University UK Nursing team includes academics and practitioners who undertake research into nursing and related healthcare topics.

The research programme in Pharmacy (Health Services Research) at the University of Kent gives you the integrated, broad-based research training needed to exploit current advances in pharmaceutical and biological sciences and pharmacy practice.

The research programme in Pharmacy (Biochemistry and Cell Biology) at the University of Kent gives you the integrated, broad-based research training needed to exploit current advances in pharmaceutical and biological sciences and pharmacy practice.

The Medicine DM carries precisely the same academic weight as a PhD, as do the Keele University professional doctorates. However, the structure makes it more relevant to the circumstances of the main market for the programme, SpRs and GPs.

The principal research interest in renal disease is peritoneal dialysis and the evaluation of fluid status in advanced renal failure. We offer a Human Metabolism degree at the Keele University.

Our Public Health research at the Keele University has a strong focus on healthcare and health improvement at the intersection of public health and primary care, directed to the challenge of reducing the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases.

Clinical Psychology registers postgraduate students at University of Liverpool for both MPhil and PhD degrees, both full-time and part-time. 

Research in Ageing and Later Life has a distinguished history within the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care’s Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS) at The Open University UK, which involves current and emeritus staff, doctoral students and associated academics from other institutions.

The Clinical MD General Internal Medicine programme at the University of Hertfordshire is especially designed for overseas, early career medical practitioners who wish to undertake a substantial course of individual research and to develop clinical skills related to general internal medicine. 

The main areas of research in the Palliative Care programme from University of Liverpool are care of dying, ethics and medical education.

Immunology is the study of host resistance to infection. Without an immune system, humans and animals would be susceptible to overwhelming infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. Vaccinology is the science behind the development of vaccines to initiate protective immune responses. This Immunology and Vaccinology degree is offered at the University of Liverpool.

The PhD in Medical Virology programme at The University of Manchester enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Medical Virology.

Our research is organised into four themes, all of high relevance to the delivery of care in the UK and internationally. We also place a major emphasis on advancing research methodology. This Primary Care and Health Services Research programme is offered at The University of Manchester.

The Department of Biological and Medical Sciences at Oxford Brookes University offers a structured training programme for all students, spanning the subject areas of Cell and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology.

The PhD in Midwifery programme at The University of Manchester enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Midwifery.

Study for a Nursing and Midwifery PhD at the University of Stirling and you’ll join a friendly postgraduate health science community, where teaching, employability, internationalisation, facilities and inclusiveness are all five-star rated.