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157 PhD programmes in Natural Sciences

Atmospheric Sciences and Air Pollution
The Atmospheric Sciences and Air Pollution programme at the University of Birmingham has been developed to provide a new route to the internationally-respected British PhD degree by incorporating subject knowledge, research training and the development of transferable skills.

Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science
The Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) programme from the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, Ruhr Explores Solvation, provides a strong support network for researchers of chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and engineering to investigate the key roles solvents play in phenomena from protein reactions in cells, sustainable reuse of CO2, drug manufacturing and design to the origin of life.

Life Sciences
The University of Dundee is one of the leading universities in Europe for research in Life Sciences. We make fundamental discoveries on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying health and disease in humans, animals, plants, parasites and bacteria.

Science and Engineering
Develop your leadership and applied research skills in professional practice with a professional doctorate in Science and Engineering from the University of Dundee.

Biological Sciences
On this Biological Sciences PhD course from University of East Anglia postgraduate researchers have opportunities to work at the heart of active research teams, challenging boundaries and making real advances.

Using time-resolved observations of young stars to explore the circumstellar environment beyond what direct resolution can achie
The What time can tell us about space: Using time-resolved observations of young stars to explore the circumstellar environment beyond what direct resolution can achieve project at University of Dundee is offered towards a PhD in Physics. It is based on observational astrophysics. Previous astrophysics background will be an advantage.

Quantum Information Science and Technologies
The Quantum Information Science and Technologies programme from University of Bristol offers a unique postgraduate training and development programme for those wishing to pursue a career in the sector.

Science
This Doctor of Philosophy degree of Science delivered by the Federation University Australia sees candidates working with a Principal Supervisor, appointed by the Research Higher Degrees Sub Committee, with the approval of the School.

PhD in Conservation Biology
Enhance your degree and gain specialist skills with postgraduate study in PhD in Conservation Biology at Victoria University of Wellington.

Natural Sciences
This Natural Sciences course from Lancaster University offers an academic training route for graduates seeking to perform leading fundamental and technologically relevant research that transcends the traditional discipline boundaries by linking one or more other disciplines with chemistry.

History of Sciences and Scientific Education
Become familiar with the most important aspects of the evolution of the sciences, analyzing their development as part of humanity’s intellectual and social experience with the History of Sciences and Scientific Education doctorate degree taught at Universidade de Aveiro.

Science
Establish yourself as a leader in your field. The Doctor of Philosophy in Science from Charles Sturt University gives you the opportunity to make an original and significant contribution to knowledge in your chosen discipline within the sciences.

Condensed Matter and Photonics
Condensed Matter and Photonics programme offered at Cardiff University, is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Physics and Astronomy research programmes (MPhil, PhD).

Advanced Microwave Technology Development for Low Carbon PVC Recycling
The Advanced Microwave Technology Development for Low Carbon PVC Recycling course at Aston University is training the next generation of research leaders tasked to remove greenhouse gases from the environment.

Science
The Science programme at the University of Wollongong is an advanced postgraduate research degree that develops research skills and provides high achieving candidates with the opportunity to conduct in-depth research in their chosen field of research.

Biological Sciences
The PhD in Biological Sciences at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University gives suitably qualified graduates the chance to address important biological questions.
Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS)
The Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS) at University of Würzburg provides doctoral researchers with structured doctoral training. In return, the doctoral researcher has to meet additional requirements in order to successfully compete our graduate program.
Biomedical Sciences
Initiated about 20 years ago, the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences is an interdisciplinary graduate program, providing rigorous training in modern cell and molecular biology. The University of Cyprus provide a highly interdisciplinary and intensely collaborative training environment.
Astrophysical Sciences
The Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University prepares students for scientific careers in astrophysics through a combination of classes and early and active participation in research projects, culminating in original thesis research.
Interdisiplinary Research on Substance Use
The Interdisiplinary Research on Substance Use program at the University of California, San Diego is an addiction research program designed to train researchers using cutting-edge, investigational data analytics and methodologies to reduce the national and global burden of substance use and misuse.