20 PhD programmes offered by the university

Our PhD/MPhil/MRes in Biosciences at the University of Nottingham offers the opportunity to tailor your study to your individual research interests.

Your Pharmacology and Drug Discovery research degree is bespoke at the University of Nottingham, and allows you to choose your own area of interest to research, under the title of your choosing.

Your Cellular and Developmental Biology research degree from University of Nottingham is bespoke and allows you to choose your own area of interest to research, under the title of your choosing.

For this Translational Neuroscience programme from University of Nottingham there is a multidisciplinary team of scientists conducting research of international impact in neuroscience, drawing upon a wide range of fields - for example neuropsychology, neuroimaging, experimental medicine, biomedicine, engineering computational and digital technology.

Your Anatomy, Physiology and Nutrition research degree from University of Nottingham, is bespoke and allows you to choose your own area of interest to research, under the title of your choosing.

Your research Genetics and Genomics degree is bespoke at the University of Nottingham, and allows you to choose your own area of interest to research, under the title of your choosing.

Your Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry research degree is bespoke at the University of Nottingham, and allows you to choose your own area of interest to research, under the title of your choosing.

This Microbiology (Biosciences) programme from University of Nottingham covers fundamental studies of individual organisms at a genetic and biochemical level, through to metagenomics.

Develop your skills and understanding of the latest veterinary research with this Molecular Medicine (and Complex Diseases) programme from University of Nottingham.

The Chemistry programme is offered at the University of Nottingham for our graduate students who will be able to develop additional skills through training programmes to help you complete your PhD. See the support section for more details.

Your Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology research degree is bespoke at the University of Nottingham, and allows you to choose your own area of interest to research, under the title of your choosing.

At the University of Nottingham, they have extensive international experience of research in applied Bioethics, biotechnology assessment and the sociology of science and technology.

Develop your skills and understanding of the latest veterinary research with this Computational Biology programme from University of Nottingham.

In the Physics programme at the University of Nottingham, we conduct internationally leading research in a wide range of experimental and theoretical areas of physics and astronomy. Explore our research groups below to see what opportunities we can offer.

Join the Mathematics programme at University of Nottingham for the chance to work on projects in both fundamental and applied mathematical sciences that have an impact in the modern world. 

We are a multidisciplinary team of scientists conducting experimental and clinical research of international impact and with a diverse range of specialties, including in areas of molecular, cellular and systems levels, cognitive and behavioural, clinical and computational neuroscience. This Clinical Neuroscience degree is offered at the University of Nottingham. 

Biotechnology involves harnessing organisms and biological processes to drive advancements in industry, societal well-being, and the environment, you'll discover more with this Biotechnology (Engineering) programme from University of Nottingham.

Within this Stroke programme from University of Nottingham, you'll perform world-leading research into the pathogenesis, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention of stroke, vascular dementia/cerebral small vessel disease and other age-related neurovascular complications.

The Neuroscience and Neuropathology programme from University of Nottingham seek to answer the modern day problems that faces research into the brain and nervous system.

This Stem Cell Biology programme from University of Nottingham covers the fundamental understanding of most diseases and developmental/age related disorders is hindered by the lack of relevant model systems. Similarly, the design of therapeutics, including cell-based or biological therapies, benefits from improved close-to-patient models.