46 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Business and Management programme of the Queen Mary University of London is one of the most vibrant and intensive research degrees in London. Students become members of an internationally recognised research community in which scholarly excellence and innovative training are highly valued. 

Our research programme in Statistics at Queen Mary University of London is at the interface between methodology and applications, because developing statistical methods which are of practical use is essential to influence the discipline of Statistics, as well as other scientific disciplines, policy makers and industry.

The Astronomy Unit at Queen Mary University of London offers postgraduate research opportunities across a wide range of areas of Astronomy and Astrophysics, leading to the degrees of PhD and MPhil. 

The School of History at Queen Mary University of London is a vibrant, welcoming and stimulating environment in which to carry out your historical research at doctoral level.

Medicine - William Harvey Research Institute the Queen Mary University of London, is currently the largest pharmacological research institute in the UK University sector and one of the largest in Europe. 

The Department of English supervises research degrees in a broad range of areas, from classical literature to contemporary writing and theory. The English programme of the Queen Mary University of London has particular expertise in enabling students to locate their chosen topic of literary research within an interdisciplinary framework.

The Department of Sociology, Politics and International Relations has a vibrant and growing PhD student community. We welcome applications in all fields of politics and international relations where we can offer expert supervision. Learn more  at the Politics and International Relations programme from Queen Mary University of London.

Our PhD programme in Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London attracts outstanding scholars, and competition for places and for funding is at the highest level. 

At the Queen Mary University of London, we offer a phd degree in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Latin American Studies. We welcome applications from home and overseas students. 

The Electronic Engineering programme of the Queen Mary University of London is part of the wider School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. This School has a dynamic community of over 200 PhD students and 80 Post Docs working on cutting-edge research. 

We offer a Medicine - Barts Cancer Institute degree to our graduate students at Queen Mary University of London.

At Queen Mary University of London, we are home to an active and multi-disciplinary research programme in Psychology. Our research staff are engaged in a wide range of projects across the broad sweep of biological and psychological sciences.

Research in the Film Studies programme of the Queen Mary University of London is organised into four main areas, Film Cultures, Film Philosophy, Film Practice, and Decolonizing Film with the Centre for Film and Ethics as the main research centre.

Research in the Mathematics programme at the Queen Mary University of London covers a broad range of key subjects in pure and applied mathematics, and is consolidated into research groups reflecting the School’s key strengths.

At the Queen Mary University of London, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Materials Science.

At the Queen Mary University of London, has a distinguished tradition in both teaching and research, dating back to the beginning of the 1900s, while Biomedical Materials research has been carried out at Queen Mary longer than any other institution in the UK.

In the Medicine - Institute of Health Sciences Education programme from Queen Mary University of London, our primary research focus is medical education.

Chemical Engineering At the Queen Mary University of London, has a distinguished tradition in both teaching and research, dating back to the beginning of the 1900s, while Materials research has been carried out at Queen Mary longer than any other institution in the UK.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London is one of the UK’s elite research centres in internationally-leading research activities. 

The discipline of German Studies programme Queen Mary University of London  has a long tradition at Queen Mary, University of London. We cover linguistics, literature, thought and culture in all periods from the early modern era to the present day, and our expertise includes GDR & FRG studies as well as Austrian and Swiss literature and culture.