46 PhD programmes offered by the university

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

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 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.

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.

If you’re a dentist who wants to specialise in periodontology either in primary or secondary services, or become a clinical academic, this course is for you. The Professional Doctorate in Periodontology from Queen Mary University of London provides you with an integrated three-year training programme, so you can gain high-level research expertise alongside your specialist clinical training.

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 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.

The Economics or Finance programme of the Queen Mary University of London is part of the School of Economics and Finance who has one of the UK's leading departments, ranked in the top 10 for research power in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment.

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.

Our Chemistry PhD programme at Queen Mary University of London offers students the opportunity to conduct research within a range of areas.

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, 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.

Assess, diagnose and treat severe dental diseases in children, from dental anomalies to dental traumas in this intensive yet rewarding Doctorate programme. This Paediatric Dentistry programme offered at Queen Mary University of London provides integrated, hands-on training for dentists who aspire to be specialists, either in primary or secondary services, or clinical academics of the future.

Research students in Drama study with some of the United Kingdom’s leading performance researchers. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework, the Drama programme of the Queen Mary University of London is part of the highest-rated Drama department in the United Kingdom.

This Professional Doctorate in Clinical Doctorate in Surgery DClin delivered by Queen Mary University of London provides you with an integrated training programme and flexible study options so you can tailor your learning experience and gain high-level research expertise alongside your clinical training. 

Medical 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.

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.

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.

Aerospace 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 breadth and depth of the expertise of the faculty in the Economics and Finance programme of the Queen Mary University of London offers supervision in all major areas of economics and finance.