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Imperial Doctoral Programme
The five-year fully funded Imperial Doctoral Programme offered by Imperial Business School provides an inspirational learning experience

Regulation of Brain Fluid Homeostasis by Dynamic Aquaporin-4 Subcellular Relocalisation
The Regulation of Brain Fluid Homeostasis by Dynamic Aquaporin-4 Subcellular Relocalisation course at Aston University aims to understand how aquaporin-4 localisation is regulated in health and disease using in vitro and/or in vivo methods. We will use a suite of cutting-edge biochemical and biophysical approaches to characterise this regulation.

Veterinary Medicine and Science
As a student in the Veterinary Medicine and Science programme at the University of Surrey you’ll work alongside academic staff with different areas of interest and expertise. These include applied clinical research, fundamental science, inherited and infectious diseases and pathology.

Criminology
At the Criminology research programme at the University of Brighton you will enter an academic community that addresses challenges within the criminal justice system and beyond, considering social, health, psychological, spatial, and environmental injustice, seeking to transform policy and practice on global and more local scales.

Geography and Planning
The School of Geography and Planning is a leading international centre of excellence in teaching and research in spatial planning, human geography and urban design from Cardiff University, where you can study the Geography and Planning programme.

Education
Become an expert researcher at the forefront of your field with the Education programme offered by University of Birmingham.

Games Design
Research in Games Design at Brunel University of London covers a wide spectrum of theoretical and practical areas; the relation between video games and other media; video game aesthetics and politics; immersive technologies and game design, game-based learning, serious games, ludomusicology, inclusive games design, agency in games, games and socio-cultural studies.

Mathematics
The University of Bristol School of Mathematics has more than doubled in size in the last decade, with over 100 academic staff and up to 90 postgraduates. University of Bristol offers the Mathematics programme.

English
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.

Engineering and Physical Sciences
The College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Aston University offers an exciting environment for advanced research and training.

Economics
Students whose qualifications indicate that they are able to pursue independent research may be accepted to read for the Economics programme from SOAS University of London.

South Asian Studies
The South Asian Studies programme from SOAS University of London has an international reputation for excellence in the field of South Asian studies earned by the world leading research undertaken.

International Relations, Politics and History
The International Relations, Politics and History programme from Loughborough University aims to stimulate innovative research that has the potential to transform academic and public debates.

Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching
This integrated PhD course in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching at University of Southampton is ideal for all those looking to either establish and design English language teaching programmes, teach English as a second language, or continue an academic career in language and linguistics education.

Business Administration
The University of Bradford Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is the pinnacle of management education.

Environmental Health and Risk Management
The Environmental Health and Risk Management programme at University of Birmingham is set in the dynamic and internationally recognised research environment of the Division of Environmental Health and Risk Management (DEHRM), which mixes pure, strategic and applied research to attract extensive funding from many sources.

Environmental Science
This Environmental Science PhD programme from University of York is a higher degree awarded for a thesis presenting original research that makes a publishable contribution to knowledge or understanding.

Global Ethics
Conduct your own Global Ethics research with the support of experts from the Department of Philosophy from University of Birmingham. Explore key ethical issues that have a real-world impact on people's lives.

German Studies
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.

Genetics
The School of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester offers research supervision for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics.