4.0k PhD programmes in United Kingdom

The DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences at University of Oxford offers excellent opportunities for high quality research training, for both clinical and non-clinical graduates, in wide-ranging leading areas of clinical neuroscience.

The DPhil in Sociology at the University of Oxford provides academically outstanding students an unrivalled opportunity for those who would like to undertake original and independent research in preparation for an academic career and other research-intensive occupations.

Based at Dumfries Campus, our staff at University of Glasgow are experts in many areas of Environmental Sustainability, including sustainable tourism, environmental risk, community resilience, hydrology and environmental stewardship. 

The Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway University of London is one of the leading centres of research in the UK. Its research environment was classified as world leading and internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour.

The Philosophy programme at Royal Holloway University of London offers a broad range of research supervision, with academic staff working both the Anglo-American and European traditions, as well expertise in the history of philosophy.

The Biochemistry (Skaggs-Oxford Programme) Programme is a joint five-year programme in biology or chemistry at Scripps Research based in either La Jolla, California or Jupiter, Florida, and biochemistry at the University of Oxford, leading to the award of a joint PhD/DPhil degree.

The DPhil in Public Policy at University of Oxford provides academically outstanding students who are committed to public service an unrivalled opportunity to study for a rigorous research degree that prepares them to have substantial impact on future policymaking processes.

The Media, Culture and Language degree at University of Roehampton aims to provide its research students with the opportunity to study in a stimulating, responsive, supportive environment, which fosters independent, critical thinking. 

The Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway University of London is a dynamic and varied research community covering the cognitive and neural underpinnings of social interaction, learning, memory, and language, through to more applied research topics in forensic, health, and developmental psychology.

The PhD Clinical Dentistry programme at The University of Manchester enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Clinical Dentistry.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Manchester is one of the largest and most active departments of physics in the UK and it offers this Fluids and Soft Matter Physics programme.  We have a long tradition of excellence in both teaching and research, and have interests in most areas of contemporary research.

At University of Oxford, the DPhil in Anthropology is the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography’s advanced research degree, and is awarded to candidates who have completed a substantial original piece of research in the field. 

The PhD Pharmacy Practice programme at The University of Manchester enables you to undertake a research project that will improve the practise of pharmacy, the prescribing of medicines to optimise therapy and how patients take their medicines.

The History programme offered by Aberystwyth University develops advanced expertise in historical investigation, archival research, and interpretation of societal change.

The Social Sciences degree at University of Roehampton aims to provide its research students with the opportunity to study in a stimulating, responsive, supportive environment, which fosters independent, critical thinking.

The DPhil in Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford is the research degree for graduate students in the Faculty of Theology and Religion. It involves extensive independent study and the opportunity to undertake and present original research at an advanced level.

The Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford entails the carrying out of a research project and writing a thesis of between 75,000 and 100,000 words. 

The Department of Social Policy and Intervention at University of Oxford offers a DPhil in Social Policy and welcomes students from across the world. Research students are an important part of the department’s community, and you will be fully involved and immersed in the life of the department.

The PhD Bioinformatics programme at The University of Manchester enables you to undertake a research project that offers training in state-of-the-art computational approaches to study an aspect of biological and/or biomedical science.

The DPhil in Politics at the University of Oxford is a three- to four-year course of full-time doctoral study, or six to eight years of part-time study, which is intended for students who would like to undertake detailed research in preparation for an academic career in political science or political theory.