4.0k PhD programmes in United Kingdom

This research at the Heriot-Watt University is offered at PhD level and the programme is Poverty, Homelessness and Social Justice .

This Education course at University of Nottingham enables experienced education professionals to develop the critical knowledge to undertake their own research and broaden the horizons of their own professional work.  

At the University of Nottingham, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Architecture (Social Science).

Further your knowledge of key topics that impact people's health, wellbeing and performance with this Health course at the University of Bath.

Our research students benefit immensely from a vibrant research community, a supportive environment and many opportunities to engage critically with academic research and contemporary issues. They are immersed in a research culture which situates legal studies in its historical, social and economic context.

The Chemistry programme offered by Swansea University spans a broad spectrum of scientific activity, encompassing energy, health, new and advanced molecules and materials, and water and environmental themes.

The Civil Engineering programme offered by Swansea University enables doctoral researchers to undertake a substantial project led by their own interests. It covers many key areas of modern Civil Engineering research, including coastal and water engineering, and computational engineering.

The Economics programme offered by Swansea University enables doctoral researchers to undertake a substantial project led by their own interests. It is a highly respected qualification which can present a career in academia or a wider scope for employment in fields such as education, government or the private sector.

This Bookshops and Urban Regeneration - Revitalising the Vibrant High Street PhD prorgamme is offered at the Robert Gordon University. 

Studying for the Social Work and Social Care program offered by Swansea University will give you the opportunity to pursue your particular research interest relating to your academic or professional ambitions.

The Public Health programme at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine leads to a doctoral-level qualification and is intended for leaders and future leaders in public health.

Our Cold Atoms for Quantum Technology research at The Open University UK focuses on the study of interactions between cold Rydberg atoms. The main motivation is the understanding of interacting many-body dynamics and multi-particle entanglement.

The Social Policy and Criminology discipline at The Open University UK undertakes active and extensive research in Regulation, Governance, Policy Process.

At University of Nottingham, through an agreed Music Performance programme of original research you will deepen critical engagement with, and understanding of, performance practice

The Applied Forensic Psychology programme offered by Cardiff Metropolitan University is a ‘top-up’ designed for qualified Forensic Psychologists who would like to undertake an applied research project in an area related to the field of forensic psychology.

This Music and Music Technology (Distance Learning) programme at the University of Huddersfield  is globally recognised and encompasses composition, musicology, performance and production. 

Plant Biosystems Design is jointly administered by the Universities of Bristol, University of Cambridge and York, and the John Innes Centre. It aims to catalyse interdisciplinary partnerships and drive innovation in the application of engineering principles to plant biology and biotechnology.

The Generative Biology programme offered by University of Oxford is designed to train doctoral researchers in cutting-edge areas of generative biology.

English at University of Cambridge is an outstanding place to work on Anglophone literature. Students and scholars benefit from world-class libraries, and from each other. The PhD cohort is diverse and large in number. No particular area or approach is preferred.

A graduate from Law and Social Sciences at Middlesex University will have developed advanced skills in research, analysis and writing, public presentations and, in many cases, teaching at university level.