4.0k PhD programmes in United Kingdom

The Migrations, Diasporas, Transnational Communities discipline at The Open University UK has extensive interests and an international profile in this field. It is engaged in a number of lived-experience, policy-, welfare- and criminologically related research projects.

Environmental changes in Earth history can be used to help understand and predict the trajectory of future anthropogenically driven environmental change. This Climate Change, Past, Present and Future programme is offered at The Open University UK/

From the effects of the internet on society to the impact of hate crimes on minority communities – the Law School at the University of Sussex is a vibrant, exciting environment for doctoral research.

Are you interested in researching and interrogating the languages and performance styles of popular music? this Popular Music Practice programme is offered at the University of Sussex.

Media Studies at University of Hull is a dynamic new teaching and research unit, which offers PhD research degrees in a range of fields, including television, American cinema, animation, horror and adaptation studies. 

Abertay’s Division of Psychology and Forensic Sciences has a strong and active role in delivering research degrees, including those in partnership with the NHS, local education authorities, Police Scotland, and the business and digital technology communities. This Evolutionary Psychology and Relationship Science programme is offered at Abertay University.

The Financial and Corporate Integrity programme offered by Coventry University investigates ethical, transparent, and accountable financial and corporate practices, focusing on governance, compliance, risk, and organisational resilience in complex business environments.

The Law PhD programme at University of Westminster is set within a vibrant and supportive research environment, in the heart of Central London. The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

This Feminism, Law and Gender research cluster at The Open University UK provides an intellectual and collaborative space for academics, visiting researchers and PhD students interested in gender-focused and feminist analysis of the law.

As a PhD researcher in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Stirling, you’ll benefit from our desire to engage with communities around the world and produce research that makes a positive difference to society.

The Centre for Astrophysics Research at the University of Hertfordshire carries out research on a broad range of key science questions in Astronomy.

The Media and Broadcast programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in media cultures, broadcasting, digital media, communication, and creative practice, enabling students to produce original scholarly or practice-led contributions to contemporary media research.

The Built Environment expertise course at University of Plymouth welcomes applications for doctoral research that deals with various aspects of the built environment, especially those that focus on broad areas of building performance, construction management and architectural engineering.

At SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit, our research focuses on the direction, degree and impact of technological change. This Technology and Innovation Management programme is offered at the University of Sussex.

English at University of Hull is friendly, inclusive and supportive, and characterised by the internationally excellent research that informs our postgraduate degree supervision.  

The PhD in Human Rights offered at the University of Sussex is radically interdisciplinary, spanning the social sciences and humanities.

The Social Policy programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in social welfare, inequality, wellbeing, public policy, and social change, enabling students to investigate complex societal challenges through multidisciplinary research with local and global impact.

Our research ethos underpins and stimulating and dynamic environment in which to study. As a PhD researcher in the School of English at the University of Sheffield, you'll be joining a community of world-leading researchers who are pushing the boundaries of literary and linguistic study. 

The Plant and Crop Sciences programme offered by University of Nottingham develops advanced research expertise in plant biology, crop improvement, and sustainable agricultural innovation.

​​This Cultures and Creative Practice programme from University of Nottingham will be particularly relevant to creative practitioners from a broad range of fields who wish to utilise the time and resources offered by doctoral study to develop and critically reflect on their practice and enhance their careers in a relevant creative sector.