4.0k PhD programmes in United Kingdom

The Criminology degree at the University of Plymouth comprises input from researchers, current practitioners, professional bodies, business and industry. This ensures they are current, relevant and stimulating, and enable you to develop practical skills sought by employers.

The Medical and Health Care Studies offered by Swansea University is a programme for well-qualified candidates who want to work on complex medical problems that have both biological and social impacts, building skills and qualities to enhance your CV and help you stand out in a highly competitive graduate employment market

Research and knowledge exchange within the field of mental and physical health/wellbeing is a key priority for the 21st century. This PhD in Professional Development in Mental Health Nursing and Counselling is offered at Abertay University.

During your research at the Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences offered by Nottingham Trent University you will be supported by a dedicated supervision team with specialist knowledge in your field of activity

The Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (Online) programme from University of Nottingham offers a fascinating opportunity to study the interaction between language and the real world.

Uncover how media and communications shape society, culture and public opinion. Study in a globally renowned department of world-class academics. Learn more at the Media and Communications programme from London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cyber security is a fundamental requirement for all users of technology – helping to protect organisations and people from a significant, wide variety and constantly evolving threat. This ever-changing threat landscape requires constant innovation in the technologies that provide protection. Explore the Published Works in Cyber Security course at the University of Plymouth. 

Postgraduate students undertaking a PhD in Law at the University of Stirling benefit directly from our vibrant, interdisciplinary research environment, and play a key role in furthering the division’s knowledge.

Are you fascinated by people and why they behave the way they do? We offer a Psychology degree at the University of Chichester. 

Our unique research strengths in Psychology at the University of Stirling are face processing, cognitive development and cultural evolution. Our aim is to deliver significant, tangible contributions to the field and to society.

The Literature programme at University of Essex supports doctoral research in literature across diverse historical periods, genres, and global literary traditions.

Our PhD in Nursing Studies at University of Essex offers you a unique opportunity to undertake research into the principles and practice of nursing.

The Operational Research program at University of Essex gives you the opportunity to explore areas where optimisation and mathematical modelling are important. These include logistics, revenue management, networks, and stochastic control - areas of great practical interest and use in the public and private sectors. 

Accurate data analysis can generate significant opportunities for business leaders, managers, policy makers and entrepreneurs. Modern economies increasingly demand analytically trained researchers in both academia and practice. The PhD Business Analytics from University of Essex has been designed to meet this demand.

Each organism, whether animal, plant or microbe, is defined by its genome and this same information can be used by us to investigate wide ranging biological phenomena and even alter biology itself through the production of transgenic organisms. We offer a Biological Sciences (Functional and Comparative Genomics) degree at the University of Liverpool.

Work with us to produce internationally excellent research that benefits both policy practitioners and the academic community – and contribute to the political, economic and social wellbeing of Europe. This Contemporary European Studies programme is offered at the University of Sussex.

Explore how media figures in everyday life, politics and culture with this Media and Communications programme at the University of Sussex.

Focus on a research area in depth, receive substantial training in a range of research approaches and write a thesis that will demonstrate your understanding of how to develop a critical academic argument, all with this Doctor of Philosophy programme at Edge Hill University.

The Philosophy programme offered by Queen's University Belfast enables doctoral researchers to become fully-fledged independent researchers within a vibrant postgraduate research culture. Research is focused on areas including Applied Ethics, 19th Century European Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Political Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Religion.

Engineering and product design are driven by the need for constant improvement. At the University of Sussex you’ll learn from – and will be inspired by – the engineers who are making these industry improvements happen.