4.0k PhD programmes in United Kingdom

Do you want to be part of a stimulating research environment? Join an impactful Modern Languages department and undertake your own research project in Arabic Studies programme from University of Birmingham.

Through this Archaeology MPhil, PhD programme from Newcastle University you'll conduct original and advanced research into a specialist area of archaeology.

Within this Sociology PhD programme from Newcastle University you'll advance the discipline and engage critically with pressing social issues on our PhD in Sociology programmes.

This Agriculture PhD programme from Newcastle University covers a range of agriculture research areas relates to crop science, soil science, ecological (organic) agriculture, and agricultural water management.

This Commonwealth Studies degree from School of Advanced Study, University of London offers a unique scholarly environment in which to pursue doctoral research, particularly in the areas of human rights, globalisation and development, politics, and Commonwealth history. 

Aerospace Engineering at the Queen Mary University of London, has a distinguished tradition in both teaching and research, dating back to the beginning of the 1900s, while Materials research has been carried out at Queen Mary longer than any other institution in the UK.

Languages and Translation Studies programme from Cardiff University aims to offer knowledge and expertise in subject-specific and generic skills, qualifying you for both academic and non-academic positions in a variety of organisations.

This Environmental Geography 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.

Management, Finance, Service Sector at Sheffield Hallam University is a period of intensive, supervised study where you will critically investigate and evaluate an approved topic and make an original contribution to knowledge

Chemistry at University of Southampton has a community of 200 people actively involved in research. Each year we accept more than 50 postgraduate students from a variety of backgrounds to study for chemistry research degrees.

The Law Research Degree (PhD) programme run by the School of Law at SOAS University of London accepts candidates wishing to undertake a significant and original research project leading to a PhD in Law.

Oral and Biomedical Sciences programme from Cardiff University is a research area within which you can focus your studies as part of our suite of Dentistry research programmes (MPhil, PhD).

The Climate Change, Sustainability and Society programme from University of Bristol  is designed to cultivate a new generation of researchers equipped to tackle the urgent social challenges of sustainability in the context of global environmental change.

This PhD International Business and Strategy programme at Henley Business School at University of Reading will focus on critical developments in international business and organisations’ strategic response to these.

This Performing Arts and Production degree from University of Gloucestershire offers a stimulating and supportive intellectual environment, consisting of a diverse culture of interdisciplinary postgraduate research.

The Computing course from University of Brighton has an international reputation for research in Computing, notably in areas of security systems, heritage technologies, Vetronics (Vehicle Electronics), user-experience and natural language generation.

This innovative Professional Doctorate in Healthcare at Bangor University will provide students with a rigorous framework for the development and synthesis of empirical, professional and organisational knowledge as the basis for the development of health services.

This Design degree from the University of Gloucestershire offers you the opportunity and time to explore innovative research practice through original, critical works. 

Practice your research skills surrounded by peers and professors who share your passion. Join the Laser Micromachining and Laboratory-on-a-Chip programme offered by the Bangor University.

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) seeks to foster innovation within creative practice, employ creative practice as a methodology to enhance other disciplines or domains, and contribute towards an explicit and transparent knowledge base that furthers our disciplines in the future. This Art and Design programme is offered at the University of Dundee.