4.0k PhD programmes in United Kingdom

The English programme offered by Queen's University Belfast offers pathways in Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Language and Linguistics. Proposals are welcomed in all areas from Medieval to Modern, supported by award-winning writers, linguists and critics working across British, Irish and American Literature.

This Business Administration PhD from University of Essex  gives you the opportunity to explore issues at the frontier of research directly relevant to regional, national and global businesses. Today’s managers face dwindling consumer confidence, difficulties retaining talent and demand for greater social and environmental responsibility. 

The Fine Art programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University supports advanced research in contemporary fine art, enabling candidates to investigate creative practice, theory, and critical enquiry through original artistic and scholarly research.

The History programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University explores historical change, society, politics, culture, and identity through advanced research into Britain, empire, labour movements, social relations, and international historical developments.

The English Language and Linguistics programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University explores language structure, use, development, and variation, enabling researchers to investigate linguistic phenomena across multilingual, social, cultural, and theoretical contexts.

The Economics programme offered by Queen's University Belfast focuses on economic theory, applied economics, and econometrics. Research strengths span areas including game theory, economic history, labour economics, regional economics, economic growth, panel data, and financial econometrics.

The Centre offers excellent opportunities for full or part-time research in intellectual disability and community care leading to higher degrees.  The Tizard Centre has a strong track record of attracting University and ESRC research studentship funding.

For our PhD Survey Methodology at University of Essex we offer supervision in quantitative survey methodology, particularly: sampling; weighting; non-response; response maximisation techniques; mode effects; data linkage; and measurement error

The PhD in Actuarial Science (Research) from University of Kent offers the opportunity to begin or consolidate your research career under the guidance of internationally renowned researchers and professionals in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science (SMSAS).

The team conducting the Otorhinolaryngology programme from University of Nottingham is internationally recognised as a team of interdisciplinary experts in studying disorders related to the ear, nose, throat (ENT) and related structures of the head and neck.

Become a skilled, clinical psychologist, who'll be eligible to register with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) with this  Clinical Psychology programme from University of  Nottingham

Many of the students of the Childhood Studies programme from University of Essex are already professionals so return to their existing fields with deeper understanding of their work, using this for their personal development and for increasing their potential for promotion and leadership in their existing or new roles.

With the Published Works in Psychology course from University of Plymouth you will join a supportive community of researchers who make the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth a centre of excellence in psychological research.

Through a combination of individually tutored modules and your own research, you develop your academic and professional knowledge and acquire a range of advanced research skills. The professional doctorate programme culminates with the submission of your doctoral thesis or portfolio on a topic that advances your area of professional knowledge or practice.

The Philosophy Research programme offered by King's College London investigates fundamental questions concerning knowledge, reality, ethics, language, mind, science, and society through advanced philosophical enquiry.

The History Research programme offered by King's College London supports advanced study of societies, cultures, ideas, and historical change from late antiquity to the present day.

The Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (ClinPsyD) at The University of Manchester is a three-year programme of academic and clinical training offered. It is the result of close collaboration between the University and clinical psychologists in north-west England.

The Addictions Research programme offered by King's College London investigates substance use disorders, addictive behaviours, and evidence-based approaches to prevention and treatment.

Kent offers an excellent environment for postgraduate study in French literature, thought, culture, society and the visual arts from the 18th century to the present.

A German programme from University of Kent enables you to undertake a substantial piece of supervised research that makes an original contribution to knowledge and is worthy of publication.