4.0k PhD programmes in United Kingdom

Our research in this Physics PhD programme at the University of Sussex lies at the forefront of fundamental physics

English and Creative Writing is home to world-leading and field-defining research in the literature and culture of the Romantic period and long nineteenth century. This Romanticism and 19th Century Literature programme is offered at The Open University UK.

A professional doctorate in Pharmacy at Keele University provides a programme of advanced study and research, equally rigorous to the purely research oriented PhD. 

Stellar Astrophysics is a major facet of Astronomy research at The Open University UK. We have strengths in both multi-wavelength observational programmes as well as in theoretical and computer modelling studies.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Cybersecurity. This is what we offer in the Computing Science programme from University of Aberdeen. 

At the Institute of Dentistry at University of Aberdeen, we offer postgraduate research degrees under the supervision of experts in the fields of Clinical & Population Health, Dental Education and Experimental & Translational Research.

At the Keele University, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Diagnostic Science.

As a PhD student researching Film and Media Studies at the University of Stirling, you’ll benefit from all this expertise – and play a key part in contributing to it in a supportive, vibrant research environment.

The research activities of the School at University of Westminster are convened within its established one research centre and nine research groups representing cutting edge research areas within disciplines of Computer Science and Engineering. The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.

Keele University is at the forefront of Environment and Sustainability research across a wide range of disciplines. Within the Faculty of Natural Sciences, this includes staff within Geography, Geology and the Environment, Life Sciences and Chemistry.

Research in Sport, Health and Exercise Science at University of Hull aims to enhance understanding of practices and processes that support the active lifestyles, health, well-being, sporting performance and coaching practices of individuals and groups. 

Within the multidisciplinary School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, we offer research supervision in a broad range of areas related to the musculoskeletal speciality. Learn more at the Musculoskeletal Practice programme from University of Essex.

This Regional and Urban Planning Studies programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science addresses the opportunities, problems, politics and economics of urban and regional planning in cities around the world.

Explore the complex interactions between information technology, organisations and society. Contribute original research in your chosen area. Learn more at the Management - Information Systems and Innovation programme from London School of Economics and Political Science.

The Inorganic Chemistry for Future Manufacturing program at University of Oxford is an EPSRC-funded centre focused on training the next generation of synthesis scientists. 

At the University of Oxford, the Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) is the most prestigious of the Law Faculty's research degrees. It entails writing a thesis over a period of three, or at most four years (six to eight years for part-time students). 

The DPhil in Materials at University of Oxford is a doctoral research degree programme, typically of three to four years in duration and known as a PhD at other universities. 

Your Pharmacology and Drug Discovery research degree is bespoke at the University of Nottingham, and allows you to choose your own area of interest to research, under the title of your choosing.

The PhD in Palaeontology programme at The University of Manchester enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Palaeontology.

The DPhil in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics at University of Oxford is an advanced research degree for qualified students who are ready to begin thesis work in the field of general linguistics (including phonetics but not applied linguistics), in historical and comparative philology and linguistics, or in the linguistics of a specific language.