42 PhD programmes offered by the university

Ground-breaking research exploring social and cultural worlds and relations between humans and their environments. We offer a Anthropology degree at the University of Aberdeen.

In the Biomedical Sciences programme from University of Aberdeen, we offer cutting edge translational research addressing global health challenges, aimed at understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of how the human body functions, how these change during disease and infection and how this may be used to predict, identify and treat disease. 

We offer a phd programme in Music at the Staff at University of Aberdeen are internationally renowned in their chosen fields and have books, editions and articles published in many of the major journals and publishing houses and are regular contributors to international conferences.

Interdisciplinary Geography and Environment research at University of Aberdeen is addressing societal challenges, earth surface processes and environment change.

Steeped in history, the study of Divinity and Theology has been undertaken since the foundation of the University of Aberdeen on 1495.

Exploring the literature and languages of the British Isles and America and beyond, from the earliest written sources to the present day with this English programme offered at the University of Aberdeen. 

It is part of the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy and has close interdisciplinary cooperation with Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical and Computing Sciences and Medicine subjects at the University of Aberdeen. 

Religious Studies at University of Aberdeen focuses on explaining the origin and function of religion and not on evaluating the truth of the beliefs of religion.

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

Students entering the Sociology PhD programme at University of Aberdeen should have prior methods training at the postgraduate level. 

In the Nutrition and Health programme from University of Aberdeen we offer basic, policy and industry informed research on the impact of human nutrition on cells, tissues, whole body and population health.

Specialising in Economics at University of Aberdeen, particularly labour and energy economics and with significant expertise in macroeconomics, economics of health and wellbeing and experimental economics.

The School of Law at the University of Aberdeen is at the forefront of innovative research whilst benefiting from our ancient roots. 

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.

Exploring accounting practice, education, theory, regulation, and profession; and their organisational, social, environmental, and political implications. We offer a phd degree in Accountancy at the University of Aberdeen. 

In the Chemistry programme from University of Aberdeen we offer dynamic and diverse with excellent research facilities and a strong international and interdisciplinary collaborative profile

The Physics research at University of Aberdeen covers a broad spectrum from Astronomy and Engineering related science, to Complex Systems and Mathematical Modelling, which can be applied to medical and biological sciences, as well as physical sciences.

The Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen offers internationally-recognised expertise and postgraduate supervision across the various fields of our discipline.

The School of Biological Sciences has a global reputation for empirical and experimental research in biological and environmental sciences, spanning from gene to global scales, from deep in the earth and sea to high altitude, and from the Arctic to the Antarctic. We offer a Biological and Environmental Sciences degree at the University of Aberdeen. 

Ethnology, Folklore, and Ethnomusicology at University of Aberdeen are disciplines built on the study of culture in context.