Overview

We offer a phd degree in Life Course and Population Health Sciences at the King's College London. Occupying facilities across Guy’s, St Thomas’, Waterloo and Denmark Hill campuses, the School is headed by Professor Lucilla Poston, Tommy’s Professor of Maternal & Fetal Health.

Features

Clinicians, scientists and health professionals work together in a multidisciplinary partnership to enhance research and teaching in the life-course of health and disease.

To achieve our ‘life course’ ambition, the School brings together a unique and interactive team of experts in women and children’s health, diabetes, nutritional sciences and the molecular genetics of human disease (twins research and ophthalmology).

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

The research degree programme within the School is delivered by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians, research scientists and academics.

By exploring the life course of health and disease, we approach medicine in a different way.

We unite more than 300 experts in women and children’s health, diabetes, nutritional sciences and the molecular genetics of human disease.

Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-11-20 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-10-20 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Public Health Health Sciences View 221 other PhDs in Health Sciences in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Other requirements

General requirements

Bachelor's degree with at least a 2:1 honours in an appropriate subject i.e. Anatomy, Biochemistry, Genetics, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Medicine.

A 2:2 degree will be considered only where applicants also offer a Master's degree with Merit or above.

Tuition Fee

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International

30240 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 30240 GBP per year during 48 months.
National

6936 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6936 GBP per year during 48 months.

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

Living costs

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Scholarships Information

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Available Scholarships

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