Overview

Research in the WCARD focuses on the maintenance of a healthy nervous system during aging, by understanding how its activity changes during damage to nerves and the surrounding tissues, and investigating new techniques to repair damaged neurons.

Features

At King's College London, our long-term goal is to improve the quality of life of patients affected by lifelong and Age-Related Diseases of the nervous system.

Our research is geared towards i) understanding physiological and molecular mechanisms that drive disease conditions and ii) harness our scientific knowledge to develop new therapeutic strategies to restore normal sensory function and to better repair injury.

Programme Structure

Currently, our 4 major research themes are:

Chronic Pain: Delineating new pathways and mechanisms of chronic pain to allow us to identify innovative targets in neurons and non-neuronal cell.

Regeneration: Aiming to restore function after CNS injury by developing regenerative therapies that target the ongoing inflammation and glial scar to facilitate endogenous repair mechanisms.

Hearing: Studying the genetics of age-related hearing loss in humans and mice to understand the pathological mechanisms that drive this process.

Migraine: Delineating the underlying mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets for migraine and related primary headache disorders from bench to bedside and back.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-06-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-04-11 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2025-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-08-26 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-07-26 00:00:00 , International
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
Starting 2026-06-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-03-20 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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100

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelor’s (honours) degree

If you have a lower degree classification, or a degree in an unrelated subject, your application may be considered if you can demonstrate significant relevant work experience, or offer a related graduate qualification (such as a Masters or PGDip).

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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

7950 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 7950 GBP per year during 48 months.

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

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