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2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,220 2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Age-related disease: Fidelity mechanisms that protect against epigenetic decay

Lead supervisor. Prof Dawn Coverley. Co-supervisors. Dr Andrew Mason. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Coverley, Dr A Mason
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Dissecting the neuronal signalling of Tousled-like kinase 2, a gene linked with intellectual disability.

Lead supervisor. Dr G Evans. Co-supervisors. Dr Ines Hahn. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. The challenges of the developing human brain include co-ordinating the birth and migration of 100 billion neurons and the formation of their 1000 trillion synaptic connections. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Evans, Dr I Hahn
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Securing LLM Use in Critical National Infrastructure-Adjacent Domains

Large language models are increasingly used in CNI-adjacent sectors such as law, journalism, mental health, and government. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr GC Chalhoub
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Learning from parasites to identify new therapeutic pathways for immune modulation

Lead supervisor. Dr Cecile Crosnier. Co-supervisors. Dr J Hewitson. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CR Crosnier, Dr J Hewitson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding modes of AB toxin virulence and host defence mechanisms

Lead supervisor. Dr Chris MacDonald. Co-supervisors. Dr Martin Fascione and Dr C Spicer. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C MacDonald, Dr M A Fascione, Dr C Spicer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Role of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in immune cell function; clinical development of a new biotherapeutic

Lead supervisor. Prof Paul Genever. Co-supervisors. Dr Ioannis Kourtzelis. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Genever, Dr I Kourtzelis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Ion Channel Signalling in Cancer Cells

Lead supervisor. Prof Will Brackenbury. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Join our team for an exciting PhD project exploring the critical role of ion channel signalling in cancer metastasis. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof W Brackenbury
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Elucidating the mechanisms of pathology in neurodevelopmental white matter diseases

Lead supervisor. Dr Noemie Hamilton. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Our research interests are to dissect the mechanism of auto-inflammatory neurological disorders using zebrafish as an animal model. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Hamilton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A multi-modal approach to study acute myeloid leukaemia

Lead supervisor. Dr William Grey. Co-supervisors. Dr Anjum Khan. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) remains the most lethal blood cancer, with long-term survival under 10% in older patients. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Grey, Dr A Khan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Molecular Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation in Response to Hormones and the Cellular Microenvironment

Lead supervisor. Dr Andrew Holding. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A N Holding
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship in Robotics and AI: Robust Perception for Robots in Complex Processes / Open World

From safer surgery to sustainable factories and net-zero supply chains, we increasingly rely on robots to do work that is difficult, repetitive, or chronically understaffed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Ye
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully funded PhD studentships at EPSRC DRIVE-Health CDT in Data-Driven Health (DRIVE-Health)

King's College London's EPSRC DRIVE-Health Centre for Doctoral Training in Data-Driven Health trains the next generation of health data scientists, computer scientists, software developers, and AI and machine learning researchers - a crucial component in the drive towards sustainable, equitable global healthcare. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Practical Student Learning and Preparation

Practical classes are a major part of student learning and help them associate theory with the real world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T L Rodgers
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing cold plasma sterilisation system for lumened medical devises and complex space instruments

Supervisory Team. Prof Minkwan Kim and Prof Andrea Cammarano. This project tackles the critical challenge of sterilising narrow channels in medical and space instruments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M K Kim
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design and characterization of immunomodulatory glycopolymers

PhD Opportunity. Surfaces, Macrophage Behavior, and Glycopolymer Design. We are seeking motivated candidates for a PhD project positioned at the exciting intersection of polymer chemistry and immunology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Mantovani, Dr A Piccinini
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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