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We have 120 king PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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King’s Prize Doctoral Programme in Safe, Trusted and Responsible Artificial Intelligence

Project description. Robot Autonomy will require the systems or robots to set up their own agenda (in line with the tasks they are meant to do), defining the next goals to achieve and discarding those who can’t be completed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Canal
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Film Studies PhD (option of joint PhD with Hong Kong University)

The Film Studies Department at King's is one of the the leading centres for the study of cinema in London. We have internationally recognised research strengths in the following areas. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Arts Research Programme
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King’s College London PhD Studentships in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences

King's College London is an internationally renowned university with a distinguished history of delivering exceptional education and world-class research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Human-Robot Interaction at King’s College London

This 3.5-year fully funded PhD studentship is funded through CO-STAR (CO-designing Socially inTelligent Assistive Robots for Future Healthcare), a Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust/Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellowship project led by Dr Oya Celiktutan. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Celiktutan
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Economics Research Mphil/PhD

King's Business School invites applications for full-time and part-time students in Economic Research, to start in October 2027. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  Business Research Programme
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Management Research Mphil/PhD

King's Business School invites applications for full-time and part-time students in Management Studies, to start in October 2027. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Philosophy PhD (option of joint PhD with National University of Singapore)

The Philosophy Department at King’s is one of the largest research departments in the field in the UK. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Studentships in the Department of Informatics at King’s College London

The Department of Informatics at King's College London is offering several fully funded PhD studentships, beginning on 1 October 2027. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Computing PhD Programme
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King’s International PhD Studentship under the Supervision of Professor Yansha Deng

This is a 3.5-year funded PhD project at King’s College London, the project focuses on goal-oriented multi-agent communications and networking. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr YD Deng
 25 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies PhD

Spanish was first taught at King’s in 1831, and the teaching of Portuguese in British universities was pioneered by King’s in the 1860s. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Identifying the nature of dark matter using cosmological data

  Research Group: Theoretical Particle Physics & Cosmology
Overwhelming evidence, from the Universe’s first light (cosmic microwave background) to the Milky Way, shows that most of the Universe’s mass is invisible dark matter (DM). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KR Rogers
 12 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of PIKfyve complex regulation

How cells control how they process intracellular compartments is key to maintain normal function and defective trafficking is often the main cause of diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J King, Dr D Humphreys
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the Genetic and Sensory Determinants of Salt Sensitivity: Implications for Diagnosis and Personalised Nutrition

Hypertension remains one of the leading modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular and kidney disease worldwide. Excess dietary salt intake is a major contributor to elevated blood pressure; however, individuals vary considerably in their physiological response to salt. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A King
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Machine Learning-Guided Organic Synthesis

A PhD studentship is available in the group of Dr Emma King-Smith (School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh). The rise of AI has gifted the fields of robotics, biology, and language with immensely powerful tools. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E King Smith
 17 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Non-destructive in situ and satellite-based leaf water content estimation for improved agricultural and wildfire management

Based at King’s College London and in collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL; https://www.npl.co.uk/research/earth-observation), this CASE project will develop new non-destructive methods for estimating leaf water content using low-cost ground-based sensors and satellite Earth observation, demonstrating their potential for crop stress detection and assessment of wildfire risk. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Mulligan, Dr L Brown, Dr J Nightingale, Dr H Morris
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)