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We have 120 king PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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The Department of Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics at King’s College London invites applications for PhD students to start in October 2026. There are a number of fully-funded studentships available on competition for excellent candidates. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Maths Research Programme
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History PhD (option of joint PhD with Hong Kong University or National University of Singapore)

The Department of History at King's has a long and distinguished tradition in world leading, cutting-edge research. Our staff and research students are fully engaged in original historical scholarship, ranging from late antiquity to the present day. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Creative Writing PhD

The PhD in Creative Writing at King’s is a practice-led course, incorporating taught elements and aspects of professional development. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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BHF 4-yr PhD Programme: Next Generation Human Models of Cardiovascular Disease

10 fully funded 4-year interdisciplinary PhD positions focused on in vitro, ex vivo, and in silico human models of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence Programme
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BHF 4-yr PhD Programme: Next Generation Human Models of Cardiovascular Disease

10 fully funded 4-year interdisciplinary PhD positions focused on in vitro, ex vivo, and in silico human models of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence Programme
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Lattice-based Cryptography

The threat of large-scale, general-purpose quantum computers to existing public-key cryptographic solutions has led to global efforts to standardise post-quantum cryptography as a replacement. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Albrecht
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Digital Humanities PhD (option of a joint PhD with National University of Singapore)

The Department of Digital Humanities offers a PhD programme for suitably qualified candidates who wish to explore the transformative effects of digital information, technologies, and methods on the humanities, arts, culture and society. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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PhD in Language, Discourse and Communication - Studentships at King’s College London

The Centre for Language Discourse and Communication at King’s College London is currently recruiting UK and International students for our PhD in Language, Discourse and Communication supported by the LISS-DTP Social Sciences Studentship Scheme (Research Area 3. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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PhD in Interdisciplinary Policy Studies - Studentships at King’s College London

The Centre for Public Policy Research at King’s College London is currently recruiting UK and International students for our PhD in Interdisciplinary Policy studies supported by the LISS-DTP Social Sciences Studentship Scheme. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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German PhD (option of joint PhD with Stuttgart or Humboldt University)

Our current research students work mainly in cultural and historical studies from the Middle Ages to the present day, including literary studies, film and cinema studies; theatre studies; literary and cultural theory; and the history of ideas. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Multimodal Characterisation of Next-Generation Semiconductors

  Research Group: Photonics & Nanotechnology
Semiconductors for solar cells, LEDs and photodetectors rarely behave like ideal materials. Typical thin films contain crystallographic defects, compositional heterogeneities and morphological variations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Patel
 11 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship project: Rethinking Corporate Governance in Modern Capital Markets: Law, Regulation and Practice

Corporate governance and capital markets are being reshaped by changes in ownership structures, the growth of institutional and passive investment, the expansion of private markets, technological innovation, and increasing demands for corporate accountability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Katelouzou, Dr M Bengtzen
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced Computational Methods for Digital Twins of High-Temperature Superconducting Fusion Magnets

High-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets are a key enabling technology for next-generation magnetic confinement fusion devices, including the UKAEA Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MA Ainslie, Dr TM Mousavi
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI and computer vision for marine autonomy

Video and images are now common elements of multimodal sensor packages on terrestrial vehicles, like self-driving cars and aerial drones, of all shapes and sizes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr EO Orenstein
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Computational approaches for mapping political polarisation in the age of AI

Many claim that society is increasingly "polarised". But what does that actually mean, and what data is there to support such a claim?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MF Falkenberg
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)