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We have 53 king PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Engineering for Personalised Surgery & Intervention (PSI CDT)

Surgery is recognised as an “indivisible, indispensable part of health care” but the NHS struggles to meet its rising demand. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Theology & Religious Studies PhD

At King's you will find a broad range of overlapping areas of research. Students can pursue traditional areas of study through. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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PREQUeL – Psoriasis Response to time-restricted Eating for Quality of Life

For full project details and how to apply visit institution website. Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that substantially affects quality of life. Read more
 Supervisors: Ms W Hall, Dr R Gibson
 15 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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CDT DT4Health Studentship: “A Physics-Based Haemodynamic Model for Calibration-Free Contactless Blood Pressure”

For full project details and how to apply visit institution website. Aim of the project. Blood pressure (BP) is a key indicator of cardiovascular health, yet it is still measured using an inflatable cuff that cannot provide continuous monitoring. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Alastruey, Dr MO Orini
 7 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering Nature's Blueprint: 3D Printing Macro- and Micro-Architectures for Smarter Drug Delivery

From the microscopic spines of a sea urchin to the layered architecture of a beetle's shell, nature has spent millions of years engineering structures of remarkable complexity and function. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Albed Alhnan
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigate the molecular mechanism controlling FEME (Fast Endophilin Mediated Endocytosis) in cancer cell migration using CRISPR, biochemistry, and advanced microscopy methods.

Cancer is a devastating disease. more than one in three people in the UK will develop cancer in their lifetime. Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer related deaths. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Krause
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Molecular mechanisms of RNA–Protein interactions and their dysregulation in human disease

Project Summary. Cells employ RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) to control gene expression during development and stress. Many of these proteins contain intrinsically disordered regions and undergo dynamic regulation through post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Prischi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigate the role of NHSL1 in vesicle trafficking and receptor recycling promoting cancer cell invasion using CRISPR-Cas9, microfluidics, and advanced live cell imaging.

Cancer is a devastating disease. more than one in three people in the UK will develop cancer in their lifetime. Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer related deaths. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Krause
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Growing old gracefully? Power and age in early modern Europe

Whilst the gerontocratic Republic of Venice formalised the concentration of power among senior elites, early modern European history is full of less formal examples – not least King Lear - of the older generation enjoying wealth, privilege and power, whilst their adult children struggled to advance their place in economic and social hierarchies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PW Woodcock
 11 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Self-driving fetal MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) provides exceptional insight into anatomy and development without using radiation. Each MRI examination consists of several sequences, each designed to capture different tissue contrasts or orientations. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Malik, Dr J Hutter
 20 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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4-year PhD: Studying mito-nuclear genetic effects on cell motility in Drosophila melanogaster

Cell motility is a fundamental biological property that underlies important processes such as development, immunity and cancer progression. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Reuter, Dr Nick Lane (UCL), Dr FC Camus
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD project: Next-generation hybrid PV-X technologies for the sustainable, independent provision of solar heat, power, clean water, fuels and other renewable vectors

The uptake of technologies that can harness solar energy to cater to diverse energy demands in buildings has been increasing markedly. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Markides
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Looping DNA for Nanotechnology and Biomedicine Using Computer Simulations

DNA is often depicted as a perfect double helix, yet inside living cells it is constantly bent, twisted, and supercoiled to perform essential genetic functions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AN Noy
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Discovering Therapeutic Targets for ALS Using CRISPR-dCas9 Single-Cell Perturb-Seq in Patient-Derived Motor Neurons

Project Description. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with no effective cure. Although several causal mutations (e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Weatheritt
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multi-omics discovery analysis of response to advanced therapies in psoriatic arthritis

Background. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis which causes joint inflammation, pain and resultant disability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr James Bluett, Prof M Rattray, Dr Z Yiu, Dr AAJ Al-Janabi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only