We have 54 King’s College London PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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King’s College London PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 54 King’s College London PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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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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Optomechanical control of protein translocation across biologically-relevant pores

  Research Group: Biological Physics & Soft Matter
To be functional, most proteins must remain in their natively folded conformation. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Garcia-Manyes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Hinduja PhD Scholarship

4-year scholarship worth £270,000+. In partnership with the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Advanced Engineering for Personalised Surgery & Intervention (AE-PSI). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Identifying therapies to enhance muscle stem cell function in ageing using advanced imaging and AI models

Muscle function is essential for healthy ageing, yet we know deficits in muscle stem cell (muSC) function occur when we get older, resulting in weakness and frailty. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Knight, Dr M S Bergholt
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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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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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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MRC Functional Genomics Doctoral Landscape Award (FGx-DLA) Studentships

Applications are now open for the UK Human Functional Genomics Doctoral Landscape Award (FGx-DLA), a prestigious national PhD programme primarily funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  MRC Doctoral Landscape Award
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ENHANCE DTP: Enabling Better Health through Artificial Intelligence and Digital Tools

Applications are invited for the Wellcome Trust funded ENHANCE Doctoral Training Programme for UK healthcare professionals to begin a PhD fellowship commencing in September 2027. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Approximation of Constraint Satisfaction Problems

The constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) is, informally, the computational problem of finding an assignment from a set of values to a set of variables that satisfies a series of given constraints on the values that the variables can take. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SB Butti
 22 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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LISS DTP Social Science PhD Studentships

Applications are now open for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)- funded London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) Open Competition Studentships for October 2027 Entry. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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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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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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Swallowable Robotics for Needle-Free Delivery of Biological Medicines

The pistol shrimp snaps its claw so fast it creates a jet strong enough to stun prey. The archerfish brings down insects with a single precise shot of water. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Albed Alhnan
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Engineering Bioinspired Smart Hydrogel 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
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Law Research PhD

Value of the award. This is a fully funded studentship that includes 3 years of fees + a maintenance stipend at the UKRI level (2026-2027 rate is £23,805) for three years with small, annual inflationary increases. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Law Research Programme