Postgraduate research

The Faculty offers unrivalled opportunities for graduate research spanning our seven Schools.

Our graduate research community comprises over 1100 graduate research students. Every student benefits from training and development opportunities which help them develop generic and subject-specific skills.

We receive substantial levels of funding from the UK’s research councils, charities and government bodies.

Our courses

Basic & Medical Biosciences Research

Qualification(s): MPhil PhD MDRes

Study Basic & Medical Biosciences Research MPhil, PhD Clinical, MDRes at King's College London.

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Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, option of Joint PhD in Medical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering

Qualification(s): MPhil PhD MDRes

Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences MPhil/PhD, MDRes

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Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Qualification(s): MPhil MDRes PhD

Cancer Sciences MPhil/PhD MDRes

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Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences

Qualification(s): MPhil PhD MDRes MRes

MPhil/PhD from the Cardiovascular Research Division at King's College London.

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Education Research for Medicine and the Life Sciences

Qualification(s): MPhil PhD MDRes

Study Education Research for Medicine and the Life Sciences at King's College London.

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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Imaging

Qualification(s): PhD

EPSRC PhD Studentships in imaging.

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Immunological and Cellular Strategies in Metabolic Disease (King's and Technische Universität Dresden)

Qualification(s): PhD

International Research Training Programme (IRTG) Immunological and Cellular Strategies in Metabolic Disease (King's and Technische Universitat Dresden) 4 year PhD programme.

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Immunology & Microbial Sciences

Qualification(s): PhD MDRes
Duration: Full Time (2 - 4 years PhD; 2 – 3 years MDRes) Part Time (4 - 7 years PhD; 4 – 5 years MDRes)

Study Immunology & Microbial Sciences at King's College London.

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Life Course & Population Health Sciences

Qualification(s): MPhil PhD MDRes

Life Course & Population Health Sciences MPhil/PhD/ MD(Res)

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MRC Doctoral Training Partnership in Biomedical Sciences - Programme in Biomedical & Translational Science

Qualification(s): PhD MRes

MRC Doctoral Training Partnership in Biomedical Sciences MRes & PhD Programme.

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Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Use, joint PhD with the University of Sao Paulo

Qualification(s): PhD

Double PhD in Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Use at King's College London.

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Wellcome Trust Advanced Therapies for Regenerative Medicine

Qualification(s): MRes PhD

The Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine (CSCRM) in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine King's College London, hosts the Wellcome Trust Cell Therapies and Regenerative Medicine Four-Year PhD Programme. Six fully funded studentships are available with a start date to provide in-depth postgraduate training to highly motivated students of any nationality.

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Wellcome Trust Neuro-Immune Interactions in Health and Disease

Qualification(s): MRes PhD

The School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences and the Wolfson Sensory, Pain and Regeneration Centre jointly host the Neuro-Immune Interactions in Health & Disease PhD programme funded by the Wellcome Trust and King’s College London, and directed by Prof Leonie Taams and Dr Franziska Denk.

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