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Education

Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
MDRes
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Guy’s Campus

Education research in Medicine and Life Sciences at King’s is dedicated to improving the quality of health care through the development of curricula, professional learning across the lifespan, teaching practice and organisational change. Our emphasis is upon education in classroom, workplace and laboratory settings.  Faculty and students include people with clinical and non-clinical backgrounds.

Key research areas of the team include: Simulation and Interactive Learning (SaIL), Effectiveness Evaluation of formal and work-based programmes, Cultural Competence and Communication in Healthcare, Widening Participation (building a diverse and inclusive workforce), Developing individual and team- based learning, interprofessional learning, faculty development and the impact of policy on practice.

Education research in Medicine and the Life Sciences is interdisciplinary and includes both positivist and interpretive methodological approaches. Within the Centre of Education of methodology is determined by the nature of the research question. We also support interdisciplinary research, and this has included collaborations with medical humanities, social linguistics, sociology and the performing arts.

For further information about research within the school, please refer to the Centre for Education website.

Head of group/division

Professor Ian McFadzean (Acting)

Studentships

Our studentships are regularly advertised on Find A PhD and Funding Opportunities webpages.

UK Tuition Fees 2024/25

Full time tuition fees:

£6,936 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£6,936 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£6,936 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£3,468 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£3,468 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£3,468 per year (MPhil/PhD)

International Tuition Fees 2024/25

Full time Tuition Fees:

£58,470 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£58,470 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£30,240 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£29,235 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£29,235 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£15,120 per year (MPhil/PhD)

UK Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time tuition fees:

£7,500 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£7,500 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£7,500 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£3,750 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£3,750 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£3,750 per year (MPhil/PhD)

International Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time Tuition Fees:

£62,600 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£62,600 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£32,400 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£31,300 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£31,300 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£16,200 per year (MPhil/PhD)

These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King's terms and conditions.

Base campus

Guy's campus
Guy’s Campus

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, and the Institute of Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.

Our doctoral students form an integral part of a supportive and growing research community. Typically, they publish papers during their doctoral studies, often co-authoring with their supervisors’ and present their work at national and international conferences. Students can apply for travel bursaries that are capped at £500. These support visits to laboratories or universities for short visits to benefit from leading expertise related to the student’s doctoral research, attend conferences and present their papers. The Centre for Doctoral Studies offer training and careers advice. This complements faculty supervision and mentoring. Students also have the opportunity to teach and this is remunerated.

Course study environment

Students are supervised by two members of academic staff and benefit from the supportive research culture of the Faculty. A local induction is provided in addition to College induction.  Each student has a dedicated Thesis Progression Committee that monitors students' progress and gives advice and support. Students have access to unrivalled educational resources including the Chantler Clinical Skills Centre, the Gordon Museum of Pathology , the Museum of Life Sciences and  libraries of the social and natural sciences.Additionally, The Centre for Doctoral Studies provides a range of courses to develop theoretical understanding and research skills.

Postgraduate training

KCL offers a large number of training and skills development opportunities. Participation in the annual Postgraduate Research Symposium is compulsory for all students and provides an opportunity to improve communication and presentation skills to specialist and public audiences. Opportunities are available for postgraduate students to present their work at faculty, national and international scientific meetings. Our postgraduate students also have the opportunity to assist with teaching of undergraduates as demonstrators in practical classes or by leading tutorials. Those with appropriate ex[evidence have opportunities to teach on our’ Masters in Clinical Education’, whose students are drawn from across the health professions.

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UK Tuition Fees 2024/25

Full time tuition fees:

£6,936 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£6,936 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£6,936 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£3,468 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£3,468 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£3,468 per year (MPhil/PhD)

International Tuition Fees 2024/25

Full time Tuition Fees:

£58,470 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£58,470 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£30,240 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£29,235 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£29,235 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£15,120 per year (MPhil/PhD)

UK Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time tuition fees:

£7,500 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£7,500 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£7,500 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£3,750 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£3,750 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£3,750 per year (MPhil/PhD)

International Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time Tuition Fees:

£62,600 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£62,600 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£32,400 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£31,300 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£31,300 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£16,200 per year (MPhil/PhD)

These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King's terms and conditions.

Base campus

Guy's campus
Guy’s Campus

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, and the Institute of Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.

Our doctoral students form an integral part of a supportive and growing research community. Typically, they publish papers during their doctoral studies, often co-authoring with their supervisors’ and present their work at national and international conferences. Students can apply for travel bursaries that are capped at £500. These support visits to laboratories or universities for short visits to benefit from leading expertise related to the student’s doctoral research, attend conferences and present their papers. The Centre for Doctoral Studies offer training and careers advice. This complements faculty supervision and mentoring. Students also have the opportunity to teach and this is remunerated.

Course study environment

Students are supervised by two members of academic staff and benefit from the supportive research culture of the Faculty. A local induction is provided in addition to College induction.  Each student has a dedicated Thesis Progression Committee that monitors students' progress and gives advice and support. Students have access to unrivalled educational resources including the Chantler Clinical Skills Centre, the Gordon Museum of Pathology , the Museum of Life Sciences and  libraries of the social and natural sciences.Additionally, The Centre for Doctoral Studies provides a range of courses to develop theoretical understanding and research skills.

Postgraduate training

KCL offers a large number of training and skills development opportunities. Participation in the annual Postgraduate Research Symposium is compulsory for all students and provides an opportunity to improve communication and presentation skills to specialist and public audiences. Opportunities are available for postgraduate students to present their work at faculty, national and international scientific meetings. Our postgraduate students also have the opportunity to assist with teaching of undergraduates as demonstrators in practical classes or by leading tutorials. Those with appropriate ex[evidence have opportunities to teach on our’ Masters in Clinical Education’, whose students are drawn from across the health professions.

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Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
MDRes
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Guy’s Campus

Contact us

For enquiries please contact Postgraduate Research Lead Dr Anne McKee