The Theoretical Physics Group in the Department of Mathematics is at the international forefront of research and offers PhD's in string and M-theory, black holes, conformal field theory, supersymmetry, integrability, and other fundamental branches of modern theoretical physics.

You can explore potential supervisors and topics on our  research group pages.

For other Applied Mathematics Research opportunities please visit this page: Applied Mathematics Research: Disordered Systems/Financial Mathematics/Probability - King's College London (kcl.ac.uk)

Key information

Our department has a large number of active and internationally renowned researchers and postdoctoral research fellows. The Theoretical Physics Group organises regular seminars, where leading scientists from around the world present new results and discuss current topics. The students also organise their own informal seminars and discussion groups. The department provides funding for PhD students to attend suitable schools and conferences during their studies.

The Group actively participates in the London Theory Institute (LonTI). LonTI provides pedagogical lectures for PhD students on a variety of topics and is open to all students in London. Furthermore there are regular London-wide seminars and events.

Course intake

PhD: 4-8 FT per year.

Funding

Almost all of our students receive studentships from grant-awarding bodies such as ERC, EPSRC, Royal Society and STFC and also directly from the NMES Faculty. Students are automatically considered for these studentships when they apply. The number of these positions vary from year to year and are allocated by the group following an interview.

For Chinese nationals there is a possibility of a King’s-China-Scholarship. These require students to apply to King’s in early January, stating that they want to be considered for K-CSC funding. Following an interview and section students then make a separate application for funding.

We also are part of the Martingale Foundation Programme. This scheme is open to UK students with financially challenged backgrounds and funds both MSc and PhD. In particular students must first enter on our MSc programme.