Graduate Research

Information for Prospective Students

Information for New Students

• PhD Induction
• How the PhD course works
• UCL Doctoral School: skills development

Information for Current Students

• Seminars in London 2025-26
• Ancient Near Eastern student seminar series 25-26
• Conference funding and research expenses
• Study abroad
• Help and advice: student support
• Interruption of study (e.g. for illness or maternity leave)
• Portico applications: CRS extension
• Staff student committee
• Research ethics

• Postgraduate handbook 2025-26

   

 Moving to Continuing Research Status and submitting your thesis

• Moving to CRS
• Entering for the PhD exam (via Portico)
• Formatting and binding your thesis

Professional development for PhD students

• Careers advice for research students
• Teacher training
• Social Impact and volunteering at UCL

Our research community

• Current research projects by students in the Department
• Recently Completed PhD research
• Departmental research projects
• Departmental research seminars
• Departmental Postgraduate seminar (Lyceum)

UCL is a founder member of the London Arts & Humanities Partnership, a consortium of the leading research universities in London which allows shared doctoral training and doctoral supervision.
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