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If you are interested in pursuing a PhD within the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, you should first check that you meet the entry requirements.
Developing a project proposal and making an enquiry
If you are applying for a funded studentship, you should follow the application procedure set out within the studentship advert.
Alternatively, you may wish to make enquiries regarding one of the unfunded projects listed in ICH Unfunded Project Portfolio. In this case, you may send your CV and an outline of your research interests to a potential supervisor. You can either do this by looking through the A-Z of Academic and Research Staff (if you already know which Principal Investigator you wish to work with), or search the UCL research staff database UCL Profiles.
Please note that when contacting a potential supervisor, you must include details of how you plan to fund your studies as well as your CV and research outline. CV's should include information about your previous studies.
- Idenitfy an ICH Research and Teaching Department
- Find a potential PhD supervisor (this can also be done via staff lists under R&D Dept)
- Discover Research at UCL through UCL Discovery
Funding
Unless you are applying for a funded studentship, you should also confirm how you will be funding your studies. You will need to be sure that you have funding for both your tuition fees and living expenses for the duration of your studies. It is also possible that you may be charged an Additional Fee Element (AFE) to cover the running costs of your project. You should discuss whether an AFE is likely to be charged with the prospective supervisor. Further information about AFE. See also: Tuition fees and funding
How to apply
Finally when you and your prospective supervisor are happy with your research proposal, you should submit a formal online application.
You will be able to track the progress of your application via the UCL Applicant Portal (log in required). If you are required to submit anything further after your application has been submitted you will be notified by email and in the portal.
Start dates
Permitted UCL MPhil/PhD start dates for 2023/24 are: 25 Sept, 1 Nov, 1 Dec 2023, 15th Jan 2024 then the 1st of each month to 1 August 2024.
Permitted UCL MPhil/PhD start dates for 2024/25 are: 1 Oct 2024 , 1 Feb and 1 May 2025. Other start dates on the 1st of other months may be allowed by UCL on an exceptional case-by-case basis only, e.g. due to visa/ATAS delays and partnership contract delays.
We generally advise students commence in the Autumn when we run a comprehensive induction programme to assist students upon their arrival.
Further information
If at any point you wish to obtain further information you can contact Alison Gilry, Education Coordinator (Research), or Dr Mona Bajaj-Elliott, or Dr Gabriel Galea Departmental Graduate Tutors (Research).
