Postgraduate research degrees
The Faculty of Medical Sciences offers research degrees and doctoral training for talented students in each of our divisions and institutes.
Ursule is a PhD student in the Hans Stauss lab at the UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, based in the Pears Building, Hampstead. She describes her fascination with ‘living medicines’ - drugs formed of cells with a life of their own. And a love of London, particularly Regent’s Park.
With scientific group leaders, clinical scientists, and honorary clinical consultants, the UCL Cancer Institute is an internationally competitive centre for cancer research. Our students benefit from excellent facilities, a conference travel fund, an active postgraduate society, mentoring and tutoring schemes and networking and careers events. We focus on excellence in training of cancer clinicians and scientists, contributing to the best possible clinical care of cancer patients.
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UCL Eastman Dental Institute is the largest postgraduate dental school in Europe. With a focus on translational research, postgraduate education and training, we offer specialty training and doctorates from central London. Graduates have gone on to further their career as clinical specialists, consultants, senior lecturers and post-doctoral researchers. Research students benefit from our close relationships within UCL as well as collaborations with industry and other leading universities and hospitals across the globe.
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The Institute of Infection, Immunity and Transplantation is an internationally renowned centre for research and graduate training in human immunology, pathogen biology and the host-pathogen interaction. Our PhD programme provides research training in basic and translational science and three taught Master's programmes reflect our broad-ranging research expertise. We also have a strong track record in training clinician scientists, supported by fellowships from the Wellcome Trust, MRC and BBSRC.
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The UCL Medical School leads on medical education and developments in teaching and learning. Through its medical education programmes, students can learn more about curriculum development, academic standards, the assessment process, clinical and generic skills acquisition and research.
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We offer research opportunities in a variety of subjects within the field of Medicine. Most of our PhD students are based at one of our three campuses (Royal Free, Whittington or Bloomsbury), supervised by expert UCL academics. Our students come from a variety of backgrounds. The majority secure funds for their studies via competitive selection or peer-reviewed grant. We aim to educate, train, and inspire the next generation of scientists and doctors and to be at the forefront of biomedical research.
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We aim to understand the causes of human disease and to develop innovative therapies and technology to improve the quality of life of the people around us. The Division of Surgery and Interventional Science has three departments and over 30 world-class research centres specialising in sports medicine, tissue repair, regenerative medicine, oncology, biomedical engineering and laser medicine. PhD students work and study directly alongside scientists and clinicians for an enhanced experience.
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Progression
- CAR T-Cells: Morgan joined as a master’s student and decided to progress to a PhD. She is researching CAR T-cell research in glioblastoma.
- Cancer Biology: Aśka sees free-climbing as a metaphor for approaching her research: on how cancer evades every attempt to cure it.
Creativity
- Alzheimer’s: Oz researches how the brain cleans itself via the glymphatic system. He is also a stand-up comedian and performer.
- Liver Disease: Chinese opera lover and liver disease scholar Jiawei says creativity helps her tackle problems no-one has yet overcome.
