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UCL has a large number of students funded through Doctoral Training Programmes and Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). These multi-disciplinary centres bring together various areas of expertise and offer unique opportunities and a dynamic environment for PhD student training.
Programmes are usually funded for four years. These positions are usually only open to applicants resident in the UK or European Union (EU) for at least three years prior to their application. Requirements do vary, so please check individual centres. EU nationals starting programmes in the next academic year (2017-18) will continue to be eligible for funding for the duration of their programmes. The first year typically includes taught elements for developing research and transferable skills as well as a research element to explore potential PhD-level topics.
- Arts and Humanities Research Council - AHRC
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - BBSRC
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - EPSRC
- Economic and Social Research Council - ESRC
- Medical Research Council - MRC
- Natural Environment Research Council - NERC
- Science and Technology Funding Council - STFC
- Other Doctoral Programmes in life and medical sciences
CDTs funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages and Culture (with Cambridge, Manchester and Oxford)
- London Arts and Humanities Partnership (with King’s College London and the School of Advanced Study)*
CDT funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
- London Interdisciplinary PhD Consortium (with King's College London, Queen Mary University of London, Birkbeck, University of London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Royal Veterinary College).
CDTs funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- Bioprocessing Engineering Leadership
- CoMPLEX (Mathematics & Physics in the Life Sciences & Experimental Biology)
- Delivering Quantum Technologies
- Energy Demand
- Emergent Macromolecular Therapies
- Financial Computing and Analytics
- London School of Geometry and Number Theory
- Medical Imaging
- Molecular Modelling and Materials Science
- Integrated Photonic and Electronic Systems
- Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology
- Security Science (SECReT)
- Urban Sustainability and Resilience
- Virtual Environments, Imaging and Visualisation
- Advanced Characterisation of Materials* (led by Imperial College)
- Advanced Therapeutics and Nanomedicines* (led by University of Nottingham)
- View all EPSRC CDTs
DTP funded by the Economics and Social Research Council
Centres funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC)
- Clinical Neurosciences (Brain Research Trust/MRC)
- CoMPLEX - Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences & Experimental Biology (EPSRC/MRC)
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MRC)
- Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/MRC)
- Translational Research of Neuromuscular Disease (MRC)
- UCL-Birkbeck MRC DTP
CDT funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- The London Natural and Environmental Doctoral Training Partnership (with King's College London, Birkbeck College, Queen Mary, and others)
Centre funded by the Science and Technology Funding Council
Other Doctoral Programmes in life and medical sciences
- British Heart Foundation 4 Year PhD Studentships
- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology (Wellcome Trust)
- Gatsby Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience programme
- Leonard Wolfson Clinical Fellowship and PhD Programme (Wolfson Foundation)
- Mental Health Sciences
- NIHR School for Public Health Research
- NIHR School for Primary Care Research
- UCL-NIMH/NINDS Joint Doctoral Training Program in Neuroscience
- Wellcome Trust Bloomsbury Centre for Global Health Research
* Activity or Centre in which UCL is not lead-partner