PhD research programmes
We offer a range of research areas for study at PhD level.
Our approach ranges from molecules to man, from bench to bedside and from process to population. Our Centres and Institutes bring together basic and clinical academic staff in broad, thematic research concentrations encompassing basic sciences, translational and clinical research.
There are opportunities to obtain a place on funded PhD programmes, listed below, or for students to apply to one of our PhD programmes and to independently seek scholarship funding to fund their studies.
Wellcome Trust funded 4 year PhD programmes
Exciting PhD opportunities are available on the following cross College prestigious Wellcome Trust funded 4 year Phd programmes
- Translational Neuroscience programme
- Hosts, pathogens and Global Health programme
- One Health Models of Disease
MRC Precision Medicine Doctoral Training programme
The University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and the Karolinska Institute, has received a prestigious MRC award for a Doctoral Training Programme in Precision Medicine. This is a new programme integration between informaticians, clinicians and life scientists.
Doctoral Training Programme in Precision Medicine
EASTBIO 4-yr PhD programmes
The application deadline for an October 2024 start has passed.
PhD projects for an October 2025 start will be advertised in Autumn 2024
Further information can be viewed here on the EASTBIO web site
Looking for a PhD?
Applicants that have independently obtained scholarship funding (or want to apply for scholarships via the University) should apply directly through the degree-finder website to any of our PhD programmes:
Further information on potential research topics and supervisors can be found through our Centres and Institutes:
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
- Edinburgh Infectious Diseases
- Edinburgh Neuroscience
- Patrick Wild Centre
Funding
Information on currently available fully funded studentships within Biomedical Sciences
Edinburgh Doctoral College Scholarship (ECDS)
Biomedical Sciences PhD Studentship with Transnational Education (TNE) experience
Further information
General information on applying for a PhD in one of our Centres/Institutes