RESEARCH PROFILE
The Department is proud of its thriving community of research students. A recent HEFCE study found that King's College London is the most successful university in Britain in terms of PhD completion rate. The Department of War Studies is recognised by the British Academy, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council.
Nearly 200 students are currently undertaking doctoral research. Every year about 60 new students join the programme. They work under the supervision of faculty members from the Department of War Studies and also from the Department of Defence Studies. The Department is especially interested in receiving applications from students planning their research projects in fields that will enhance the strength of the Department's research groups, programmes and centres and assumes that normally research students will be attached to one or more of these, and that in all cases will enhance research culture and contribute to the War Studies research strategy.
KEY FACTS
Head of group/division
Professor Guglielmo Verdirame
Awarding institution
King's College London/King's and HKU/NUS for joint programme
Duration
Expected to be: MPhil, two years FT, four years PT; PhD. three years FT, six years PT.
Location
Strand Campus.
Student destinations
War Studies graduates have built careers in: academic research, NGOs, Civil Service, NATO, UN, media and publishing, finance and investment, teaching, and the armed forces.
Year of entry 2013
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