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Education

Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
MDRes
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Guy’s Campus

Our research degree programme is embedded in one of the oldest and most successful centres for medical and life science education and research in the UK. It champions the value of the humanities, social sciences and arts research as a complement to the empirical, positivist approaches used elsewhere in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. This interdisciplinary setting enables us to support research that bridges academic disciplines; that values lived and subjective experience alongside clinical and scientific expertise; and that straddles the fields of research, educational practice and, ultimately, patients and the public. We are committed to improving healthcare and addressing inequities through innovation and enhanced understanding of clinical and scientific education.

We support postgraduate research that seeks to better understand:

  • The education and student experiences of our future medical professionals and scientists across at all career stages. Our postgraduate research builds on our expertise in clinical education, including our Master’s in Clinical Education, in experiential learning pioneered through the Chantler Simulation and Interactive Learning Centre  and our medical humanities programme.
  • Institutional culture, organisational change and policy in the context of medical and life science education. Publications by our research staff include articles and consensus statements examining the relationships between policy, education and professional practice.
  • Public and patient perspectives, expectations and experiences of medical care and the life sciences. Our researchers include experts in creative methods that can capture the lived experience of patients and that function as health and social interventions and as public engagement in science.

 We accept proposals for research projects that align with the research interests of the following academics:

Your supervisory team may also include other academic and clinical staff from the Centre of Education, the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, across and beyond King’s College London. For further information about research within the Centre, please refer to the Centre for Education website and for a full list of staff research across King’s, please see King’s Research Portal.

Studentships will be advertised in findaphd.com, Naturejobs, the College’s Health Schools Studentships website or on www.jobs.ac.uk.

The tuition fees below are for the first year of the course. These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.

UK Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time tuition fees:

£7,500 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£7,500 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£7,500 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£3,750 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£3,750 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£3,750 per year (MPhil/PhD)

International Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time Tuition Fees:

£62,600 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£62,600 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£32,400 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£31,300 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£31,300 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£16,200 per year (MPhil/PhD)

UK Tuition Fees 2026/27

Full time tuition fees:

£8,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£8,000 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

£8,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£4,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£4,000 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

£4,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

International Tuition Fees 2026/27

Full time Tuition Fees:

£67,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£67,000 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

£34,700 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£33,500 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£33,500 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

£17,350 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

Base campus

Guy's campus
Guy’s Campus

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.

Our doctoral students form an integral part of a supportive and growing research community. Typically, they publish papers during their doctoral studies, often co-authoring with their supervisors’ and present their work at national and international conferences. Students can apply for travel bursaries that are capped at £500. These support visits to laboratories or universities for short visits to benefit from leading expertise related to the student’s doctoral research, attend conferences and present their papers. The Centre for Doctoral Studies offer training and careers advice. This complements faculty supervision and mentoring. Students also have the opportunity to teach and this is remunerated.

Course study environment

Students are supervised by two members of academic staff and benefit from the supportive research culture of the Faculty. A local induction is provided in addition to College induction.  Each student has a dedicated Thesis Progression Committee that monitors students' progress and gives advice and support. Students have access to unrivalled educational resources including the Chantler Clinical Skills Centre, the Gordon Museum of Pathology , the Museum of Life Sciences and  libraries of the social and natural sciences.Additionally, The Centre for Doctoral Studies provides a range of courses to develop theoretical understanding and research skills.

Postgraduate training

KCL offers a large number of training and skills development opportunities. Participation in the annual Postgraduate Research Symposium is compulsory for all students and provides an opportunity to improve communication and presentation skills to specialist and public audiences. Opportunities are available for postgraduate students to present their work at faculty, national and international scientific meetings. Our postgraduate students also have the opportunity to assist with teaching of undergraduates as demonstrators in practical classes or by leading tutorials. Those with appropriate ex[evidence have opportunities to teach on our’ Masters in Clinical Education’, whose students are drawn from across the health professions.

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Studentships will be advertised in findaphd.com, Naturejobs, the College’s Health Schools Studentships website or on www.jobs.ac.uk.

The tuition fees below are for the first year of the course. These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.

UK Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time tuition fees:

£7,500 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£7,500 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£7,500 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£3,750 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£3,750 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£3,750 per year (MPhil/PhD)

International Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time Tuition Fees:

£62,600 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£62,600 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£32,400 per year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£31,300 per year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£31,300 per year (MDRes Clinical)

£16,200 per year (MPhil/PhD)

UK Tuition Fees 2026/27

Full time tuition fees:

£8,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£8,000 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

£8,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£4,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£4,000 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

£4,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

International Tuition Fees 2026/27

Full time Tuition Fees:

£67,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£67,000 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

£34,700 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

Part time tuition fees:

£33,500 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£33,500 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

£17,350 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

Base campus

Guy's campus
Guy’s Campus

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.

Our doctoral students form an integral part of a supportive and growing research community. Typically, they publish papers during their doctoral studies, often co-authoring with their supervisors’ and present their work at national and international conferences. Students can apply for travel bursaries that are capped at £500. These support visits to laboratories or universities for short visits to benefit from leading expertise related to the student’s doctoral research, attend conferences and present their papers. The Centre for Doctoral Studies offer training and careers advice. This complements faculty supervision and mentoring. Students also have the opportunity to teach and this is remunerated.

Course study environment

Students are supervised by two members of academic staff and benefit from the supportive research culture of the Faculty. A local induction is provided in addition to College induction.  Each student has a dedicated Thesis Progression Committee that monitors students' progress and gives advice and support. Students have access to unrivalled educational resources including the Chantler Clinical Skills Centre, the Gordon Museum of Pathology , the Museum of Life Sciences and  libraries of the social and natural sciences.Additionally, The Centre for Doctoral Studies provides a range of courses to develop theoretical understanding and research skills.

Postgraduate training

KCL offers a large number of training and skills development opportunities. Participation in the annual Postgraduate Research Symposium is compulsory for all students and provides an opportunity to improve communication and presentation skills to specialist and public audiences. Opportunities are available for postgraduate students to present their work at faculty, national and international scientific meetings. Our postgraduate students also have the opportunity to assist with teaching of undergraduates as demonstrators in practical classes or by leading tutorials. Those with appropriate ex[evidence have opportunities to teach on our’ Masters in Clinical Education’, whose students are drawn from across the health professions.

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Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
MDRes
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Guy’s Campus

Contact us

For enquiries please contact Postgraduate Research Lead Dr Anne McKee

anne.mckee@kcl.ac.uk
Centre for Education

Education Research in Medicine and the Life Sciences