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Students

Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
MDRes
MRes
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Denmark Hill Campus
Guy’s Campus
St Thomas’ Campus
Waterloo Campus

The School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences offers a wide range of clinical and non-clinical postgraduate training opportunities. Please visit the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences research webpage for details. 

The School pursues internationally leading research programmes that address the fundamental mechanisms underlying normal and abnormal cardiovascular function, and drives translation of strong basic science into advances in clinical practice.

Partner Organisations 

Head of group/division

Professor Mauro Giacca

Studentships

Our studentships are regularly advertised on Find A PhD and Funding Opportunities webpages.

 

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 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

£7,500 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£7,500 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

Part time tuition fees:

£3,750 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

£3,750 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£3,750 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

International Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time tuition fees:

£32,400 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

£62,600 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£62,600 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

Part time tuition fees:

£16,200 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

£31,300 for the first year MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£31,300 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

UK Tuition Fees 2026/27

Full time tuition fees:

£8,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

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

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

Part time tuition fees:

£4,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

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

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

International Tuition Fees 2026/27

Full time tuition fees:

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

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

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

Part time tuition fees:

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

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

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

Base campuses

Main building at the Denmark Hill campus
Denmark Hill Campus

Home to the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.

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.

St Thomas' campus from the River Thames
St Thomas’ Campus

Located near Waterloo Campus and home of continuing medical and dental teaching, as well as a museum dedicated to Florence Nightingale.

Waterloo campus exterior at night.
Waterloo Campus

Waterloo campus is home of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery and facilities for other faculties

Students work alongside staff researchers and are supervised by two members of academic staff. Each student has a dedicated Thesis Progression Committee that monitors students' progress and gives advice and support.

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 science communication and presentation skills. Opportunities are available for postgraduate students to present their work at 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.

In addition, the School also runs a series of workshops to teach specific practical cardiovascular research skills to students.

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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 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

£7,500 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£7,500 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

Part time tuition fees:

£3,750 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

£3,750 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£3,750 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

International Tuition Fees 2025/26

Full time tuition fees:

£32,400 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

£62,600 for the first year (MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£62,600 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

Part time tuition fees:

£16,200 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

£31,300 for the first year MPhil/PhD Clinical)

£31,300 for the first year (MDRes Clinical)

UK Tuition Fees 2026/27

Full time tuition fees:

£8,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

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

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

Part time tuition fees:

£4,000 for the first year (MPhil/PhD)

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

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

International Tuition Fees 2026/27

Full time tuition fees:

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

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

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

Part time tuition fees:

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

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

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

Base campuses

Main building at the Denmark Hill campus
Denmark Hill Campus

Home to the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.

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.

St Thomas' campus from the River Thames
St Thomas’ Campus

Located near Waterloo Campus and home of continuing medical and dental teaching, as well as a museum dedicated to Florence Nightingale.

Waterloo campus exterior at night.
Waterloo Campus

Waterloo campus is home of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery and facilities for other faculties

Students work alongside staff researchers and are supervised by two members of academic staff. Each student has a dedicated Thesis Progression Committee that monitors students' progress and gives advice and support.

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 science communication and presentation skills. Opportunities are available for postgraduate students to present their work at 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.

In addition, the School also runs a series of workshops to teach specific practical cardiovascular research skills to students.

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Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
MDRes
MRes
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Denmark Hill Campus
Guy’s Campus
St Thomas’ Campus
Waterloo Campus

Contact us

For further enquires please contact the email addresses below

aleksandar.ivetic@kcl.ac.uk
sarah.j.double@kcl.ac.uk
School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

Cardiovascular Medicine and Science Research