If you are interested in applying for a postgraduate research programme (PhD) at King's, please consult the How to Apply page for advice and guidance, or search for your relevant course page in the in the postgraduate research prospectus.

For any other general enquiries, please contact our King's Advisors.

If you're a current postgraduate research students, please email the Centre for Doctoral Studies on doctoralstudies@kcl.ac.uk.

We advise all prospective students to search the King's Postgraduate Funding Database for funding opportunities. We also suggest that you contact the department in which you intend to register to see if there are any faculty/department scholarships available.

If there are no suitable funding opportunities advertised on King's sites, we advise that applicants browse external sites such as FindaPhD.com, Postgraduatestudentships.co.uk, or Jobs.ac.uk.

For Studentship queries for UKRI Research Council-funded students, please email UKRI Studentships on ukri-studentships@kcl.ac.uk.

For training courses, researcher development, please email Doctoral Training on doctoraltraining@kcl.ac.uk. Alternatively if you'd like to discuss your training needs further, please use the list below to find the relevant contact.

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Leadership team:

Centre for Doctoral Studies support staff:

The primary focus of the postgraduate and Centre for Doctoral Studies support team is to manage, administer and provide support for strategic developments in areas including: support for the postgraduate student experience, postgraduate funding, new postgraduate research initiatives and regulatory matters for postgraduate research degrees.

Associate Deans for Doctoral Studies:

The Centre for Doctoral Studies works closely with staff from academic faculties and central departments. The Faculty Associate Deans for Doctoral Studies are responsible for postgraduate research students at individual faculty level.