Kingston University has established an international reputation for high quality, innovative research and is now seeking to make a substantial investment in 50 new PhD studentships available for 2011/12.
The competition for these prestigious research studentships is now open to students who wish to study for a full-time PhD at Kingston University.
Available subject areas
We are looking for students with expertise that matches our areas of research excellence. Applications are invited from qualified individuals in the following areas:
Art, Design and Architecture
- Contemporary fine art practice
- Design practice/design
- Urban spaces and the interior
- Representing migration
- Digital media
- Sustainable property investment
Arts and Social Sciences
- Modern European philosophy
- Culture, media and unconscious
- Cyber fraud
- Early modern literature and culture
- Creative writing
Business and Law
- Small business and entrepreneurship
- Marketing
- Human resource management
- Criminal justice and youth justice
- Environmental law and sustainability
Health and Social Care Sciences
- Long term conditions
- Health exercise and rehabilitation
Science, Engineering and Computing
- Biotechnology, diagnostics and therapeutics
- Modelling complex physical systems
- Robotics
- Environment and geological sciences
- Materials and nanotechnology
- Wireless communications and applications
- Sustainable energy
- Complex physical systems – dynamics
- Computer vision and image processing
Three different types of studentship are available:
- Stipend plus fees (full-time tuition fees at Home/EU level and a stipend at UK Research Council rates (15,590pa) for a period of up to three years).
- Fees only (full-time tuition fees at Home/EU level for a period of up to three years)
- Part funded (full-time tuition fees Home/EU level plus a contribution towards a stipend for a period of up to three years)
50 new PhD studentships at Kingston University
