Doctoral Training

Doctoral Training programmes within the University of Cambridge

AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership

The multidisciplinary Cambridge AHRC DTP offers 52 doctoral studentships per year. In addition, Cambridge is a member of the Centre for East European Language-based Areas Studies and Celtic Languages doctoral training programmes.

BBSRC Doctoral Training Centre Partnership

The University of Cambridge and Partner Institutes BBSRC Doctoral Training programme focuses on four research areas: Basic Biosciences Underpinning Health, Bioenergy and Industrial Biotechnology, Food Security, World Class Underpinning Bioscience

ESRC Doctoral Training Centre

As a member of our ESRC-funded Doctoral Training Centre, you are joining one of the largest groups of social science researchers in the UK and will be part of a diverse and exciting student community within a world-class research institution.

EPSRC Doctoral Training Opportunities

Cambridge leads CDTs in Analysis, Computational Methods, Future Infrastructure & Built Environment, Gas Turbine Aerodynamics, Graphene, Nano, Sensors and Ultra Precision and are partners in Photonics, Photovoltaics and Nuclear Engineering CDTs.

MRC Doctoral Training Partnership

MRC Funded studentships are available in the School of the Biological Sciences and in the School of Clinical Medicine through the School of Clinical Medicine MRC/Sackler Prize PhD Programme and the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR).

NERC Doctoral Training Partnership

The Cambridge Earth System Science Doctoral Training Partnership is offering up to fifteen NERC-funded PhD studentships starting in October 2014 with a focus on the broad themes of Solid-Earth, Climate Science and Biology (incl. palaeontology).

STFC Doctoral Studentships

STFC doctoral studentships are offered in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, the Department of Physics and the Institute of Astronomy (contact the individual Departments for details).

Wellcome Trust

WT PhD Programmes are in Developmental Biology, Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, Mathematical Genomics & Medicine, Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease, Stem Cell Biology & Medicine and Translational Medicine & Therapeutics

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