PhD opportunities at the School of Medicine

We offer a broad range of PhD opportunities

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Our current research students cover a diverse array of disciplines including:

Diabetes Medicine
Cardiovascular
Cancer
Neuroscience
Infection and Inflammation
Health and Bioinformatics and Genomics
Translational and Cellular Imaging and Engineering
Medical Education
Reproductive Medicine
Biomechanics
Motion Analysis
Sports Biomechanics and Rehabilitation
Musculoskeletal

Current funded PhDs

Learn more about currently available funded PhD opportunities with us.

Current funded PhDs in the School of Medicine

Self-funded projects

If you are considering self-funding your research degree, or bringing funding from a sponsor, our list of available PhD projects will give you an idea of the types of research we do in the School of Medicine.

Available self-funded PhD projects

Professional Doctorate

The Professional Doctorate is designed for those who want to build on their professional portfolio of experience to achieve a doctoral award.

Equivalent to a PhD, the Prof Doc has been designed for you to study part-time alongside your work.

Professional Doctorate in Medicine

Enquiries

We encourage prospective PhD students to contact us directly to find out more about our PhD opportunities.

Informal PhD enquiries contact for all research themes

Miss Claire Neillie
Senior Administrator (PGR),
School of Medicine
Medicine-PGR@dundee.ac.uk
+44(0)1382 383714

Doctoral Training Programme

The University of Dundee hosts an MRC PhD Doctoral Training Programme in Quantitative and Interdisciplinary approaches to biomedical science (QIBIOMED).

MRC PhD Doctoral Training Programme

Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

The Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery has a long tradition in supervising postgraduate research leading to PhD research degrees in a wide-ranging choice of subject matter.