Wednesday, December 31, 2008

UK Kings College London Phd Studentships in Health Schools

King’s College London is offering 50 PhD studentships in the Health Schools, following its success in attracting externally funded awards combined with a major investment of College funds. Awards are mainly available for four years, and include an annual stipend and tuition fees.

The studentship awards will be offered by the College’s interdisciplinary Research Groups and Centres, funded internally by King’s Graduate School (10 awards) and numerous prestigious external sources including the Medical Research Council and Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council, the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, and other leading charitable organisations and industrial sponsors.
The 50 awards will span all divisions in the Health Schools across Biomedical and Health Sciences, Medicine, the Dental Institute and Nursing & Midwifery.
King’s is the most successful university in the country for PhD completion rates (HEFCE, 2007). The Health Schools also runs an innovative Researcher Development Programme enabling students to gain highly valued skills for careers in business, government, academia and the healthcare professions.
Funding informationFunding applies to: EU applicants (including UK)
Contacts and how to apply Administrative contact and how to apply:The deadline for the majority of the studentships is 9 January 2009, however some are open further into 2009. To find out more about how to apply for studentship at King’s please visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/health/studentships Application deadline: 9 January 2009

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