PhD Information

PhD Funding

There are various funding opportunities available for students wishing to pursue postgraduate studies in the Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care.

These include opportunities for students wishing to pursue 3 year or 1+3 year PhD programmes in areas of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Primary Care and Health Services Research and Health Informatics.

Details of funding currently available is given below:

ESRC - 3-year PhD Studentships (Home/EU)

We have ESRC recognition and receive funding for candidates who wish to undertake projects in the Division of Epidemiology, Public Health and Primary Care within the ESRC remit of 'social statistics, research methods and computing' which is defined at: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/opportunities/postgraduate/..

Candidates should have completed an ESRC recognised Masters course or MPH.

The Division of EPHPC has two 3-year PhD studentship available for take up in October 2007/08. Information about entry to the 2007 competition will be available on this page later in the year.

Division of EPHPC - 3/1+3 PhD Studentships (Home/EU)

The Division provides funding for PhD studentships on an annual basis. The studentships include full payment of Home/EU fees and an stipend of £15,500 p.a. The competition for take up of awards in October 2006 is now closed.

BBSRC - 1+3 PhD Studentship (Home/EU)

The Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology offers one 1+3 year BBSRC studentship per calendar year.

The competition for October 2006 has now closed. Information about entry in October 2007 for candidates who wish to undertake projects in the BBSRC priority areas that are of relevance to the Department, namely ' Interactions of animals and their primary hosts, mechanisms of biological systems and Bioinformatics, e-Science and related topics in theoretical biology' will be available later in the year.

Please contact Dr. Matthew Fisher (matthew.fisher@imperial.ac.uk) for information on suitable supervisors and projects within the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology.

MRC Studentships (Home/EU)

MRC Doctoral Account Studentships are advertised annually by the Faculty of Medicine in January.

The competition for take up of awards in October 2006 has now closed.

Imperial College Scholarships

For information on the various postgraduate funding opportunities that are available from the College centrally please visit the scholarships website.

We also welcome applications from self-funded candidates which may be made at any time.

left to get further information on possible Phd projects (note that this list is not exhaustive) and on the department.