# Postgraduate research opportunities A-Z

**Source**: https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/

## PhD, MRes, MD, EngD & MSc‌/‌MLitt‌/‌MPhil‌(Research)

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- [Accounting & Finance [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/accountingfinance/)
- [Advanced Quantitative Methods [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/advancedquantitativemethods/)
- [Ageing, Health & Welfare [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/ageinghealthwelfare/)
- [American Studies [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/american/)
- [Ancestral Studies [MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/ancestralstudies/)
- [Animal Ecology [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/animalecology/)
- [Applied Linguistics [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/appliedlinguistics/)
- [Applied Photonics [EngD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/appliedphotonics/)
- [Archaeology [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/archaeology/)
- [Autonomous Systems and Connectivity [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/autonomoussystems/)
- [Biochemistry & Biotechnology [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/biochemistry/)
- [Biomedical Engineering [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/biomedicalengineering/)
- [Cancer Sciences [PhD/MD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/cancer/)
- [Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences [PhD/MD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/cardiovascular/)
- [Cell Engineering [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/cellengineering/)
- [Celtic & Gaelic [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/celticgaelic/)
- [Central & East European Studies [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/cees/)
- [Chemistry [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/chemistry/)
- [Chinese Studies [PhD/MPhil (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/chinese-studies/)
- [Classics [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/classics/)
- [Clinical & Surgical Sciences [PhD/MD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/clinicalsurgicalsciences/)
- [Comparative Literature [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/comparativeliterature/)
- [Computing Science [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/computing/)
- [Creative & Cultural Industries [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/creative-cultural-industries/)
- [Creative Writing [DFA/MFA]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/creativewriting/)
- [Criminology [PhD/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/criminology/)
- [Dentistry (Community Oral Health & Oral Sciences) [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/dentistry/)
- [Diabetes, Renal, Endocrine & Metabolic Medicine [PhD/MD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/diabetesrenalendocrineandmetabolicmedicine/)
- [Economic & Social History [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/economicsocialhistory/)
- [Economics [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/economics/)
- [Education (by Research) [EdD: Online distance learning]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/doctorateineducation/)
- [Education (School of Education) [PhD/MPhil]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/education/)
- [Education (School of Social & Environmental Sustainability) [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/education-2/)
- [Electronics & Nanoscale Engineering [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/electronicsnanoscale/)
- [English Language & Linguistics [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/englishlanguage/)
- [English Literature [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/englishliterature/)
- [Environmental Research [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/environmentalresearch/)
- [Environmental Sciences [PhD/MSc (Research)/MPhil (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/environmentalsciences/)
- [Environmental Sustainability [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/environmentalsustainability/)
- [Evolutionary Analysis [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/evolutionaryanalysis/)
- [Film & TV Studies [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/filmtv/)
- [French [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/french/)
- [General Practice & Primary Care](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/primarycare/)
- [Geology [PhD/MSc (Research)/MPhil (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/geology/)
- [Geospatial Data Science [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/geospatialdatascience/)
- [German [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/german/)
- [Health and Social Policy [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/healthandsocialpolicy/)
- [Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/healtheconomics/)
- [Health Professions Education [PhD/MD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/health-professions-education/)
- [Hispanic Studies [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/hispanic/)
- [History [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/history/)
- [History of Art [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/historyofart/)
- [Human Geography [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/humangeography/)
- [Infection, Immunity & Inflammation [PhD/MD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/immunologyinflammation/)
- [Infectious Disease [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/infectiousdisease/)
- [Information Studies [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/informationstudies/)
- [Infrastructure & Environment [PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/infrastructureenvironment/)
- [Interdisciplinary Studies [PhD/MPhil]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/interdisciplinarystudies/)
- [Italian [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/italian/)
- [Law [PhD/LLM (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/law/)
- [Management [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/management/)
- [Mathematics [PhD/iPhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/mathematics/)
- [Media & Cultural Policy [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/media/)
- [Mental Health & Wellbeing [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/mentalhealth/)
- [Microbiology [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/microbiology/)
- [Modern Languages & Cultures [PhD/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/modernlanguages/)
- [Molecular Genetics [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/moleculargenetics/)
- [Molecular Pharmacology [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/molecularpharmacology/)
- [Music [PhD/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/music/)
- [Neuroscience & Psychology [PhD/MD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/neuroscience/)
- [Nursing & Health Sciences [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/nursinghealthsciences/)
- [Nutrition [PhD/MD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/nutrition/)
- [Parasitology [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/parasitology/)
- [Philosophy [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/philosophy/)
- [Philosophy & Psychology [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/philosophypsychology/)
- [Physics & Astronomy [PhD/EngD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/physicsastronomy/)
- [Plant Science [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/plantscience/)
- [Politics & International Relations [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/politics/)
- [Population & Ecosystems Health [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/populationecosystemshealth/)
- [Precision Medicine [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/precisionmedicine/)
- [Psychology](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/psychology/)
- [Public Health [PhD/MD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/publichealth/)
- [Scottish Literature [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/scottishliterature/)
- [Sensor & Imaging Systems [EngD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/sensorimagingsystems/)
- [Slavonic Languages & Cultures [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/slavonic/)
- [Social & Public Health (Social Sciences) [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/socialpublichealth/)
- [Social & Public Health Science [PhD/MD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/social-public-health-sciences/)
- [Social & Public Policy [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/social-public-policy/)
- [Sociology [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/sociology/)
- [Sport Science [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/sport-science/)
- [Statistics [PhD/iPhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/statistics/)
- [Systems Biology [PhD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/systemsbiology/)
- [Systems Power & Energy [PhD/EngD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/systemspower/)
- [Text/Image Studies [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/textimage/)
- [Theatre Studies [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/theatre/)
- [Theology & Religious Studies [PhD/MPhil/MTh/MLitt (Research)/MRes]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/theologyreligious/)
- [Tissue Regeneration & Cancer [MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/tissue-regeneration-cancer/)
- [Tourism Studies [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/tourismstudies/)
- [Translation Studies [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/translation/)
- [Urban Studies [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/urbanstudies/)
- [Veterinary Medicine [PhD]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/veterinarymedicine/)
- [Virology [PhD/MD/MSc (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/virology/)
- [War Studies [PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)]](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/warstudies/)

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- [International student support & visas](https://www.gla.ac.uk/international/support/)

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## Staff research interests

You may want to identify and contact a potential supervisor to discuss your research proposal before you apply.

- [search for a supervisor](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/supervisors/)

## Centres for Doctoral Training

- [The University of Glasgow is involved in a number of Centres for Doctoral Training which offer structured doctoral study with supportive, innovative training programmes across a number of disciplines.](https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/doctoraltraining/)

## Support for researchers

- [Support and development for postgraduate researchers](https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/ourresearchenvironment/prs/)
- [International student support & visas](https://www.gla.ac.uk/international/support/)

Our college Graduate Schools support postgraduate students providing a range of services and resources:

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- [Use our online form for more information about studying with us or your application.](http://www.gla.ac.uk/enquireonline)

## Postgraduate Researcher Blog

- [Postgraduate Researcher Blog](https://uofgpgrblog.com/)

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