Search all centres, programmes and partnerships
There are currently 33 bodies offering funded, cohort-based doctoral training opportunities at the University of Bristol, covering key research areas across all faculties. The table below provides information about all organisations, programmes, partnerships and doctoral training centres open to prospective research students.
CDT/Programme/Partnership | Funder | Partners | Research areas | Faculty |
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Name: GW4 Clinical Academic Training (GW4-CAT HP) PhD Programme for Health Professionals Director: Professor Richard Coward and Professor Yvonne Wren Contact: Dr Jayne Bailey (Programme Manager) or Tracey Jarvis (Programme Administrator) |
Wellcome Trust (WT) |
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Health Sciences |
Name: MRC Addiction Research Clinical Training programme: MARC Director: Professor Anne Lingford-Hugues (Imperial College), Professor Matt Hickman (Co-Director) Contact: April Haesler (administrator)
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Medical Research Council (MRC) |
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Health Sciences |
Name: BHF 4 Year PhD programme: Integrative Cardiovascular Science Director: Professor Alastair W. Poole Contact: Sue Summerill (admissions and 1st yr admin) |
British Heart Foundation (BHF) | N/a |
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Health Sciences |
Name: South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership: Ground-breaking research training in the Arts and Humanities Director: Dr Tamar Hodos Contact: Chantelle Payne (DTP Manager) or |
Arts and Humanities Research Council |
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Arts |
Name: Wellcome Trust PhD in Dynamic Molecular Cell Biology Director: Professor Ian Collinson (Professor Pete Cullen, Professor Anne Ridley, Dr Helen Weavers) Contact: Sue Summerill (admissions and 1st yr admin) |
Wellcome Trust | N/a |
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Life Sciences |
Name: Wellcome Trust PhD in Neural Dynamics Director: Professor Richard Apps (Professor Conor Houghton) Contact: General enquiries
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Wellcome Trust | N/a |
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Life Sciences |
Name: BBSRC South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP) Director: Professor Jon Lane Contact: Dr Samantha Southern Associate partners: Marine Biological Association (MBA), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), SETsquared Bristol, Swansea University, UCB Pharma and University of the West of England (UWE). |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
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Life Sciences |
Name: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Synthetic Biology Director: Professor Antonis Papachristodoulou (Oxford) Contact: Kathleen Sedgley (Centre Manager) or Centre Administrator |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
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Life Sciences |
Name: GW4 BioMed Doctoral Training Partnership Director: Professor Colin Dayan (Cardiff) Academic Leads (Bristol): Professor David Shepphard and Professor Paul Martin Contact: Erica Lewis (Centre Manager)
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Medical Research Council |
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Life Sciences |
Name: Centre for Doctoral Training in Communications Directors: Professor David Bull and Professor Mark Beach |
Engineering | N/a |
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Engineering |
Name: Industrial Doctorate Centre in Composites Manufacture Director: Professor Janice Barton Contact: Helen Howard, Centre Manager [and/or Caroline Perkins, Administrator (from Jan 2023)] |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Engineering |
Name: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Innovation in Non-Destructive evaluation (FIND) Director: Professor Bruce Drinkwater |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Engineering |
Name: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Water Informatics: Science and Engineering (WISE) Director: Professor David Butler (Exeter), Ross Woods, Rafael Rosolem Contact: Debbie Ford (Centre Administrator, 01392 723732), General enquiries |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Engineering |
Name: Wellcome Trust PhD in Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse Epidemiology Director: Professor Caroline Relton Contact: Sharen Hockey-O'Keefe, 87274 (Administrator)
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Wellcome Trust | N/a |
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Health Sciences |
Name: Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials Director: Dr Ian Lindsay Contact: Becky Freshwater (CDT Manager) |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | N/a |
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Science |
Name: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis Director: Professor Jonathan Clayden Contact: Krissy Stothard (Admin Manager) or Sbu Mbatha (Course Manager)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | N/a |
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Science |
Name: Bristol Chemical Synthesis (BCS) CDT Director: Professor Jonathan Clayden Contact: Krissy Stothard (Admin Manager) or Sbu Mbatha (Course Manager)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | N/a |
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Science |
Name: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Catalysis Director: Professor Duncan Wass (Director) Contact: Michal Perdjon (CDT Manager) |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Science |
Name: Centre for Doctoral Training in Condensed Matter Physics Director: Professor Stephen Hayden Contact: Thom Brain (CDT Manager) can be reached via cdt-cmp@bristol.ac.uk |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Science |
Name: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diamond Science and Technology Director: Professor Mark Newton (Warwick) Contact: Professor Paul May (Co-Director) or General Enquiries |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Science |
Name: NERC GW4+ Doctoral Training Partnership - a consortium of excellence in innovative research training Director: Professor Daniela Schmidt Contact: Dr Emeliana Palk (Hub Manager, 45644), Sara Berrow (Coordinator) |
Natural Environment Research Council |
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Science |
Name: Centre for Doctoral Training in Theory and Modelling in Chemical Sciences Director: Professor Mark Wilson (University of Oxford) Contact: Liz Gresham (Administrator, University of Oxford)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Science |
Name: ESRC South West Doctoral Training Partnership Director: Professor Richard Harris Contact: Sonja Foster (Manager) or Joanna Williams (Administrator) |
Economic and Social Research Council |
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Social Sciences & Law |
Name: Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science Director: Professor Jonathan Reid Contact: Dr Rachael Miles (Course Manager) or Paul Lacey-Drake (CDT Administration Manager) or Yaelle Hartley (CDT Partnerships Manager) |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Science, Engineering, Life Science, Health Science |
Director: Professor Awais Rashid (Bristol lead, Director) and Professor Adam Joinson (Bath lead, Deputy Director) Contact: Fionnuala Hill (CDT Manager)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Engineering |
Name: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Computational Statistics and Data Science: COMPASS Director: Professor Nick Whiteley (Director), Dr Daniel Lawson (Deputy Director) Contact: Harriet Lee (CDT Manager)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | N/A |
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Science |
Director: Henning Flaecher (Bristol PI) Contact: Roz Toft (CDT Manager, Swansea University)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Engineering |
Name: UKRI CDT in Interactive Artificial Intelligence Director: Professor Peter Flach Contact: Suzanne.Binding@bristol.ac.uk (Centre Manager) |
UK Research and Innovation |
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Engineering |
Name: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Nuclear Energy Futures Director: Dr Mark Wenman (Imperial College) Bristol Contact: Professor Chris Truman Imperial Contact: n/a |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
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Engineering; Science |
Confused about the differences between different types of Doctoral Training programmes, partnerships and centres? Read our guide to Doctoral Training models explained.
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