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Psychological Medicine Research MPhil/PhD

King's College London, University of London

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King's College London, University of London

Course options

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Denmark Hill Campus 1

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 years

Course summary

The Department of Psychological Medicine at King's College London is the largest department in the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN). It currently has around 20 full-time academics and a total of approximately 100 members of staff. The department has approximately 50 doctoral students.

The large number of staff and students in the Department provides an environment which is very beneficial to research students because:

  • of the research and clinical expertise available
  • of the structures which are in place to help students achieve their goals
  • of the collegiality and support that is afforded by having other young researchers going through the same experience.

The Head of the Department is Professor Trudie Chalder.

The department is research-led but in addition, has a broad teaching and clinical remit. The mental health problems of particular interest are those of the common mental disorders, such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, liaison psychiatry, military mental health, perinatal psychiatry, and stress related disorders.

Research in the Department of Psychological Medicine

There are eight major research groups in the Department. They all have an extensive research portfolios and an established record for obtaining funding and publishing research in high impact journals. The department has a well-developed framework for helping research students to:

  • find the most suitable supervisors
  • to integrate into research groups
  • to develop their projects
  • to monitor their progress
  • to obtain specialist help e.g. with data analysis
  • to obtain pastoral care e.g. to present their data at meetings
  • to provide guidance with thesis and viva preparation.

All of the research groups work closely with service users, their families, and healthy volunteers i.e in relation to clinical projects. The research groups are:

  • Affective Disorders
  • Diabetes and Psychiatry
  • Eating Disorders
  • General Hospital Psychiatry
  • King's Centre for Military Health Research
  • Mental Health, Ethics and Law
  • Stress, Psychiatry and Immunology Laboratory & Section of Perinatal Psychiatry
  • Trauma Studies

Research students may conduct their postgraduate studies within one of these groups or their project may go across two groups. In some cases, it could involve research with a group elsewhere in King's, for instance, in the Centre for Neuroimaging Studies. In fact, if regulatory conditions are met, the project could involve a collaboration with a group in another university or country.

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
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£ 30,240per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

King's College London, University of London

King's College London, University of London

  • University League Table

    19th

  • Campus address

    King's College London, University of London, Strand, London, London, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom

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Top-tier outcomes: ranked 14th in the UK for Graduate Prospects (Complete University Guide 2026), King’s empowers global careers.
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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Medicine

    18th out of 39 3

    11th out of 118 4

  • Entry standards

    / Max 251
    180 72%

    17th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    99.0 99%

    20th

    19

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.81 70%

    36th

    4

  • Entry standards

    / Max 220
    184 84%

    8th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    76.0 76%

    15th

    9

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.11 78%

    52nd

    10

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