PhD opportunities

Doctoral studies at the Natural History Museum

E.huxleyi Coccolithophore imaged in an electron microscope.

E.huxleyi Coccolithophore electron microscope image.

In addition to the 80 PhD students at the Natural History Museum, there are over 300 researchers and curators, all having fingertip access to more than 70 million specimens, of which 800,000 are type specimens.

With 

  • excellent technological
  •  molecular and analytical facilities
  • worldclass staff
  • unparalleled libraries

the Museum can offer researchers resources unavailable elsewhere.

*New PhD opportunities 2013*

The Natural History Museum is offering 2 PhD studentships starting in October 2013, one with the University of Bristol and one with the University of Southampton. Find out more and apply below.

The Natural History Museum does not have university status and is therefore unable to award degrees. Consequently, postgraduate studies have to be in collaboration with a university. All of the researchers at the Museum work with British and overseas universities. In addition, many researchers have visiting lectureship status.