
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
ApplyKite Editorial 3 Nov 2026
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University of East Anglia
United Kingdom
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Chemical Biology
Ligand Design
Bioactive Compound
Academic, Principal Investigator/Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Research)
University of Dundee
United Kingdom
Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Antimicrobial Research
Molecular Biology
Cardiff University
United Kingdom
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Chemical Biology
Heterocyclic Chemistry
Natural Product Synthesis
Professor
The Queen's University Belfast
United Kingdom
Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Peptide Chemistry
Antimicrobial Research
Chemical Biology
Lecturer of Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Science
Edinburgh Napier University
United Kingdom
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Pharmacology
Chemical Biology
Bioactive Compound
Ligand Design
Senior Lecturer
The Queen's University Belfast
United Kingdom
Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Peptide Chemistry
Antimicrobial Research
Chemical Biology
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Organic Chemistry
Biochemistry
Fluorine Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Lecturer in Pharmacology
Keele University
United Kingdom
Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Metalloenzyme
Enzyme Engineering
University College London
United Kingdom
Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Ligand Design
Protein Chemistry
Antibodies
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University of Southampton
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United Kingdom
1 week ago
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PhD project at the University of Southampton in electronic structure theory for quantum dynamics on classical and quantum computers. This fully funded doctoral project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and is based in the School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering . The research explores how molecules behave after photoexcitation by developing new methods for excited-state dynamics, with a strong focus on theoretical chemistry , scientific programming , quantum computing ,...
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University of Cambridge
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United Kingdom
2 months ago
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Funded PhD project at the University of Cambridge , Department of Chemistry, in the Mateo Sanchez Lab . The project sits at the interface of chemistry, cell biology, neuroscience, protein engineering, synthetic biology , and molecular biotechnology. The research will focus on developing new molecular tools using directed evolution , protein design , and novel selection/screening strategies to create new protein chimeras. Depending on the candidate’s interests and project progress, the work may i...
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University of Cambridge
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United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
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AstraZeneca-funded PhD studentship at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics . The project, Physics-Guided Representation Learning from Free Energy Perturbation Data for Affinity Prediction and Candidate Down-Selection , sits at the interface of statistical machine learning , molecular simulation , drug discovery , and computational chemistry . The successful student will work on developing new machine-learning methods for predicting molecul...
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Estimated costs in United Kingdom.
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![]() University Accommodation On-campus student housing per year | £5.1k $6,500/yr |
![]() Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | £948 $1,200/yr |
![]() Books & Academic Supplies Textbooks, stationery, and academic materials per year | £474 $600/yr |
![]() Utilities & Connectivity Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year | £758 $960/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
Professor at School of Chemistry
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Supramolecular Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Molecular Physics
Prof
University of York
United Kingdom
Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Enzyme Engineering
Biocatalysis
Cytochrome P450
Professor
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Protein Chemistry
Nmr Spectroscopy
Hydrogen Bonding
University of East Anglia
Just Landed
United Kingdom
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The University of East Anglia in Norwich, United Kingdom, is offering a full-time PhD studentship in machine learning-guided engineering of next-generation cancer therapeutics, starting 1 October 2027. Supervised by Dr Amit Sachdeva, the interdisciplinary project will develop small antibody fragments designed to penetrate solid tumours more effectively than conventional full-length antibodies. The research combines machine learning-guided protein design with experimental chemical biology, synthe...
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University of East Anglia
Just Landed
United Kingdom
Posted Yesterday
Just Landed
The University of East Anglia is offering a full-time, three-year PhD studentship in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-stabilised gold nanoclusters for intracellular catalysis, supervised by Dr Sophie Thomas. The project is based in Norwich, England, and starts on 1 October 2027. The research will develop water-soluble NHC ligands and atomically precise gold nanoclusters with tunable stability, solubility, catalytic activity, size, and surface properties. It will investigate how ligand structure affe...
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University of Cambridge
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United Kingdom
5 days ago
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The University of Cambridge invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position in nucleic acid computing and molecular programming, based in the Department of Genetics and associated with Dr Gamze Gürsoy's interdisciplinary laboratory. This primarily experimental, wet-lab role focuses on synthetic biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, biomolecular engineering, and genome engineering. The postholder will develop programmable nucleic-acid systems that sense defined hu...
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