PhD Studentships in Management Studies

King’s Business School

Doctoral Research Studentships

King's Business School invites applications for funded, full-time PhD studentships in Management Studies, to start in October 2026. We welcome applications from those who qualify as Home or International for fees purposes and seek to attract talented and enthusiastic students who aspire to be future leaders in their academic fields of study. When completed, your award would state “PhD in your subject area” relating to the relevant Academic Department (e.g., PhD in Economics, PhD in Marketing).

Located in central London in the iconic Bush House, King’s Business School is one of the top academic centres in management and business in the UK and we have an outstanding reputation for the quality of our research and teaching.

King's Business School Management Studies welcomes applicants in any of our areas of research expertise. 

• Human Resource Management
• Marketing
• Public Services Management & Organisations
• Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship

The admissions portal opening date is 22^nd October 2025, and the closing date for applications is 1^st December 2025 at 5pm. 

Decisions will be announced in March 2026.

Applicants are required to contact potential supervisors to discuss their proposal before applying. Supervisors should have indicated willingness to supervise you before you submit your application.

Details of research undertaken within the School can be found by exploring our Departments and academic staff pages.

For guidance on how to apply for a place on our PhD programme please see the apply button above.

Funding Notes

Studentships cover tuition fees for three years, the pending submission status fee and a stipend of approximately £22k/annum (2025-26 rate is £22,780) for four years, with annual inflationary increases, a generous training and conference grant and additional paid teaching and research opportunities.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to also apply for funding from other sources, as these studentships are highly competitive and not all students admitted to our doctoral programmes are awarded a King’s Business School studentship. Other doctoral funding options include the LISS-DTP and King’s - China Scholarship Council, as well as many opportunities in Funding Database

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