The University of Reading supports nationally and internationally recognised research across the life sciences, environmental & physical sciences, economics, business & social sciences, and arts & humanities.

In addition to the research undertaken in individual disciplines, we have identified a number of interdisciplinary areas where we have particular research strengths and can make a significant impact on the major challenges facing the world today. Many of these areas have exciting PhD opportunities.

Visit the School and Department websites listed here to find out more about the research subject areas available to you.

A–Z of doctoral research areas

• Accounting
• Agriculture, Policy and Development
• Ancient History
• Archaeology
• Architecture
• Art
• Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Engineering
• Built Environment
• Business
• Business Informatics, Systems and Accounting
• Chemistry
• Classics
• Climate
• Computer Science
• Construction Management
• Consumer Behaviour and Food Marketing
• Cybernetics
• Development Studies
• Early Modern Studies
• Ecology
• Economics
• Education
• Electronic Engineering
• Energy and Environmental Engineering
• English Language and Applied Linguistics
• English Literature
• Environmental Science
• Film, Theatre and Television
• Finance
• Food and Nutritional Sciences
• French Studies
• Geography and Environmental Science
• German Studies
• Graphic Communication
• History
• International Development
• International Relations
• Italian Studies
• Law
• Management
• Marketing
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Medieval Studies
• Meteorology
• Microbiology
• Modern Languages
• Nutrition
• Pharmacy
• Philosophy
• Politics and International Relations
• Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences
• Real Estate and Planning
• Spanish and Latin American Studies
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Teaching
• Television
• Theatre
• Typography and Graphic Communication