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University of Southampton, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 202 University of Southampton, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Make your mark at the leading edge of science and engineering research. At the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, we’re studying stars as they explode, inscribing the human genome into crystals, shaping the future of human interaction with AI, helping build brighter liveable cities, and using chemistry for sustainable manufacturing. We’re looking for innovators, critical thinkers and curious minds to join us in driving new discoveries, with real opportunities for impact through our links with industry and governments and our enterprise initiatives. In return you’ll benefit from multi-million-pound research facilities, the expertise of leading specialists and a supportive, inclusive research community.

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University of Southampton

Join one of the world’s leading universities. With over 150 years of history, we are a founding member of the Russell Group, and consistently placed in the top 100 universities in the world by the QS World University Rankings. 92 per cent of our research output was assessed in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) as being world-leading and internationally excellent, confirming our status as one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities. This international outlook and reputation attract staff from across the world, with over 25 per cent coming from outside the UK. Innovative thinking and pioneering research are at the heart of our culture; our people are finding solutions for some of the biggest challenges that our planet is facing, pursuing environmental sustainability, and making a difference to the world. We stand for exploration and curiosity, interdisciplinary thinking, inventive education and cutting-edge facilities to catalyse change.

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Secure and Trustworthy AI for Autonomous Vehicle Ecosystems

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Erisa Karafili. This project develops AI-enhanced threat-modelling techniques to improve the cybersecurity and resilience of autonomous vehicles. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Karafili
 19 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unsteady Flow and Surface Loading Around a Wall-Mounted Porous Cylinder in a Turbulent Boundary Layer

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Elias Arcondoulis, Professor Phillip Joseph and Professor Philip Nelson. This project investigates the fundamental unsteady flow physics and surface-loading mechanisms acting on wall-mounted porous cylinders subject to turbulent boundary layers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Arcondoulis
 15 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Making nanoscale materials: precision fabrication of high-performance functional structures

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Daniel Zabek. This project focuses on exploring high-precision lithographic fabrication techniques for the development of multifunctional material structures at the nanoscale, with applications in wireless energy and information transfer, and in biomedicine. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Zabek
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Rational design of heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable applications

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Sergio Vernuccio and Prof Chris Skylaris. This project aims to rationally design efficient heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable application, including photocatalytic transformation for hydrogen production and CO₂ reduction. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SV Vernuccio
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bio‑Inspired Multi‑Modal Perception for Dynamic Adaptation in Robotic Formation Flight

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Sergio Araujo-Estrada, Dr Alex Wittig and Dr Jorn Cheney. Flying robots must work together reliably even when vision, GPS, or communications fail. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Araujo-Estrada
 2 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Autonomous Close-Proximity Spacecraft Operations: Hardware-in-the-Loop Validation of Neuromorphic Event Cameras

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Alexander Wittig, Dr Sergio Araujo-Estrada and Dr Jorn Cheney. This project aims to overcome the challenges of testing spacecraft control algorithms on real hardware in Earth-based environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Wittig
 2 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multimodal Modelling of Personalised Haemodynamics in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Caglar Ozturk, Dr Mihaela Paun and Prof Nick Curzen. Heart failure affects millions, yet personalised treatments remain limited. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Ozturk
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Using machine learning to model complex biological interactions

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Mohammad Soorati and Prof Stephen Beers. This project aims to build an AI-driven system that analyses live-cell microscopy videos showing how immune cells attack cancer cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Soorati
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Sports acoustics: Impact sound in cricket, golf, baseball and tennis

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr. Giacomo Squicciarini, prof. Tim Waters and Dr. Michal Kalkowski. This project examines how impact sounds in cricket, golf, and tennis reveal the physics and performance quality of each strike. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Squicciarini
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Creating Explainable AI for Health with Confidence

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Professor Gabriela Czanner. This PhD will develop advanced machine learning methods to transform heterogeneous, routinely collected medical data into explainable, uncertainty-aware insights for healthcare decision-making. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Czanner
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Aerodynamics of rough surfaces: transition and heating

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Prof Neil Sandham. High speed boundary layer transition to turbulence over rough surfaces with heat transfer is an outstanding problem in fluid mechanics, with important technological applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Sandham
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Quantum Machine Learning for Efficient Spike Sorting in Low-Cost Neural Recording Systems

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Majid Zamani . This project explores quantum machine learning, specifically quantum kernel methods, to enable efficient spike sorting for resource-constrained neural recording systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Zamani
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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2D-Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanoelectronic Devices for Neuromorphic Computing

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Ruomeng Huang, Prof. Kees de Groot and Dr Shibin Thomas. This project will explore transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) semiconductors to build transistors and memristive devices enabling energy-efficient neuromorphic systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Huang
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Intelligent X-ray computed tomography scanning for advanced manufacturing

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Joseph Lifton. This project will develop intelligent scanning strategies that overcome the limitations of conventional X-ray computed tomography (XCT), enabling inspection of next-generation engineering components. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Lifton
 7 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multifunctional Soft Smart Materials for Adaptive Sensing, Actuation, and Energy Harvesting in Loaded Body Interfaces for People with Disabilities

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Jinghua Tang. This PhD project develops multifunctional soft actuatable materials for integrated sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting in biomedical loaded-body interfaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Tang
 24 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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