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We have 17 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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On-Package Communication for Heterogeneous 2.5D Chiplet Systems

The semiconductor industry is rapidly shifting towards modular design based on chiplets and Multi-Chip Modules, where multiple dies — CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, memory stacks — are integrated side by side on a common interposer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Bertozzi, Prof J Goodacre
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EPSRC - Neuromorphic Underwater Star Tracking for Navigation and Monitoring

  Research Group: Neuromorphic Systems
When equipped with an upward-facing camera, underwater vehicles can detect objects above the water surface, from insects to satellites. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A van Schaik, Dr A Marcireau
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing magnonic building blocks for neuromorphic computing

This PhD project will develop nanoscale devices which use magnons (collective excitations in magnetic order) as information carriers for ultra-efficient, compact, brain-inspired computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W Griggs
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Building Privacy-Preserving and Secure Decentralized AI via Cryptography

As AI systems scale, privacy, security, and trustworthiness emerge as challenges. For instance, private data may be leaked during model training, and interactions among autonomous entities can lead to vulnerabilities. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Wang
 1 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Physical-Layer Insecurities of Cyber-Physical Systems

  Research Group: Cyber Security
Modern digital systems are increasingly integrated with the physical world. Examples include power grids, autonomous vehicles, and space systems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Kohler, Dr LC Cordeiro
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Safe Agentic/LLM Reasoning via Formal Verification

The target is to explore novel synergies among natural language-based Human-AI interaction, nature-inspired optimization and exploration, the social impacts of Human-AI cooperation on team dynamics, and advanced machine learning in the engineering domain. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr LC Cordeiro
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EPSRC: Spin-lattice dynamics in advanced magnetic materials

  Research Group: Advanced Materials
Advanced magnetic materials provide a versatile platform for exploring emergent spin phenomena and developing next-generation technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Strungaru, Prof T Thomson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Sensorimotor integration in neuromorphic systems

  Research Group: Neuromorphic Systems
Humans navigate complex, dynamic environments every day throughout their lifespans. They recognise objects and other humans and can interact with the environment in a seemingly natural and trivial way. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Detorakis, Prof A van Schaik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Formalizing and Testing Function Boolean Conjectures with LLMs

Formalized mathematics is booming [1,2,3,4] .Traditionally validated manually, mathematicians increasingly formalize and validate proofs in Lean, the interactive theorem prover [5,6]. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof U Sattler, Dr D Winterer, Dr A Mukherjee
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Guiding and Evaluating Neural Theorem Proving

Formalized mathematics is booming [1,2,3,4] .Traditionally validated manually, mathematicians increasingly formalize and validate proofs in Lean, the interactive theorem prover [5,6]. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof U Sattler, Dr D Winterer, Dr A Mukherjee
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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An Institution for TLA+: A Framework for Interoperability

There are a plethora of formal methods used for the specification and verification of critical systems. Each of these is suitable for modelling and anlaysing various aspects of system operation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Farrell
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Formal Semantics of the Perfect Language

Perfect Developer, from Escher Technologies, is a language system that combines specification constructs, programming constructs, code generation and verification. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Banach
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanically Checking the Semantics of Hybrid Event-B

These days, the world is increasingly being populated with systems that interact directly with the physical world. Of course such systems have existed for a long time in niche safety-critical areas, eg. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Banach
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hybrid Event-B and Rodin

These days, the world is increasingly being populated with systems that interact directly with the physical world. Of course such systems have existed for a long time in niche safety-critical areas, eg. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Banach
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Testing Zero Knowledge Proof Toolchains

Zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) toolchains provide the infrastructure to prove statements without revealing private information beyond their truth. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Winterer, Dr LC Cordeiro
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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