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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 202 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Cargo bikes as a vehicle for transport equity

Supervisory Team. Dr Rich McIlroy. Cargo bikes are promoted as a sustainable alternative to car-based travel, but their use as care infrastructure in a family setting is under-explored. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R McIlroy
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Efficient and trustworthy CFD simulation of hypersonic glide vehicles under dynamic control

Supervisory Team. Ralf Deiterding. Hypersonic glide vehicles operate in an extreme aerothermal environment and are genuinely difficult to control. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Deiterding
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Modelling of liquid-fueled rotating detonation engines for gas-turbine applications

Supervisory Team. Professor Ralf Deiterding. Using a rotating detonation engine (RDE) as gas turbine combustion chamber could increase engine efficiency dramatically. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Deiterding
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing and testing new sensors for characterising ocean carbon dioxide uptake

Supervisory Team. Dr Adrian Nightingale, Dr Allison Schaap, and Prof Rachael James. Oceans are critical to the changing climate, having absorbed a third of all anthropogenic carbon dioxide; hence monitoring ocean uptake is essential for understanding, modelling, and mitigating climate change. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Nightingale
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Designing many-body quantum echoes for quantum computation assisted structure determination

Supervisory Team. Dr Christian Bengs. In this project, you will explore the design of many-body quantum echoes that amplify structurally sensitive data for quantum computation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CB Bengs
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multiphysics modeling of degradation in next-generation thermal barrier coatings

Supervisory Team. Dr. Isha Gupta. This project investigates the failure mechanics of next-generation thermal barrier coatings produced by suspension plasma spray and solution precursor plasma spray, an area where computational modelling remains largely unexplored. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Gupta
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Harnessing Topological Light through Metasurfaces for Intelligent 3D Endoscopy

Supervisory Team. Dr Xu Fang and Dr Eric Plum. This PhD project will develop metasurface-enabled intelligent optical sensing for rapid, accurate identification of miniature features in endoscopy. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Fang
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ferroelectric diodes with 2D semiconductors for future AI hardware

Supervisory Team. Dr Soumya Sarkar, Kees de Groot and Dimitra Georgiadou. Artificial intelligence demands faster, more efficient hardware. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Sarkar
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Solar-Laser Hybrid Sintering for Lunar Regolith Metamaterials

Supervisory team. Dr. Ye Li. This project investigates the microstructural evolution and mechanical behaviour of laser-sintered lunar regolith. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Li
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum Technologies for Early Detection of Dementia

Supervisors. Professor Liudi Jiang L.Jiang@soton.ac.uk. Professor Michael Hornberger M.Hornberger@soton.ac.uk. Project Title. Quantum Technologies for Early Detection of Dementia. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L. Jiang
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing cold plasma sterilisation system for lumened medical devises and complex space instruments

Supervisory Team. Prof Minkwan Kim and Prof Andrea Cammarano. This project tackles the critical challenge of sterilising narrow channels in medical and space instruments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M K Kim
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Excitons in hybrid semiconductor quantum dots for tunable emitters

Supervisors. Silvia Motti silvia.motti@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Motti
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Quantum Technology Engineering

As part of a multi-disciplinary year group at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering, you can pursue exciting Quantum Technology research while following a specialist programme of courses and practical training to prepare you for a career in Quantum Technology science, engineering and industry. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Quantum Reservoir Computing for Photonic and Quantum Materials Modelling

Supervisors. Professor Marian Florescu m.florescu@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Florescu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Low-loss photonics for quantum networks

Supervisors. Prof James Gates j.gates@soton.ac.uk. Prof Corin Gawith corin.gawith@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Gates
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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