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1 plus 3 PhD PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 152 1 plus 3 PhD PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Computational Chemistry Driven Design of Improved Thermal Batteries

Thermal batteries (often termed primary reserve batteries) offer several key advantages over primary and secondary batteries due to their long shelf life, high temperature stability, quick activation, reliability, robustness and the fact that they are maintenance-free. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof DS Scanlon
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in UK Semiconductor Industry Future Skills

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in UK Semiconductor Industry Future Skills is a joint initiative between Swansea University's Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials and the University of Leeds and will recruit at least 50 students over 5 annual cohorts between the two sites. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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SU-2-2 Integrative systems of carbon removal technologies and green hydrogen scale up and standardisation

This PhD is one of a number of projects hosted by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Green Industrial Futures (CDT-GIF). We are offering pioneering research projects that will enable PhD researchers to explore key technologies and solutions that will support UK industry to reach net zero. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof L Koh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Dexterous Manipulation for Hybrid Robots Using Reinforcement Learning

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Hybrid Robotic manipulators combine soft and rigid components that allow them to be safer and more reliable than their rigid counterparts during their interactions with the world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr BJ Jamil
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Accelerating Electrons with Light – laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration

Project Background. Laser wakefield acceleration has demonstrated the production of GeV-scale electron beams in centimeter-scale accelerators using plasma waves as a driver. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Arran
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Smart Network-on-Chip Design for Congestion Management in 2.5D Chiplet Systems

  Research Group: Advanced processor technologies
The semiconductor industry is rapidly shifting towards modular design based on chiplets and Multi-Chip Modules, where multiple dies — CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, and memory stacks — are integrated side by side on a common interposer. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Bertozzi
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship in parent-infant relationships

  Research Group: Public Health and Society
The Department of Health Sciences is inviting applications for a PhD studentship. The student would be based on campus in the Family Wellbeing Team at the University of York (it is not suitable for distance learning). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Blower, Dr K Mooney, Prof P Tiffin
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Development and function of neural circuits underlying collective behaviour

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Michael Winding. Project background and description. Collective behaviour is observed across the animal kingdom, from fish schools to insect foraging groups. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M W Winding
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Supramolecular Lipid Nanoparticle Functionalisation Platform for Targeted Delivery of Nucleic Acids

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Charlie McTernan. Project background and description. We are a synthetic chemistry group working in supramolecular and biological chemistry, and nanotechnology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C McTernan
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tissue immunity and immune memory in response to viral and bacterial lung infections

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Andreas Wack. Project background and description. We are interested in determinants of disease severity in lung infections including influenza, COVID and bacterial infections. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Wack
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Cryo-EM structure of mechanically unfolded proteins

A 2027 Crick Joint PhD project with Alessandro Costa and Sergi Garcia-Manyes. Project background and description. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Garcia-Manyes Garcia-Manyes , Dr A Costa
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Physics-Informed Digital Twin for Guided Wave-Based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Rogers, Dr P Xu, Dr H Laalej
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EASTBIO Better Putting Through Better Looking: Using Vision Science To Enhance Skilled Performance

This study aims to examine how vision science can be used to enhance skilled performance – in the context of golf putting. Golf putting provides an ideal context in which to apply the methods and knowledge generated by vision science. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Donaldson, Dr J Ales
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Evolutionary genetic monitoring of endangered species recovery

  Research Group: Organisms and Environment
Project Description. ​​This PhD project will investigate the genomic consequences of population decline and recovery in two iconic apex predators, the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) and white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Hailer, Dr D Stanton, Dr E Chadwick, Prof JM Meier
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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New pharmacological tools for targeting P2X receptors in cancer (STOKESL_U27SCI)

Primary Supervisor - Dr Leanne Stokes. There is a growing literature documenting the exploitation of ion channels by cancer cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Stokes
 24 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)