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2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,205 2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN)

Join the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN)

Join the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN)

Join the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN)

Join the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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HW-3-12 Smart Water Engineering for a Waterless Distillery

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 J Andresen, Dr S Pitchaimuthu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Sir Henry Thomas Scholarship for postgraduate Hispanic Studies

We're seeking applications from outstanding candidates for a postgraduate scholarship for research in the fields of Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan or Latin American Studies. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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FULLY FUNDED PhD - The effect of preweaning milk replacer intake on growth, rumen development and long-term productivity of dairy calves, including economic and environmental cost benefit analysis.

'To apply, please click institution website'. Project Description. We are inviting applications for a fully funded cross-disciplinary industrial partnership project. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr KD Denholm, Dr RJ Jones, Dr JC Cooke
 27 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Impairment of cerebral blood flow regulatory mechanisms in stroke: the influence of stroke sub-type, severity and location

  Research Group: Cardiovascular Sciences
The Cerebral Haemodynamics in Ageing and Stroke Medicine (CHiASM) Research Group of the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences has an international reputation for leading research on cerebral haemodynamic alterations resulting from ischaemic and/or haemorrhagic stroke. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JM Minhas, Prof R Panerai
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Laser Frequency Comb Technology for the Extremely Large Telescope

We are seeking to appoint a talented PhD candidate to join the Ultrafast Optics Group at Heriot-Watt by 1 October 2026 and help us to build cutting-edge laser technology for the world’s largest telescope—the ELT—creating ultra-precise “astrocomb” lasers that will enable some of the most exciting science in modern optical astronomy. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Reid
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Advanced Dual-Comb LiDAR: Precision 3D Metrology for Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing

We are seeking to appoint a talented PhD candidate to join the Ultrafast Optics Group at Heriot-Watt, to start by 1 October 2026, to develop a faster and more sensitive implementation of dual-comb ranging—an optical metrology technique combining interferometry-like precision with time-of-flight accuracy. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Reid
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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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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Fully Funded PhD position available: Ethics by design of virtual twins (DC15) as part of ENDOTRAIN MSCA Doctoral Network

PhD position available. Ethics by design of virtual twins (DC15) as part of ENDOTRAIN MSCA Doctoral Network. Application Deadline. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof V Nurock
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Stanley Ray Scholarship

The Stanley Ray scholarships were established thanks to the generosity of the late Stanley Ray. These awards are open to all Home and International applicants who are studying a full- or part-time research programme. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Arts Research Programme
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HW-3-9 Catalytic conversion of biomass to synthesis gas for green industrial processing

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 J Andresen, Dr MO Ojeda
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mapping and mitigating the imperfection spin resonances at the EIC's rapid cycling synchrotron

This project sits at the intersection of particle physics, accelerator science and computational modelling, and would be of interest to anyone wanting to use computer simulations to understand the behaviour of fundamental particles and to contribute to the design of the machines we use to probe the nature of matter. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Apsimon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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