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2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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

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Supersolids and Quantum Droplets in Light-Mediated Quantum Gases

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 Supervisors: Dr E Haller, Prof T Ackemann
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Spatial Immunophenotyping of the Chicken Respiratory Tract: A Spatial Multimodal Approach to Avian Respiratory Immunity to Influenza Virus Infection

This study integrates mIHC, AI-driven analysis, and spatial transcriptomics to map the innate immune response in the chicken respiratory tract following H5N1 HPAIV and H7N9 LPAIV infection. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Behboudi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Collaborative Computational Modelling at the Interface

Collaborative Computational Modelling at the Interface (CCMI) - EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), between University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London, offering a fully funded 4-year PhD programme. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Collaborative Computational Modelling at the Interface

Collaborative Computational Modelling at the Interface (CCMI) - EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), between University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London, offering a fully funded 4-year PhD programme. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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The Nanyang Business School (NBS) PhD Programme

The PhD Programme is offered by Nanyang Business School (NBS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Singapore PhD Programme
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AI-powered beam instrumentation for plasma wakefield acceleration

Project Background. AWAKE is the world’s first proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment. It utilizes 400 GeV proton bunches from the CERN SPS to drive plasma wakefields with an amplitude of ~ GV/m (which are orders of magnitude higher than conventional accelerators). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Welsch
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploiting Laser Pulse Shaping and Phase Space Tomography to Optimise Longitudinal Beam Dynamics at the Interaction Point of CLARA

Introduction and Motivation. The Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA) at Daresbury Laboratory places significant emphasis on providing tailored beam properties for a range of user experiments that push the frontiers of accelerator science. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Wolski, Dr A E P Pollard
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Towards compact Gamma-ray Free Electron Lasers

Project Background. Over the past few decades, X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have become the pre-eminent tool for studying the structure and dynamics of materials at the molecular scale. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Robb
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of a Low-Level RF (LLRF) System for Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Control of a Superconducting RF Cavity

Project Background. The superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities made of bulk niobium (Nb) are used in charged particle accelerators for more than 50 years. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Marks
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Non-linear optics for application to laser-driven acceleration of relativistic beams in vacuum

There is immense interest in femtosecond-duration high-energy electron beams in both the condensed matter and high-energy particle physics scientific communities, for their application in exploring femtosecond processes in materials, and for future particle colliders. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Jamison
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Superconducting thin film coated radio-frequency cavities

Project Background. The superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities made of bulk niobium (Nb) are used in charged particle accelerators for more than 50 years. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Burt
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design of a cargo scanning linac for security applications

Project Background. Industrial applications is one of the three key areas of the Cockcroft Core grant, whereby security linacs has been identified as one of the priority areas supported by the BDG. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Burt
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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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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Accelerator design for leather tanning and related applications

This project focuses on the use of electron beams to tan leather in a novel process described by industry as potentially the biggest disruption to the process in 150 years. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Apsimon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How do we control the shape and time structure of our very short bunches using THz-driven structures?

Particle accelerators are powerful tools that have driven major discoveries in physics, from finding the Higgs boson to developing new materials. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Appleby
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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