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2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,217 2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Integrated ultra-high-Q ring resonators

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof James Gates and Prof Corin Gawith. Integrated ring resonators are a key component in photonics and will be an enabling technology in several areas, including the stabilisation of atom trap clocks, rotation sensors and narrow-linewidth lasers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Gates

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Developing high performance optical amplifiers for the future of space communications

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Kyle Bottrill and Prof Periklis Petropoulos. The space communication environment is like no other, subjecting data-carrying lasers to immense transmission distances, substantial Doppler shifts and, in some cases, a highly turbulent atmosphere. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Bottrill

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

AI-based modelling of perforated surfaces in complex flows for noise control

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Long Wu. This project uses physics-informed machine learning to model how perforated surfaces contribute to noise reduction in complex flows. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Wu

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Picophotonics: the science of light-matter interactions at sub-nanometre scale

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Kevin MacDonald and Prof Nikolay Zheludev. Optical imaging and metrology techniques now routinely break the classical diffraction limit on resolution. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Nonlinear Photonics for Quantum Technologies

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Corin Gawith and Prof James Gates. Nonlinear parametric photonics creates an interface between light and the atoms/ions and detectors used in quantum systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Gawith

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Multimodal Large Language Model for Human-Centered Robots

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. Tan Viet Tuyen Nguyen. This project explores the development of a Multimodal Large Language Model that empowers robots to understand and respond to humans through vision, language, and other sensory data. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Nguyen

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Surface chemistry and gas reactions in hollow-core optical fibres

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Professor Austin Taranta, Professor Natallie Wheeler and Dr. Hesameddin Mohammadi. Hollow core fibres are transforming applications in communications, sensing, and high-power laser delivery. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Taranta

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Fabricating Photonic Lanterns to Mitigate Scintillation in Satellite-borne Optical Communication Signals

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Kyle Bottrill, Prof Periklis Petropoulos and Dr Debparna Majumder. Just as starlight falling on the surface of the Earth twinkles when affected by atmospheric turbulence, so too do optical communication signals transmitted from an orbiting satellite to a ground-station. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Bottrill

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Engineering Coherence in Metamaterials and Metasurfaces

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Giorgio Adamo and Dr Eric Plum. Systems where coherence establishes spontaneously, such as lasers, Bose-Einstein condensates, superradiant emitters and time crystals, are important for classical and quantum technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Adamo

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Building the future of optical fibre communications

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Professor Periklis Petropoulos, Dr Kyle Bottrill and Dr Hao Liu. Optical fibre networks power all aspects of modern digital life, enabling AI applications and advanced wireless systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Petropoulos

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Silicon photonic sensors for early detection of paediatric sepsis

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. David J Rowe and Professor Goran Mashanovich. This PhD project focuses on developing silicon photonic sensors that can detect early biomarkers of sepsis in children - quickly, accurately, and at the point of care. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Rowe

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Next-Generation UV-Visible Guiding Hollow-Core Fibres

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Gregory Jasion and Professor Francesco Poletti. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Davidson

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Brain-inspired security primitive for secure hardware in space

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Firman Simanjuntak and Dr Basel Halak. Memristors mimic how the brain learns—offering low-cost, secure, and energy-efficient computing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Simanjuntak

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Fibre laser based mid infrared sources and their applications

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. Lin Xu and Prof. Sumeet Mahajan. This project focuses on developing high-power, short-pulse fibre lasers at near-infrared wavelengths and converting them to the mid-infrared using advanced nonlinear optics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Xu

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Experimental Measurement and Modelling of Turbulent Dispersed Multiphase Flows using Computer Vision and Machine Learning

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. John Lawson. This PhD tackles the challenge of understanding turbulent emulsions, which is crucial for developing cleaner, more efficient industrial processes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Lawson

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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