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ai PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 737 ai PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Sep 2027 Start: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI): Methodological Advances in Machine Learning, Generative AI and Reinforcement Learning

  Research Group: Bayesian and Neural Systems Group
A fully funded Machine Learning and AI PhD position to work with Prof Amos Storkey in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, on a project titled “Methodological Advances in Machine Learning, AI or Reinforcement Learning”. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Storkey
 21 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI for cybersecurity and trustworthy AI systems

Supervisory team. Dr BooJoong Kang. Artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity while creating new challenges for the security and trustworthiness of AI systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Kang
 30 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Agentic AI for Autonomous, Resilient, and Sustainable Smart Grid Systems

The rapid integration of renewable energy resources, distributed energy resources (DERs), electric vehicles (EVs), battery energy storage systems (BESS), and intelligent grid-edge devices is fundamentally transforming conventional electrical power systems into highly decentralized and cyber-physical smart grids. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Charles Sarimuthu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Agentic AI for Autonomous Things: Vision-Language-Action Models, Embodied Intelligence and Real-World Decision-Making

Artificial intelligence is moving beyond passive prediction towards systems that can reason, plan, interact and act. This shift is driving rapid progress in agentic AI - i.e., AI systems that can interpret goals, make decisions, use tools, coordinate with humans and operate in changing real-world environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Atapour-Abarghouei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Medical AI: From 3D Imaging and Vision-Language Models to Surgical Robotics and Clinical Agents

  Research Group: Digital Healthcare and Medical Imaging Research Group
Applications are welcome from prospective PhD students, research master students, and visiting scholars who are interested in developing advanced artificial intelligence methods for healthcare. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Z Zhang, Prof JL Lima
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Responsible Generative AI for Preventative Health Behaviour Change

Are you ready to be at the forefront of AI innovation and redefine how Generative AI can support real-world health behaviour change? Join us on a cutting-edge project investigating how adaptive and explainable conversational AI systems can support smoking cessation and long-term behaviour change in public-sector health contexts. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Generative AI for Personalised Feedback in Digital Learning

Are you ready to be at the forefront of AI innovation and transform how digital learning is designed, delivered, and experienced? Join us on a cutting-edge project investigating how generative AI can provide automated assessment and personalised feedback in digital learning environments, with a particular focus on health and social care education. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Agentic AI-Based Behaviour and Intent Prediction within Aviation Operations

Are you ready to shape the future of aviation operation and create AI solutions that enhance operator safety and effectiveness in real-time? This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to design and implement agentic AI-based systems capable of predicting behaviours and intentions in high-stakes aviation environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Human-Centred AI for Digital Health: Designing Trustworthy AI Tools with Patients, Practitioners and Communities

AI is rapidly entering health and care. Large language models (LLMs) are already being used to draft clinical notes, answer patients’ questions, support helpline counsellors and help people find the right service. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Varghese
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Artificial Intelligence–Derived Retinal, ECG and Echocardiographic Biomarkers for Early Detection and Risk Prediction of Heart Failure in Hypertension and Diabetes Clinics

This project develops and validates AI-derived retinal, ECG, echocardiographic, and serum biomarkers to enable early detection and risk prediction of heart failure in patients with hypertension and diabetes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Sankaranarayanan, Prof GYH Lip, Dr U Alam, Dr Y Zheng
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Risk-Informed Human–AI Collaboration in Construction Projects: Dynamic Allocation of Decision-Making and Control

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in construction to support planning, risk prediction, monitoring and operational decision-making. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Cheung, Dr A Yunusa-Kaltungo, Prof SW Wills, Dr MI Ibrahim
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Insect Cognition: Computational Models for Behavior, Brain Imaging and Bio-Inspired Robotics

Understanding how the insect brain functions and generates behaviors is crucial for fields such as ecology, biodiversity conservation, agriculture, pest control, disease prevention and robotics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O Riabinina, Dr A Atapour-Abarghouei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Self-evolving AI (LLM) Software System

  Research Group: IDEAS
Software systems are eating the world but Artificial intelligence (AI) is eating the software systems. When we are using AI or Large Language Model (LLM), we rarely use the model/algorithm directly. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TC Chen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SustAI CDT - The URKI AI Centre Doctoral Training in AI for Sustainability will be recruiting for September 2026

Environmental sustainability is one of the greatest challenges the world is facing, with many organisations and countries, including the UK, setting ambitious targets to reduce emissions and waste and increase renewable energy production. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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Supporting Remote Collaboration Through AI-Enhanced AR Glasses

Augmented reality glasses are increasingly being explored as tools for remote collaboration, training, and workplace assistance. In technical work settings, a trainee or worker may need guidance from a more experienced colleague who is not physically present. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Nagy
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only