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Single-turbine scale quantification of wake turbulence (Ref: AURA26-CK2)

Loughborough University
School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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: Prof C Keylock, Dr J Su
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Nonlinear Time-Series Analysis for Sparsely Sampled, Noisy Stellar Light Curves

University of Aberdeen
School of Natural and Computing Sciences
These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Sandip, Dr M S Baptista
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Beyond Pairwise Interactions: Exploring Higher-Order Dynamics in Complex Systems

University of Aberdeen
School of Natural and Computing Sciences
These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Perez-Reche, Dr J.B. Gramain
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Science Research Opportunities at the University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia
Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
The Faculty of Science is part of Norwich Research Park, one of Europe's leading research centres conducting cutting-edge multidisciplinary research with an annual research spend of over £130 million. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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Postdoctoral Researcher & PhD Student Openings — Battery Sensor Technology & AI

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Applied Physical Science
Postdoctoral Researcher & PhD Student Openings — Battery Sensor Technology & AI Department of Applied Physical Sciences, UNC Chapel Hill. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L Ma
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Collection and analysis of aircraft soot from conventional and Sustainable Aviation Fuels towards contrail and calibration assessment

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Engineering
4 year fully funded EPSRC funded CDT studentship. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Crayford, Dr ED Durand, Prof O Williams
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Thermosphere Modelling for Satellite Drag, Collision Avoidance and Space Weather Resilience

University of Birmingham
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded. Scientific spacecraft, Earth observation missions, communication satellites and large commercial constellations all depend on accurate knowledge of where satellites are now and where they will be in the future. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Elvidge
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Ionospheric, Auroral and Ocean Clutter Models for Monostatic and Bistatic HF Sensing Systems

University of Birmingham
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
High-frequency (HF) sensing is one of the few technologies able to detect objects and characterise environments far beyond the horizon. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Elvidge
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Building a differentiable AI model of apple tissues

University of Auckland
Auckland Bioengineering Institute
This project aims to develop a fully differentiable, physics-based digital twin of apple tissue that links microstructural, biochemical, and mechanical processes to macroscopic fruit quality outcomes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Hussan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing magnonic building blocks for neuromorphic computing

The University of Manchester
Department of Computer Science
This PhD project will develop nanoscale devices which use magnons (collective excitations in magnetic order) as information carriers for ultra-efficient, compact, brain-inspired computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W Griggs
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Secants and birational geometry of toric varieties (Ref: MA/APS-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Algebraic geometry studies geometric objects, called algebraic varieties, that are the solution sets of systems of polynomial equations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Prendergast-Smith
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Computational Modelling of Nuclear Materials (Ref: CM/PG-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University
Department of Mathematical Sciences
An exciting self-funded PhD opportunity to join the Advanced Materials Modelling (AMM) Group at Loughborough. Pressurisation, corrosion and other factors may pose a threat to the safety and integrity of nuclear material packages in long term storage. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Goddard, Prof R Smith, Dr K Jolley
 1 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Eigenvalues of functional difference operators associated to mirror curves (Ref: MA/LS-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Toric Calabi–Yau manifolds play an important role in mathematical physics. Their mirror manifolds can be described by algebraic curves and recently it was observed that quantisation of these curves leads to functionaldifference operators. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Schimmer
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Data-Driven Numerical Modelling of Materials for High-Temperature Nuclear and Energy Applications

University of Sheffield
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Next-generation nuclear and fusion energy systems place unprecedented demands on structural and functional materials, which must operate reliably under extreme thermal, mechanical, and environmental conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Torelli
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Enhancing the Resilience of Offshore Wind Electrical Systems through Digital Twin Tools

University of Sheffield
Offshore Wind CDT
The UK’s expansion of offshore wind is changing the dynamics of the electricity grid, particularly due to the lack of generation inertia worsening power system stability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Griffo, Dr X Chen, Dr M Smailes, Dr A Nambiar
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