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architecture PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 334 architecture PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Telling tall tales: Evolutionary, functional, and genetic underpinnings of mammalian tail diversity

Serial structures are a fundamental feature of animal body plans, from teeth and vertebrae to digits, feathers and scales. Their diversity can arise through changes in three parameters. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr KJ Jones, Prof M A Wills
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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3D Printing Mechanically Adaptive Regenerative Interfaces for Improved Bone Screw Fixation - EPSRC DLA studentship for September 2027 entry

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and presents a significant socioeconomic burden from direct treatment costs, and indirect costs due to losses in productivity. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Vyas
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Self-Maintenance Robot for Long-Term Autonomous Operation in Extreme Environments (Ref: SF-RR-2027)

This PhD project will develop an intelligent self-maintenance robot that enables itself to monitor its own health, diagnose failure modes, decide when and how to intervene, perform autonomous repair strategies and verify functional recovery. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Roy, Dr E Sun
 1 November 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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YES-27-D-26: From mobile dunes to the geological record: predicting desertification and sedimentary heterogeneity under environmental change

How does climate transform dune landscapes and how are those changes preserved as heterogeneous sedimentary successions in the geological record?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr NY Yan, Prof N Mountney, Dr S Dobbie, Dr WJ James
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Building a functional synthetic pyrenoid in plants using components from diverse algal lineages

  Research Group: Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
Photosynthesis in plants is limited by the catalytic efficiency of the CO. 2. -fixing enzyme Rubisco. In most algae and some bryophytes, the performance of Rubisco is enhanced by a CO. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A McCormick, Dr Attila Molnar
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrated design approaches of thermo-active building envelope for near zero carbon buildings and environmental sustainability

The construction sector has seen a high share of energy-related carbon emissions globally due to building operation, posing a great threat to achieving net zero carbon targets by 2050. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Deng
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding how keratin filaments enable cells to withstand mechanical forces

Tissues within the body are frequently exposed to mechanical forces such as stretch and compression. In proliferating epithelial tissue, cells need to be able to protect their nucleus from physical damage during tissue deformations. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Matthews, Prof C Toseland, Dr R Peters
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Virtual Multi-Omics: Decoding the Tumour Microenvironment from H&E Slides using Spatially-Aware AI

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Sciences
Collaborative Project - MRC’s Collaborative awards provide students with experience of collaborative research with a non-academic partner, enabling the student to spend a period of time with the partner (usually no less than three months over the lifetime of the PhD). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J LeQuesne, Dr K yuan, Prof D Chang
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NWD DLA programme: How do microenvironmental signals affect gastric epithelial integrity and organisation?

Background and rationale. This studentship lays the foundation for a new and exciting interdisciplinary collaboration between biomedical scientists in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology (ISMIB) and materials scientists and engineers in the School of Engineering (SoE). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Duckworth, Dr W Sharratt, Prof M Pritchard, Dr J Curran
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cardiff University is offering 3 fully funded AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award PhD studentships across the arts and humanities, starting October 2027

Cardiff University invites applications for three fully funded PhD studentships through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLA) scheme. Read more
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Biofilm Battlegrounds: Investigating how viruses infiltrate archaeal biofilms from cell to molecule

The human gut is home to a hidden third domain of life. archaea. Long overlooked, these ancient microbes are now known to support gut function, and have been linked to a longer, healthier life. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Daum
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Structural and functional characterisation of a type IV secretion system in algal–bacterial symbiosis

Marine microbes form partnerships that shape the biology of our oceans. Among the most important of these are those between algae and bacteria (Fig. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Helliwell
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: A mechanism for CO2 sensing: Epigenetic regulation of the primary cilium

This project will determine how carbon dioxide acts as an epigenetic signal to regulate primary cilium structure and signalling, revealing a previously unrecognised mechanism linking the cellular environment to mammalian cell behaviour. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Cann, Prof John Sayer
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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BISCI IDLA: An innovative bioengineering approach to develop a novel in vitro platform to study human skin itch capable of consumer insights

Itch is an unwanted consumer sensation that accompanies many personal care practises. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Przyborski, Dr YC Chen
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: An innovative bioengineering approach to develop a novel in vitro platform to study human skin itch capable of consumer insights

Itch is an unwanted consumer sensation that accompanies many personal care practises. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Przyborski, Dr YC Chen
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)