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biomedical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 364 biomedical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Human–Wearable–Robot Interaction: Enabling Seamless Control of Mobile Manipulators via Biosensing Interfaces

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 Z Yu, Dr Y Huang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multimodal LLM Agents for Early Detection of Brain Tumour Recurrence

Brain tumour recurrence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in high-grade gliomas where recurrence rates exceed 70% within two years of treatment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Hoque, Prof T Cootes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in Medical AI: Multimodal Learning, Generative AI, Foundation Models, Digital Twins, VLMs and LLMs

Do you want to shape the future of healthcare with cutting-edge AI? Join us to develop the next generation of trustworthy and clinically deployable Medical AI. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Q Meng
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced 3D Printing and Patterning Technologies for Drug Delivery & Biomaterials

Additive manufacturing processes have advanced over the last 15 years. 3D Printing (a form of additive manufacturing) has unravelled in all areas of science and engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Ahmad
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in measuring and mathematical modelling of N-carboxy anhydride copolymerisation kinetics for predictive pharmaceutical formulation design

We are looking for candidates for a PhD project at the interface of polymer chemistry, reaction kinetics and mathematical modelling to predict copolymer properties from reaction conditions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Zelzer, Dr G Mantovani, Dr R Graham
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Quantum-Enhanced Mid-IR Spectroscopy for High-Precision Sensing

Supervisors. Prof. Senthil Murugan Ganapathy smg@orc.soton.ac.uk. Dr. Katrina Morgan Katrina.Morgan@soton.ac.uk. Prof. Liudi Jiang L.Jiang@soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Ganapathy
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Looping DNA for Nanotechnology and Biomedicine Using Computer Simulations

DNA is often depicted as a perfect double helix, yet inside living cells it is constantly bent, twisted, and supercoiled to perform essential genetic functions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AN Noy
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Silicon photonic sensors for early detection of paediatric sepsis

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)
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Design and synthesis of photoresponsive organic spin-state switches

Supervisors. Dr George Williams G.t.williams@soton.ac.uk; Dr Karl Michael Ziems K.M.Ziems@soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Williams
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of a wearable electro-impedance tomography system for early breast cancer screening

Imagine a future where a simple piece of clothing could help save lives. This PhD project aims to develop a revolutionary smart bra that uses gentle, safe electrical signals to detect breast cancer earlier than ever before. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MH Hesam, Dr TY Yeung
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Ecology and infection in the respiratory tract

Project Details. The lower respiratory tract has a microbiome. It is sparser than the gut microbiome and much less well characterised, but similarly varies in health and disease, has stable composition and has direct interactions with the immune system. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MJ Cox
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling and Optimisation of Mechanical Behaviour in Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) Additive Manufacturing

Summary of the proposed research. Additive Manufacturing (AM) also known as three (3D) dimensional printing, particularly Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) has emerged as a transformative technology in the production of functional components and prototypes across different industries. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MF Fahad
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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AI-Powered Energy-Efficient WBANs for Real-Time Health Monitoring

Summary of the Proposed Research. Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) are central to next-generation healthcare systems, offering continuous real-time monitoring of patient vital signs through wearable sensors. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MB Billah
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Smart garments for personalised compression therapy

This exciting project, a collaboration between the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), and The Centre for Health, will develop a world-first smart sensing layer that can be integrated into the commercially available dynamic compression suit (Flowpresso). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MH Hesam
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of a bioink to enable bioprinting of stromal tissue mimics

Human tissues are complex architectures made up of a combination of cells spatially organised within distinct matrices. Cells make and maintain this matrix, through which they receive biochemical, mechanical, and topological stimuli that are crucial to establish and maintain tissue function. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Swift, Dr A Gilmore, Dr E Skaria
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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