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We have 523 chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2026). Research Project: Nano-enabled detection and risk communication of microplastics in ASEAN food chains

Monash University Malaysia

Microplastics are increasingly found in the food chain, with Malaysia and Indonesia among the most impacted due to high plastic consumption. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Athirah Bakhtiar, Assoc Prof Dr Pitaloka

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

Designing highly dispersed metal catalysts for catalytic CO2 conversion

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

Single atom catalysts have emerged as a novel class of catalysts that can exhibit optimal metal utilization, with all metal atoms being exposed to reactants and available for catalytic reactions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Xu, Dr D Lewis, Dr X Fan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Revealing Solvents Under Confinement

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemical Engineering

Many technologies essential to a Net Zero future, including sustainable chemical processing, separations, and energy storage, rely on liquids operating inside nanoporous materials. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Falkowska, Dr T Youngs, Prof C Hardacre

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

Developing an advanced microscopy platform to characterise neuronal internalisation and spreading of pathological protein aggregates

Imperial College London

Department of Brain Sciences

PhD studentship in automated fluorescence microscopy to study intercellular aggregate spreading, Imperial College London. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Ye

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

Towards more understanding of aggregation and scaling of calcium carbonate in the petroleum production facility

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

The scale deposition and aggregation of calcium carbonate in the production facility is challenging problem in the petroleum industry. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Developing a regime map for the roller compaction process

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Roller compaction is a process used by many industries such as pharma, food and fertilizers. Roller compaction is a continuous dry granulation process where the powder particles compressed by two rotating rollers to produce a ribbon like shape compact. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Improving the fertilizers granulation process

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Producing fertilizers with the required specification while minimizing the waste of the manufacturing process is challenging. This research aims to improve the current fertilizer production method by designing the products to achieve the required specifications such as strength, size and dissolution/disintegration time. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Continuous Catalyst Manufacturing process towards more sustainability

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Many industries looking to improve the sustainability of their manufacturing lines to maximise resource efficiency while reducing the environmental impact. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Towards more understanding of the particle dissolution process in the liquid

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Dissolution of the powder in a liquid is of highly importance for many industries such as food, pharma, fertilizers and many others. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

2D-Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanoelectronic Devices for Neuromorphic Computing

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Ruomeng Huang, Prof. Kees de Groot and Dr Shibin Thomas. This project will explore transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) semiconductors to build transistors and memristive devices enabling energy-efficient neuromorphic systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Huang

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

Exploiting peptide design in linking hydrogel and spread film properties in the development of novel antibacterial films

The University of Manchester

Division of Pharmacy and Optometry

Research Group: Division of Pharmacy and Optometry

This project combines expertise in pharmacy and biotechnology to tune polypeptide/surfactant film properties through the design of novel peptides characterised using advanced physical characterisation techniques and relate the film properties to those of hydrogels. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Campbell, Prof A Saiani, Prof A Miller

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

HW-3-12 Smart Water Engineering for a Waterless Distillery

Heriot-Watt University

Green Industrial Futures Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT GIF)

This PhD is one of a number of projects hosted by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Green Industrial Futures (CDT-GIF). We are offering pioneering research projects that will enable PhD researchers to explore key technologies and solutions that will support UK industry to reach net zero. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Andresen, Dr S Pitchaimuthu

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

Shaping the Future of Global Communications with Hollow Core Fibres

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Ghafour Amouzad Mahdiraji, and Professor Francesco Poletti. About the project. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Davidson

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

Self-Funded PhD opportunity in Physics (Ref: SCI26-SF-004)

Loughborough University

School of Science

Physics at Loughborough University offers PhD research spanning fundamental physics and applied work in materials, photonics, and biomedical settings. . Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Betouras

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Gel brain and body - What if intelligence does not arise from a brain controlling a body, but from a electroactive hydrogel that computes and moves simultaneously?

University of Reading

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Project Overview. Life begins as a single cell. At this stage, there is no distinction between brain and body, no predefined controller, and no specialised architecture for computation or actuation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Hayashi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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