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communication engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 524 communication engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Sensing sound: Additive manufacturing enabled metallic metamaterials for enhanced acoustic perception

Sound is fundamental to how people sense, interpret and respond to the world. Yet hearing needs vary between individuals because ear-canal geometry, hearing ability and the sounds that are most important for communication vary from person to person. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Huang, Dr R Millman, Dr R Assier, Dr RS Snell, Dr SN Graetzer
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sustainable and Circular AI Systems

The DPhil student will investigate how the rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be supported by more sustainable and circular hardware and infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof LC Corsini
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Shaping the Future of Global Communications with Hollow Core Fibres

Supervisors. Dr Ian Davidson, Prof. Francesco Poletti. Help create the next generation of hollow-core optical fibres for faster, more efficient communications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Davidson
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Next generation silicon photonic modulators

Supervisors. Professor David Thomson and Dr Bharat Pant. This project develops next-generation silicon photonic modulators for ultra-high-speed, energy-efficient optical communications underpinning AI and high-performance computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Thomson
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising Sustainable Bioplastic Supply Chains: Modelling Nanocellulose Production in the UK

Plastics production and disposal generate around 1.8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, with an estimated 6.1 million tonnes entering oceans. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Islam, Prof P Mativenga
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Geometric characterisation of wire-arc directed energy deposition additive manufacturing MSc by Research

This project offers an opportunity to develop an automated geometric characterisation framework for wire-based directed energy deposition additive manufacturing (w-DEDAM). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JQ Qin, Mr Mr G R Pardal Pardal
 23 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Post-Quantum Threshold Cryptography from Supersingular Isogenies

Quantum computers threaten much of the public-key cryptography currently used to secure digital communications, cloud services, financial transactions, and critical infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Fouotsa, Dr B Magri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The investigation of coastal cliff instability due to extreme weather conditions

Supervisory team. Dr Tiago Gaspar, Prof. Jamie Standing, Prof. Lidija Zdravković (Imperial College London). Project description. With increasingly evident impacts of climate change, there is a growing focus on safeguarding the resilience of geo-infrastructure under extreme weather conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Gaspar
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Microbial governed Biocomputing for Robots with Autonomy and Intelligence (MicroBRAIN)

Supervisory Team. Professor Yannis Ieropoulos. The project is about a novel sensing-computing platform that (a) employs living cells, and (b) is energetically autonomous. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Ieropoulos
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Intelligent Optical Monitoring and Adaptive Timing Control for High-Speed Power Electronic Devices

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6-year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be undertaken within the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and supervised by Dr. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Mehrad, Dr A Tawfik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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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
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Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts for the Security of Internet of Things and Wireless Communications

  Research Group: Applied Computing
The broadcast nature of Wi-Fi has made the wireless access open to new forms of cyber attacks against the IEEE 802.11 standard protocol. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Ghafir
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Fully funded PhD position in fluid mechanics

A PhD position is available in the Laboratory for Multiphase and Reactive Flows (LaMuReF) at Polytechnique Montréal. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Robert, Prof B Savard, Prof PV Versailles
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Circular hybrid manufacturing involving metal binder jetting process

This PhD project will ignite an exciting new research area for the sustainable production, consumption and recycling of metallic materials for use in Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes, in particular binder jetting process. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Bhaduri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A comparative study between binder jetting and powder bed fusion additive manufacturing processes for metallic materials

This PhD project will explore the capabilities of novel metal binder jetting additive manufacturing process for metallic materials, in particular the materials that are compatible for metal injection moulding (MIM) process. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Bhaduri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only