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We have 45 concrete PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Intelligent Auditing in Practice: Designing, Testing and Embedding AI-Enabled Methods for High-Quality, Trusted Assurance

This PhD project pioneers next-generation audit methods that embed artificial intelligence and advanced analytics at the heart of the audit process, with the twin goals of raising audit quality and boosting efficiency. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J van Buuren
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Synergies between thermal and optical properties of the Urban Green Infrastructure - urban surfaces system

The combined effects of urbanization and global warming intensify urban overheating and increase both the frequency and severity of climate change–driven extreme heat events with detrimental consequences to public health and infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C.H. Halios
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Intelligent Software Engineering in the era of Agentic AI

Given the tremendous development of AI in recent years, innovations like the Agentic AI that is based on Large Language Model (LLM), e.g., ChartGPT, have significantly impacted our daily lives. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TC Chen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Computational abstraction for biologically plausible models of reasoning

  Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
Project Description. AI research today adheres to a data-first paradigm. From a mathematical perspective, however, data can be seen as a product of models, i.e., mathematical assumptions such as structures, variables, and parameters, underlying AI systems.  . Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Kido, Dr Y Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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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  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Behaviour of FRP reinforced shear walls under cyclic loading

In the last 2 decades fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) materials have become a suitable material for strengthening of existing Civil Engineering structures for their resistance to corrosion and high strength among other excellent material properties. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Petkova
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Automatic inspection of cement pavement health condition using GPR

The health and structural integrity of cement pavements are critical to ensuring road safety, longevity, and cost-effective maintenance. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Zou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Delivering infrastructure and construction manufacturing (Ref: ABCE-ICM-26)

Join an internationally recognised school for advanced digital manufacturing, specialising in 3D Concrete printing, materials and structural design. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Blanco
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Measuring Everyday Resilience: Tools for Understanding How People Plan for and Navigate Emerging Life Challenges

  Research Group: Healthcare
Summary. People vary widely in how they handle the everyday challenges of modern life. Some notice early warning signs, prepare for possible difficulties, and draw together support from family, services, peers, and digital systems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J J Maltby, Prof SJJ Johnson
 Year round applications  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

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
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Rethinking embodied carbon accounting of construction materials: from attributional snapshots to consequential causal modelling

The construction sector is one of the largest global sources of greenhouse gas emissions, primarily due to the production of carbon-intensive materials such as cement and steel. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr BD D'amico, Dr SLT Thomson, Prof E Hart
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Innovative low carbon construction materials for future infrastructure

Achieving decarbonisation targets in the construction sector requires the development of innovative, resource-efficient, and low-carbon construction materials. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Ghiassi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Trustworthy multi-agent LLM systems for security and privacy in software engineering

Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming software development and software engineering. Instead of relying on a single model, recent approaches use multiple AI agents for software development activities. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof AS Sami
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Vegetation-based climate change adaptation measures for earth infrastructure (fully funded for candidates with UK citizenship or EU citizenship with pre-settled or settled status)

Project summary. Climate change will affect the performance of existing earth infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Tarantino, Dr M Pedrotti
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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3D Solar Flare simulations: a hybrid MHD-beam approach

This PhD project will start by exploring the current state-of-the-art hybrid magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) particle beam flare models of Ruan et al. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Druett
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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