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cryptography PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 19 cryptography PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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PhD in Computing Science - Post-Quantum Cryptography and its Applications

Why Study at the University of Glasgow?. Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof SR Raza, Dr TT Tang
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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On-chip Quantum Cryptography Using Two-Dimensional Materials

Supervisors. Dr Yasir Noori y.j.noori@soton.ac.uk. Frederic Gardes fg5v@ecs.soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Noori
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Building Privacy-Preserving and Secure Decentralized AI via Cryptography

As AI systems scale, privacy, security, and trustworthiness emerge as challenges. For instance, private data may be leaked during model training, and interactions among autonomous entities can lead to vulnerabilities. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Wang
 1 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Chaos-based cryptography

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
 Supervisor: Dr M S Baptista
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Trustworthy Collaboration in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)

Organizations benefit from sharing cyber threat intelligence (CTI), yet direct sharing of raw data, rules, or logs can reveal sensitive business information and undermine security. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Moradpoor, Dr SUJ Ullah Jan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Secure Software Development and AI Security Methods, Tooling, and Assurance

The Blockchain Identity Lab (BIL) supports world-leading research in cryptography, distributed ledgers, privacy-preserving technologies, and sovereign identity such as decentralised identifiers and verifiable credentials. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr PP Papadopoulos, Prof B Buchanan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Ransomware and Extortion-based Attack Simulation and Detection

Edinburgh Napier University’s research Centre for Cyber Security focuses on applied research in areas of threat analysis and detection, digital forensic triage, trust, identity and cryptography, and has had successful real world impact with several spin-out companies. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof RM Macfarlane, Dr S McKeown
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Privacy-preserving Systems around Security, Trust and Identity

Blockpass and the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University have set up an advanced Blockchain Identity Lab (BIL), which supports world-leading research related to cryptography, blockchain, distributed ledger technologies, privacy-preserving machine learning, and their linkage to sovereign identities such as decentralised identities and verifiable credentials. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr PP Papadopoulos, Prof B Buchanan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advancing Photonic Quantum Technologies with Next Generation Single Photon Sources

Join us at the University of Salford to help shape the future of quantum technologies. Quantum Technologies (QTs) underpin many of the innovations that define modern life. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Church, Dr M Hughes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Autonomous Identity-Centric Threat Inference and Response System

 . One fully funded PhD position in the Blockpass Identity Lab at Edinburgh Napier University on a project titled “Autonomous Identity-Centric Threat Inference & Response System”. This work is co-funded by Acumen Cyber. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Buchanan, Prof RM Macfarlane
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum-Secured Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing over Shared Optical Fiber Networks for Smart Infrastructure

Smart infrastructure systems such as intelligent transportation networks, railway monitoring systems, energy grids, and industrial automation platforms increasingly rely on optical fiber technologies for real-time sensing and communication. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof SYG Yu Gang
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unbreakable photonics-based encryption using hybrid electronic-optical systems

Encryption is a cornerstone of modern communication systems, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of data transmitted across networks. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Strain, Dr J Porte-Parera
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Quantum-Resilient Security for Safety-Critical Vehicular Systems (MALIKH_U26CMP)

The rapid growth of connected and autonomous vehicular systems is transforming modern transport infrastructure. However, advances in quantum computing are expected to undermine the security of current cryptographic methods. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr HM Malik
 18 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Quantum Systems Engineering (Ref: SF-SJ-2026)

The Quantum Systems Engineering (QSE) Research Group at Loughborough University has re-established with the ambition of becoming a world-class leader in the emerging, cross-disciplinary field of Qussical Systems - systems that integrate quantum technologies into existing classical infrastructures, such as secure communication networks and reliable navigation systems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Ji, Prof M Henshaw
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advancing Fully Homomorphic Encryption for privacy-preserving applications

Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a type of privacy-enhancing encryption that enables computation directly on encrypted data without needing access to the decryption key or the underlying data itself. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Player, Prof K M Martin
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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