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data science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 783 data science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Individualised Utility Based Decision Modelling for Personalised Clinical Decisions

Traditional cost‑effectiveness models underpin healthcare resource allocation by estimating population‑average outcomes and utilities associated with treatments. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Marshall, Dr R McDonald
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Deconstructing biofilms

Lead supervisor. Dr Agnes Noy. Co-supervisors. Dr Martin Fascione and Prof Gavin Thomas. The student will be registered with the Department of Physics, Engineering and Technology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AN Noy, Dr M A Fascione, Prof G Thomas
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Query Performance Prediction in Context of Conversational Search

Query performance prediction (QPP) is a crucial task in information retrieval (IR) that estimates the effectiveness of a search system for a given query without requiring human relevance judgments. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MU Ullah , Dr D Gkatzia
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Machine Learning for Semi-Automated Evaluation of Computer Programming Assignments

Evaluating student assignments puts a tremendous burden to teachers. Besides investigating if, and in what extent, a student has used AI, other aspects have to be evaluated as well, such as creativity and/or originality, just to name a few. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Horváth
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Uncovering the role of epigenetics in modifying disease risk

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered many genetic associations linked to health outcomes but uncovering the mechanisms behind these associations remains difficult. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Min, Dr E Hannon, Dr G Leyden, Prof J MIll
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multi-modal machine learning for cybersecurity in the Internet-of-Things (IoT)

With the time, the intruders are becoming more intelligent with higher ability of attacking networks without being identified. Multi-modal machine learning-based intelligent intrusion detection systems must be designed to identify stealthy and adversarial cyber attacks. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SUJ Ullah Jan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Optimal prediction of dynamical systems with incomplete data

Dynamical systems describe a variety of real-life problems related to evolution over time. It is often the case that the problems are so complicated that mathematical models for them either do not exist or are not accurate enough. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Utyuzhnikov
 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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Adaptive Information Allocation in Machine Learning

Stochastic gradient methods represent a key computational engine of large-scale modern machine learning. To estimate gradient directions, they sample training data uniformly at random, independently of their informational value. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Kaban
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Anxiety-Related Attention Bias in Everyday Situations: Mechanisms and VR-Based Modification

This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Voinescu
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War

Transforming Understanding | Shaping a Free Future. The vast majority of contemporary conflicts involve some form of modern slavery. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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Evaluating and applying advanced statistical methods for hierarchical composite outcomes (Win Ratio) in complex intervention trials in low-and middle-income countries

  Research Group: Division of Psychology and Mental Health
Applications are now open for a unique studentship opportunity based in Pakistan. The NIHR-funded ACROSS (Affordable Cardiac Rehabilitation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Pierce, Prof N Husain, Dr A Blakemore
 15 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multimodal Media Analysis and Explainable Decision Support for Rural Communication and Governance in China: Evidence from Hollowed Villages

To cultivate research talents with global leadership, interdisciplinary innovation capabilities, and international research collaboration capabilities… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Zong
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Digital Intelligent Conservation and Adaptive Use of Urban and Rural Heritage

Our project investigates how artificial intelligence and digital intelligence technologies can advance the conservation and adaptive reuse of urban and rural heritage in China. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof MA Schnabel
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Personalised Survival Prediction and Treatment Optimisation in Oesophageal Cancer

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shamsul Masum, Dr Edward Smart and Philip Pucher (Consultant from Portsmouth Hospital University Trust). . Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Masum, Dr E Smart, Dr P Pucher
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only