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drug delivery PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 91 drug delivery PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Bioactive, biodegradable coatings for urinary medical devices

The incidence of infection associated with indwelling medical devices is considerable and increases with the dwell time and location of the device. … Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Pharmacokinetics Guided Natural Products Exploration for Drug Discovery, Development, Delivery and Therapy

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics
Natural products have emerged as a key standard in novel and safe delivery of anticancer bioactive compounds. Apart from their ease of administration and delivery, natural/phytochemicals still face several hurdles, due to their physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Muhammad Wahajuddin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Nanoscale Additive Manufacturing of Buccal Microneedle Patches for Enhanced Trans-Mucosal Drug Transport

Project Details. Buccal drug delivery offers a promising, non-invasive route for the systemic administration of both small-molecule and biologic therapeutics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Russell, Prof AR Mohammed
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Microneedle-mediated Intradermal Delivery: Potential for Lymphatic Targeting of Therapeutic Agents

Though immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of cancer to improve disease outcomes, an array of challenges remain that limit wider clinical success, including low rate of response and immune-related adverse events. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Donnelly, Dr A Paredes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Non-invasive Therapy for Soft Tissue Reconstruction: Applications in Cosmetics and Wound Healing

Soft tissue reconstruction is emerging as an important strategy to repair and replace diseased or damaged tissue that has been compromised due to tumour removal, injury, trauma, aging, etc. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O Al Musaimi, Dr K Wooi Ng
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Targeting drugs to the intestinal lymphatic system for improved treatment of autoimmune conditions, cancer and HIV

Intestinal system plays an important role in the pathophysiology of a number of diseases, including autoimmune conditions, cancer and HIV. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Gershkovich, Dr G Mantovani
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Implants for Localised Combination Therapy in Cancer: Delivery of Anticancer Drugs and Radiosensitisers

This PhD project will develop biodegradable implants for the localised treatment of solid tumours using combination therapy. The implants will be primarily fabricated using melt-processing techniques, enabling scalable and reproducible production of drug-loaded devices. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Larraneta, Dr J Coulter
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Microfluidic Encapsulation of biologics into Nanomedicines

Progress in drug design has led to the development of new peptides, proteins, and drug molecules. However, the limited ability to deliver selectively these molecules at well-defined dosing regimens and without invoking drug-resistance remains a significant challenge. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Lamprou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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4D printed Biomaterials in cancer therapeutics

According to WHO, cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with nearly 1 in 6 deaths been due to cancer. The principal modes of cancer management are surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and pharmaceutical agents. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Lamprou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Smart Implantable and Biomaterial Systems for Targeted Therapy

PhD projects aim to develop advanced biomaterial-based and implantable drug delivery systems that address key clinical needs in oncology, urology, and chronic pain management. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Andrews, Dr S Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Nanotechnologies for cancer: developing new polymer-drug conjugates for the treatment of a range of cancers

Polymer anticancer-drug conjugates are drug delivery systems in which a low molecular weight anticancer agent is covalently conjugated to a water-soluble polymeric carrier. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Greco, Prof H Osborn
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design and Development of Ultra‑Long‑Acting Injectable Depot Technologies for Chronic Viral Infection Therapy

This project aims to create an ultra‑long‑acting injectable platform capable of delivering antiviral therapy for months at a time. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Qi
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Infection-responsive coatings for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Medical care has transformed over the last century with significant improvements in the variety and extent to which various diseases can be treated and/or prevented. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Wylie
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Computational nanorobotics with machine learning

Supervisory Team. Ondrej Hovorka and Ivo Peters. The project develops intelligent nanorobots for autonomous control and adaptive behaviour in liquid nanoscale environments, exploring algorithms for simulation, control, and prediction with applications in drug delivery, diagnostics, and nano-manipulation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Hovorka
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Controlling Transport of Colloidal Particles in Complex Fluids in Microfluidic Devices

The rapidly evolving field of microfluidics, in which fluids are manipulated at a microscopic scale, finds many applications in industries, ranging from the pharmaceutical to the oil industry. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Singh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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