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energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 818 energy engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Digital Twin Platform for AI-Based Optimisation, Resilience Assessment, and Energy Management of Smart Microgrids (Ref: FS-ES-04-2027-22)

The transition towards low-carbon power systems is driving the need for intelligent, resilient, and highly efficient electricity networks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Habtay, Dr M Salimi
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Smart Contracts for Fair and Sustainable Energy Sharing

Supervisory Team. Dr Vahid Yazdanpanah, Dr Stephanie Gauthier and Professor Sebastian Stein. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Yazdanpanah
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Investigating heat transfer in advanced geothermal systems; integration to different sources of demand

The transition to a low-carbon energy system requires new solutions that can simultaneously address climate change and energy security. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Brown, Prof M Huuse
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hybrid Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Multi-Vector Energy System Optimisation

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 Anton Hettiarachchige Don and Dr Edward Smart. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Masum, Dr A Hettiarachchige Don, Dr E Smart
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Smart Grids for Decarbonisation and Flexibility: Renewable and Transport Energy Integration

Achieving net-zero emissions requires an energy system that is highly flexible, resilient, and capable of integrating large volumes of renewable generation and electrified transport. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z T Tian
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Engineering Safer Healthcare Water Systems: Evaluating Cold Water Recirculation for Water Quality and Pathogen Control

  Research Group: Institute of Sustainable Built Environment
Do you want to help shape the future design of safer and more sustainable healthcare buildings through cutting-edge engineering research? We are seeking an ambitious PhD candidate to investigate the role of cold water recirculation systems in healthcare buildings and their implications for water quality, infection prevention, and sustainable water management. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Kelly, Prof M Gormley
 17 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Scholarship Project: Structural Electrodes for Li-S Batteries

Structural batteries, or structural materials that can also store and deliver electrical energy, could play a pivotal role in decarbonising challenging industries such as aviation, by integrating the power source within, say, the aeroplane fuselage itself. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr HA Au
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integration of Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Composite plasma facing components for Fusion Reactor Environments (CF4-MAC-Neale)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award and the Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Neale, Prof C Race
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Plastic upcycling using renewable hydrogen sources

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
 Supervisors: Dr I Graca, Dr C Fernandez-Martin, Dr A McCue
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Green methods to revalorise plastic wastes: transformation into sustainable materials and chemicals

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
 Supervisors: Dr C Fernandez-Martin, Dr A McCue
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design and Simulation of an Adaptive Product-Service System for Distributed Manufacturing

Product-service systems (PSS) aim to deliver value-in-use through integrated product and service solutions. Underpinned by sustainability research, PSS intends to produce a balanced approach to production and consumption. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Vasantha, Dr K Goh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The UKAEA Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)

Fusion energy is a generational challenge at the cutting edge of physics an engineering. The UK is already viewed as the world leader in the fusion energy sector, but it needs significantly more leaders. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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The UKAEA Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)

Fusion energy is a generational challenge at the cutting edge of physics an engineering. The UK is already viewed as the world leader in the fusion energy sector, but it needs significantly more leaders. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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The UKAEA Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)

Fusion energy is a generational challenge at the cutting edge of physics an engineering. The UK is already viewed as the world leader in the fusion energy sector, but it needs significantly more leaders. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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The UKAEA Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)

Fusion energy is a generational challenge at the cutting edge of physics an engineering. The UK is already viewed as the world leader in the fusion energy sector, but it needs significantly more leaders. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training