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environmental science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 373 environmental science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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PhD Research in Environmental Science

  Research Group: advanced computational science
The Advanced Computing and Emerging Systems (ACES) Group (https://research.reading.ac.uk/aces/) invites applications from prospective PhD students interested in the future of how we process and manage environmental information. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Guedes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Apply now for an IGNITE Doctoral Landscape Award – fully funded PhD opportunities in environmental science

Applications are open for fully funded PhD studentships with IGNITE, a Doctoral Landscape Award funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and hosted by the University of Southampton. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  NERC Doctoral Landscape Award
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Political geographies of digital and robotic technologies

Enquiries and applications are invited for a PhD project in the area of political geographies of digital and robotic technologies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Jackman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Advancing Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure through Smart Flood Hazards Modelling in Scotland

Aim. Floods are among the most destructive natural hazards, threatening ecosystems, urban areas, and critical infrastructure. In Scotland, the increasing frequency and intensity of floods driven by climate change, land-use dynamics, and human activity pose urgent challenges for urban resilience and disaster management. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr LK Khaddour, Prof I Shyha
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Research opportunities in the Department of Environment and Geography

At the University of York Environment and Geography department we supervise a wide range of PhDs in the natural, economic and social sciences that address many of the current, pressing environmental issues of the day. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Social Sciences Research Programme
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Impact of climate change on integrity of engineered lighthouse structures

The ocean is the world’s greatest carbon sink. The ongoing rise of atmospheric CO. 2. will impact ocean CO. 2. absorption, increasing its acidity. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Burnside, Dr K Dobson
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Evaluating the feasibility of social, economic, and environmental sustainability strategies for explosive waste management in small manufacturing facilities - PhD

Sustainability in explosive waste management remains a critical yet understudied challenge, particularly for small-scale, remote manufacturing facilities that often lack the resources and infrastructure of larger defence or industrial operations. . Read more
 Supervisors: Ms T Temple, Dr F Persico, Prof F Coulon
 2 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Digital Twin and AI-Driven Modelling of Seabed Mobility for Offshore Infrastructure

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr WZ Zhang, Dr S McLelland
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Towards a Cleaner Industrial Environment

Industrial manufacturing has long been associated with environmental pollution, particularly in the form of airborne particulate matter generated during machining and processing activities. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I Shyha, Dr LK Khaddour
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Microscale Mechanisms: The Influence of Particle Geometry on Aerodynamic Resuspension

Applications are invited for a 4 year PhD studentship starting in Autumn 2026 as part of the EPSRC CDT in Aerosol Science. Project Overview. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M. D. W. Davies Wykes, Dr R. T. Thomas, Dr E. K. Kruger
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Optimisation of Energy Efficiency and Circular Material Flows in Modern Construction Systems in the UK.

The UK construction sector faces mounting pressure to decarbonise, improve resource efficiency, and meet net-zero targets by 2050. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ND Dan-Jumbo, Dr T O Osunsanmi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mapping Global Health Through Wastewater: A PhD in Biological Pathogen Surveillance and Environmental Genomics

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a rapidly emerging and highly interdisciplinary research field that uses chemical and biological markers in wastewater to provide near-real-time, population-level insights into health, behaviour, and environmental exposures. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Jones
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Impacts of environmental exposures on critically ill children: a national cohort study

  Research Group: Public Health & Epidemiology
Project background. Environmental exposures including air pollution, noise, greenspace and extreme temperature has each been investigated in relation to childhood health outcomes around the world[1]. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SC Cai, Dr S Seaton, Prof A Hansell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Artificial intelligence for environmental fluid dynamics modelling

Supervisory team. Dr Gustavo de Almeida and Dr Sergio Maldonado. This exciting PhD project explores the use of Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) to model complex environmental flows. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G A M de Almeida
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Trends and Mitigations in Behaviour-Based Domestic Stove Emissions

Domestic burning remains a significant contributor to air pollution and have been identified as an area for intervention in the latest Government Environmental Improvement Plan (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-improvement-plan-2025/environmental-improvement-plan-eip-2025). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Lea-Langton
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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