events PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Enhanced Deep Learning and Semantic-based Predictive Analytics for Reactive IoT Applications and Streaming Data

The emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) has formed a bridge that connects most of the real-world entities with the related computer entities. Read more

Supervisors: Dr OB Bamgboye, Prof X Liu, Dr KB Babaagba

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Design for early detection of symptoms of anxiety and depression in university students

Anxiety, depression, and psychological distress can have a severe impact on university student quality of life and academic performance, and recent studies have highlighted the role that the COVID-19 pandemic has played in exacerbating symptoms. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Glasgow Caledonian University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Design and Development of Prescriptive Maintenance Framework for Digital Manufacturing

PROJECT REFERENCE NUMBER. Please use reference number SCEBE-21SF-DDPMFDM-Jain. BACKGROUND. The fourth industrial revolution prompted a paradigm shift from predictive to prescriptive maintenance. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A.K Jain, Prof B Alkali

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Brunel University London Environmental Science

Sustainable products & processes - help industry ditch the plastic and toxic chemicals

Material and energy used for making products can have significant adverse environmental, health and safety and or socioeconomic impacts. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Troisi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Disruptive Digital Experiences

Supervisors: Dr H Agius, Dr D Daylamani-Zad

Digital experiences deliberately go beyond simply communicating information - they seek to strongly engage, involve, and emotionally affect the user using digital means. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Design of digital technology and machine learning solutions for mental health

The significant societal and economic impact of mental health conditions worldwide is well documented. With a growing awareness of mental health, the pressing need to streamline access to sustainable care services is now an imperative. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Design of virtual immersive environments for inclusive multimodal experiences

Immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality are a topic of fast-paced research, and knowledge boundaries are presently being pushed by design research on inclusive immersive social environments, among others. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Brunel University London Chemical Engineering

Sustainable production of high-value compounds using cyanobacteria

Increasing environmental challenges mean there is a need for novel, safe, sustainable and cost-effective production technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D McClure

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Brunel University London Chemical Engineering

Sustainable production of Vitamin K1

The project. Vitamin K1 is an essential nutrient in both human and animal nutrition. Given the increasing environmental pressures facing us as a society there is a need to develop safe, sustainable and cost-effective production methods for important compounds. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D McClure

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Design of virtual immersive environments for advanced anatomy training

Virtual immersive environments, including those that are anticipated to become available in the context of the Metaverse – a future immersive virtual world envisaged as a hypothetical iteration of the Internet – hold significant potential for future healthcare education. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Brunel University London Law

International law and the psychological impact of warfare on civilians

Drawing on the emerging field of psychology of international law, the PhD student will examine how international law discusses or should discuss civilian mental harm in warfare from a substantive as well as procedural point of view. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Solomon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Medical Research Council (Cambridge) Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Investigating how mitochondrial dynamics control mtDNA homeostasis and engineering tools to visualise mtDNA molecules

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles forming a specific network by membrane remodeling events according to cellular needs1. Mitochondria contain multiple copies of their own genome, mtDNA, a circular molecule that encodes essential proteins involved in cellular energy production. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Julien Prudent, Prof M Minczuk

16 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Cambridge MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Investigating how mitochondrial dynamics control mtDNA homeostasis and engineering tools to visualise mtDNA molecules

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles forming a specific network by membrane remodeling events according to cellular needs1. Mitochondria contain multiple copies of their own genome, mtDNA, a circular molecule that encodes essential proteins involved in cellular energy production. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Julien Prudent, Prof M Minczuk

16 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Cranfield University School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing (SATM)

Three-dimensional hybrid composites for repair and recycling PhD

This PhD research opportunity focuses on the development of self-healing three-dimensional metal-composite hybrid materials. These will use through-thickness reinforcement to embed metallic elements, acting as a means of targeted heat introduction, to activate re-processable matrices like thermoplastics or vitrimers. Read more

Supervisors: Dr GN Neale, Dr A Skordos

22 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)