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free PhD in europe PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 134 free PhD in europe PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Building the future of optical fibre communications

Supervisory Team. Professor Periklis Petropoulos, Dr Kyle Bottrill and Dr Hao Liu. Optical fibre networks power all aspects of modern digital life, enabling AI applications and advanced wireless systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Petropoulos
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Miniaturised Mid-Infrared Photonic Systems for Gas Detection and Mapping

Supervisory Team. Professor Goran Mashanovich and Dr. Milos Nedeljkovic. This project explores compact mid-infrared (mid-IR) LiDAR systems for gas sensing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Mashanovich
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Intelligent Nanofabrication for Nanophotonics

Supervisory Team. Prof Kevin MacDonald, Dr Ben Mills and Prof Nikolay Zheludev. Focused ion beam (FIB) milling is a key enabling technology in physical sciences research and industrial micro/nanotech manufacturing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ultra-stable Hollow core fibre photonics

Supervisory Team. Prof. Radan Slavik, Dr. Meng Ding and Dr. Giuseppe Marra. About the project. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Slavik
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Transition and turbulence simulations for high-speed aerodynamics applications

Supervisory team. Prof Neil Sandham. New computer hardware is enabling us to carry out computer simulations of the most pressing problems in aerodynamics, relating to boundary layer transition and turbulence. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Sandham
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mid-infrared hollow-core fibre and laser development

Supervisory Team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Lin Xu and Professor Natalie Wheeler. About the Project. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Davidson
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrated polysilicon photonics

Supervisory Team. Prof Anna Peacock and Prof David Thomson. This project seeks to develop a simple, low-cost laser materials processing procedure to fabricate high quality polysilicon photonic platforms that will ease issues associated with optoelectronic integration. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Peacock
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced Lasers for Quantum Enhanced Microscopy

Supervisors. Dr. Lin Xu l.xu@soton.ac.uk. Prof. Sumeet Mahajan. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Xu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ultrasonic detection and monitoring of challenging defects in composite pipes

Supervisory Team. Michal Kalkowski and Prof Michele Meo. Pipelines are the gold standard of long-range resource transport. Their integrity is paramount to the health of the environment, while remote automated monitoring with minimal intervention is essential for sustainability. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MK Kalkowski
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Material platforms for low-loss photonic integration in the UV-VIS spectrum

Supervisory Team. Dr Thalia Dominguez Bucio and Prof Frederic Gardes. Explore advanced material platforms for UV-VIS photonic integrated circuits. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Dominguez Bucio
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multistatic ISAR for space domain awareness

Space is crucial for a large number of services and operations, which affect our daily life. Communication, sensing, positioning is provided via satellites, which need to operate continuously from space. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M M Martorella
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Shaping the Future of Global Communications with Hollow Core Fibres

Supervisory Team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Ghafour Amouzad Mahdiraji, and Professor Francesco Poletti. About the project. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Davidson
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Quantum Computing for Computational Fluid Dynamics and Applications

Supervisors. Prof Dimitrios Angelakis d.angelakis@southampton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Angelakis
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Qubit efficient quantum optimization and applications to industrial problems

Supervisors. Dimitrios Angelakis d.angelakis@southampton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Angelakis
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Efficient CFD-CAA coupling for aeroengine noise simulation

Supervisory team. Dr Long Wu and Prof Alec Wilson. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Wu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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