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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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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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AI-driven silicon photonics circuits design

Supervisory team. Professor Goran Mashanovich, Dr. Milos Nedeljkovic and Dr. David Rowe. This PhD applies AI to inverse design, a method that works backwards from desired performance to generate efficient photonic circuits. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Mashanovich
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Manufacture of photonic and quantum technologies via ultra-precision diamond machining

Supervisory Team. Prof James Gates. About the project. This project will develop the core components of superconducting, photonic and atom/ion trap quantum systems using ultra-precision diamond machining. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Gates
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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High-performance ultrafast fibre lasers for biomedical applications

Supervisory Team. Dr. Lin Xu and Prof. Sumeet Mahajan. This project develops high-performance ultrafast fibre lasers using advanced mode-locking, pulse compression, and power scaling techniques. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Xu
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Event-based computing for real-time computer vision systems

Supervisory Team. Dr Firman Simanjuntak and Prof Mark Zwolinski. This PhD project develops ultra-low power, DVS-free computer vision hardware by creating event-based chips using nanofabrication. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Simanjuntak
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering Coherence in Metamaterials and Metasurfaces

Supervisory Team. Dr Giorgio Adamo and Dr Eric Plum. Systems where coherence establishes spontaneously, such as lasers, Bose-Einstein condensates, superradiant emitters and time crystals, are important for classical and quantum technologies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Adamo
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Political, Social and International Studies at UEA

With expert supervision, a supportive research environment, high levels of student satisfaction and high-quality research training, we welcome applications from well-qualified candidates to our MPhil/PhD programmes and our Master's by Research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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Quantum Nano-optical Metadevices

Supervisors. Dr Giorgio Adamo g.adamo@soton.ac.uk. Professor Kevin Macdonald kfm@orc.soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Adamo
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers as Nuclear Polarization Injectors for Spin-Based Quantum Sensing

Supervisors. Dr Christian Bengs C.Bengs@soton.ac.uk. Prof Malcolm Levitt mhl@soton.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: Dr CB Bengs
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hollow core optical fibres embedded with chalcogenide 2D materials

Supervisory Team. Dr Pier Sazio and Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis. Hollow core anti-resonant fibres (ARFs) enable strong light-matter interaction through functional material deposition. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Sazio
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Symmetry-Based Control of Quantum Dynamics: from Quantum Sensing to Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Supervisors. Prof. Malcolm H. Levitt mhl@soton.ac.uk. Christian Bengs c.bengs@soton.ac.uk. Giuseppe Pileio G.Pileio@soton.ac.uk. This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Levitt
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multi-level topology optimization of architected metamaterial structures

Supervisory Team. Dr Haris Moazam Sheikh. About the project. Mechanical metamaterials are engineered structures with extraordinary properties driven by geometry, not composition. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Sheikh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bismuth-doped fibre amplifiers for extended transmission bands in optical communications

Supervisory Team. Professor Jayanta Sahu, Professor Johan Nilsson and Dr Yongmin Jung. This project aims to develop advanced bismuth-doped optical fibres with optimised design, fabrication, and material properties. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Sahu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Silent Owl Flight: Noise Generation by Turbulent Flows over Flexible Aerofoil Trailing Edge

Are you passionate about the reduction of aircraft noise? Do you want to contribute to cutting-edge research that will lead to silent airfoil design?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum Technologies for Early Detection of Dementia

Supervisors. Professor Liudi Jiang L.Jiang@soton.ac.uk. Professor Michael Hornberger M.Hornberger@soton.ac.uk. Project Title. Quantum Technologies for Early Detection of Dementia. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L. Jiang
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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