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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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Graphene-based silicon photonic photodetectors for mid-infrared wavelengths

Supervisory Team. Dr Milos Nedeljkovic and Professor Callum Littlejohns. This project’s aim is to explore the integration of graphene with Silicon Photonic circuits to create fast and sensitive photodetectors for the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region, a key wavelength range for detecting gases and molecules. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Nedeljkovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing high performance optical amplifiers for the future of space communications

Supervisory Team. Dr Kyle Bottrill and Prof Periklis Petropoulos. The space communication environment is like no other, subjecting data-carrying lasers to immense transmission distances, substantial Doppler shifts and, in some cases, a highly turbulent atmosphere. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Bottrill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Picophotonics: the science of light-matter interactions at sub-nanometre scale

Supervisory Team. Prof Kevin MacDonald and Prof Nikolay Zheludev. Optical imaging and metrology techniques now routinely break the classical diffraction limit on resolution. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum computing and optimisation for large-scale energy system planning under uncertainty

Supervisors. Dr Hongyu Zhang hongyu.zhang@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 HZ Zhang
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fibre laser based mid infrared sources and their applications

Supervisory Team. Dr. Lin Xu and Prof. Sumeet Mahajan. This project focuses on developing high-power, short-pulse fibre lasers at near-infrared wavelengths and converting them to the mid-infrared using advanced nonlinear optics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Xu
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optoelectronic topological metasurfaces for light control

Supervisory Team. Dr Giorgio Adamo, Dr Nikitas Papasimakis and Dr Dong-Yang Wang. Recent developments in quantum materials and topological design principles are transforming the way we control the flow of light and charges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Adamo
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design and synthesis of photoresponsive organic spin-state switches

Supervisors. Dr George Williams G.t.williams@soton.ac.uk; Dr Karl Michael Ziems K.M.Ziems@soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Williams
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Photonic time crystals and timetronics

Supervisory Team. Prof Nikolay I. Zheludev, Prof Kevin MacDonald and Dr Eric Plum. Time crystals are an eagerly sought phase of matter in which time-translation symmetry is broken. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Zheludev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spatiotemporal Superconducting Metasurfaces for Next Gen Quantum Technologies

Supervisors. Dr Sajjad Taravati s.taravati@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 #s Taravati
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Learning based control systems for additive manufacturing

Supervisory Team. Prof Bing Chu & Dr Thomas Andritsch. This project explores learning based control systems for additive layer manufacturing (3D printing) in electrical engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Chu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum frequency conversion with alkali atoms: linking trapped ions to telecom networks

Supervisory Team. Dr Patrick Ledingham. About the project. The future Quantum Internet requires coherent transfer of quantum states between disparate platforms. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Ledingham
 1 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Modulation-enabled silicon photonics for RGB light engines

Supervisory Team. Dr Thalia Dominguez Bucio, Prof Frederic Gardes and Dr Ipsita Chakraborty. Join a cutting-edge project developing silicon photonic integrated circuits for Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) light modulation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Dominguez Bucio
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Low-loss photonics for quantum networks

Supervisors. Prof James Gates j.gates@soton.ac.uk. Prof Corin Gawith corin.gawith@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 J Gates
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nonlinear Photonics for Quantum Technologies

Supervisors. Prof Corin Gawith corin.gawith@soton.ac.uk. Prof James Gates j.gates@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Gawith
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Data-driven iterative learning control: achieving model-free convergence for real-world systems

Supervisory Team. Prof Bing Chu & Prof Paolo Rapisarda. This PhD project aims to advance iterative learning control (ILC) by eliminating the dependency on analytical models, which are often costly or impractical to obtain. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Chu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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