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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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Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution with 5G Technology Integration

Supervisors. Dr Chao Xu cx1g08@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 CX Xu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sparse Variational Quantum Machine Learning

Supervisors. Thomas Blumensath thomas.blumensath@soton.ac.uk. Xaohao Cai X.Cai@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 T Blumensath
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Space-Time Quantum Metasurfaces for Fault-Tolerant, Scalable Quantum Computing

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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Game theory of Agentic AI

Supervisory team. Dr Bahar Rastegari and Dr Panayiotis Danassis. Agentic AI is rapidly affecting diverse aspects of our life, including social, technological and financial interactions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr BR Rastegari
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Improving acoustic security through the lens of mathematics and physics

Supervisory team. Prof Jeff Yan. Acoustic security is rapidly emerging at the intersection of cybersecurity, privacy, cyber physical systems, and acoustical physics. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof JY Yan
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pushing the Boundaries of Light: Fabricating the Next Generation of Hollow Core Fibres

Supervisory team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Ghafour Amouzad Mahdiraji and Professor Francesco Poletti. This project focuses on developing novel Hollow core fibres designs using cutting-edge fabrication techniques. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Davidson
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Rapid production of hollow spheres using coaxial nozzles

Supervisory Team. Dr Ivo Peters. About the project. When gas flows from a coaxial nozzle surrounded by a liquid, it forms reproducible liquid shells useful in industries needing hollow spheres, such as pharmaceuticals and 3D printing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Peters
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Improving understanding of the inner ear using otoacoustic emissions

Supervisory team. Dr. Ben Lineton. This project aims to test our theories of cochlea processes by measuring sounds generated within the cochlea and comparing the results with theoretical predictions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Lineton
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optoelectronic AI processors for cryogenic and space electronics

Supervisory team. Dr Firman Simanjuntak. This PhD project aims to develop error-tolerant AI processors for cryogenic and space electronics using optomemristor technology, which mimics neural networks and offers ultra-fast, low-power computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Simanjuntak
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mid-infrared nonlinear effect and devices based on soft-glass optical fibers

Supervisory team. Dr Tonglei Cheng and Dr Lin Xu. Current nonlinear fiber optic devices mainly focus on the visible and near-infrared bands. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Cheng
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Programmable silicon photonic circuits

Supervisory Team. Prof David Thomson, Prof Professor Goran Mashanovich & Dr Bharat Pant. Closing Date. 30 September 2026. This project will focus on the development of reliable and efficient programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) on a silicon photonics platform. . Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Thomson
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Algorithm development for molecular simulations on quantum computers

Supervisors. Karl Michael Ziems K.M.Ziems@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 KMZ Ziems
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Crowd sourced traffic control strategies

Supervisory Team. Prof. Ben Waterson and Dr Ioannis Kaparias. About the project. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B J Waterson
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum optimal control for symmetry-based NMR sequences

Supervisors. Professor Marina Carravetta m.carravetta@soton.ac.uk. Professor Malcolm Levitt mhl@soton.ac.uk. Professor Tim Freegarde timf@soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Carravetta
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum optimal control for long-lived NMR methods

Supervisors. Professor Marina Carravetta marina@soton.ac.uk. Dr. Paul Vasos. Dr. Kirill Sheberstov. Dr. Isabella Felli. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Carravetta
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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