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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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High Resolution Sensing and Computing for Extreme Conditions

Supervisors. Bahareh Zaghari bahareh.zaghari@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 B Zaghari
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reconfigurable origami phononic metamaterials for on-chip quantum acoustics

Supervisors. Dr Tanmoy Mukhopadhyay T.Mukhopadhyay@soton.ac.uk. Dr Susmita Naskar S.Naskar@soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Mukhopadhyay
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optoelectronic device integration for next-Generation photonic memories and neuromorphic computing

Supervisory Team. Professor Dimitra Georgiadou and Professor Frederic Gardes. This project focuses on developing nanostructured optoelectronic devices for next-generation photonic memory and neuromorphic computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Georgiadou
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Silent piling for offshore wind turbines

Supervisory team. Dr Benjamin Cerfontaine, Dr Jamie Crispin and Prof. Dave White. You will develop a novel predictive model for the 'silent' installation of open-ended piles for offshore wind turbine foundations, through advanced physical and numerical modelling. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Cerfontaine
 1 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mid infrared metaoptics and diffractive optical computing

This project focuses on designing and fabricating novel photonic computing devices using chalcogenide glass materials such as sulfur (S), selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Sazio
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum Reservoir Computing via Nano-Opto-Electro-Mechanical (NOEM) coupled quantum oscillators

Supervisors. Dr Yoshishige Tsuchiya yt2@ecs.soton.ac.uk. Dr Srinandan Dasmahapatra sd@ecs.soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Tsuchiya
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MEMS/NEMS-integrated ultralow stand-by power quantum circuits

Supervisors. Dr Yoshishige Tsuchiya yt2@ecs.soton.ac.uk. Prof John McBride J.W.Mcbride@soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Tsuchiya
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pedestrian and cyclist path prediction

Supervisory team. Prof. Ben Waterson. This project will use artificial intelligence (machine learning) techniques to establish new models of pedestrian, cyclist and scooter rider path prediction for use in complex urban environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B J Waterson
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of memristor artificial synapses for neurorehabilitation

Supervisory team. Prof Liudi Jiang and Dr. Ruomeng Huang. This project aims to develop next-generation mind-controlled prosthetics and exoskeletons using memristor-based neuromorphic interfaces that emulate human synapses. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L. Jiang
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Low-loss mid-infrared microstructured optical fibers

Supervisory team. Principal Research Fellow, Tonglei Cheng and Associate Professor, Lin Xu. Mid-infrared (MIR) optical fibers are critical for applications such as environmental monitoring, biomedical diagnostics and chemical sensing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Cheng
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced CFD, Multiphysics Modelling, and AI for Energetics Processing

This project will develop advanced computational and experimental tools to support the safe, efficient, and scalable manufacture of materials critical to UK and European security, with a particular focus on resonant acoustic mixing (RAM) - a relatively novel and increasingly important class of process equipment attracting growing industrial interest across multiple sectors. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Windows-Yule
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Nano-opto-electro-mechanical (NOEM) tunable SiC entangled photon source

Supervisors. Dr Yoshishige Tsuchiya yt2@ecs.soton.ac.uk. Dr Bruce Ou Bruce.Ou@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 Y Tsuchiya
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum-Enhanced Mid-IR Spectroscopy for High-Precision Sensing

Supervisors. Prof. Senthil Murugan Ganapathy smg@orc.soton.ac.uk. Dr. Katrina Morgan Katrina.Morgan@soton.ac.uk. Prof. Liudi Jiang L.Jiang@soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Ganapathy
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering perfect superconducting qubits

Supervisors. Dr Dikai Guan Dikai.Guan@soton.ac.uk. Dr Bruce (Jun-Yu) Ou Bruce.Ou@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 D Guan
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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