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We have 575 full fund PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Hush Rail 2: Sustainable urban railways without the noise nuisance (with British Steel)

Help build quieter, more reliable urban railways through optimization and better maintenance of modern rail steels. Project Description. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Fletcher, Prof R Lewis
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Sound and Vibration of Prosthetic Devices (with STAND)

Novel Approaches for Condition Monitoring, Sound Quality Assessment, and User-Centred Design. Project Summary. Prosthetic devices play a vital role in restoring mobility, independence, and quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JWR Meggitt , Dr VH Nagaraja
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Predicting annoyance from environmental noise to improve impact assessment (with Association of Noise Consultants - ANC)

Exploring how the characteristics of industrial and commercial sounds influence annoyance through psychoacoustic experimentation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Torija Martinez, Dr D Williams
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the relationship between the acoustic characteristics of barking, dog welfare, and human perception (with Dogs Trust)

Project Summary. Noise is a largely overlooked part of the environments we create for dogs. In kennels, barking can produce extremely high sound levels, yet we know remarkably little about the consequences for dogs’ welfare, staff and neighbouring communities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ZMP Podwinska, Dr S O'Hara
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Acoustic Comfort in UK Educational Buildings under a Changing Climate (with CIBSE)

Project Summary. As schools adapt to warmer temperatures and changing building designs, balancing good acoustic conditions with thermal comfort is becoming an increasingly important challenge. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Torija Martinez, Dr SN Graetzer
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Low-Frequency Acoustic Metamaterials for Aircraft Noise Reduction

Aircraft noise remains a major environmental challenge as the aviation industry moves toward quieter and more sustainable propulsion systems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Masoudi, Prof M Azarpeyvand
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering Cross-Laminated Timber for Enhanced Intrinsic Acoustic Performance (with Stora Enso & Rothoblaas)

Project Summary. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is increasingly used in multi-storey construction as a lower-carbon alternative to reinforced concrete and steel. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Toumpanaki, Prof M Azarpeyvand
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discovery of inorganic cathode materials and/or solid electrolytes for next generation battery technology

This project focuses on the discovery of next generation battery materials through experimental design and compositional exploration. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Rosseinsky, Dr R Chen, Dr L Daniels, Prof L Hardwick
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Chaperone-Mimicking Nanomaterials for Protein Stabilization

  Research Group: Physical Sciences of Biological Systems
This fully funded 3.5-year PhD project focuses on the synthesis of customized, flexible molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles (nanoMIPs) engineered to function as artificial chaperones. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof NT Turner, Dr T Craggs
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EASTBIO: What determines whether a resistance plasmid establishes and spreads in a new bacterial lineage?

Antibiotic resistance genes are frequently carried on plasmids, which spread horizontally between bacteria and vertically through expansion of successful resistant clones. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Atkins, Dr T Schneiders
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Decoding stress responsive RNA protein interactions and isoform regulation in cardiomyocytes

Cells survive changing environments by rapidly altering how proteins engage with RNA, yet we do not know how cardiomyocytes reorganise their RNA-bound proteome during stress and recovery. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AB Beqqali, Dr S Granneman
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hybrid-Assisted Incremental Sheet Forming Using Supercritical CO₂ and Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) (S3.5-AMR-Ayvar Soberanis)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SAS Ayvar-Soberanis, Prof P Crawforth, Prof H Long
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ensuring user confidence in high-stakes intelligent robotics applications (CF4-AMR-Law)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award and the Fusion Engineering Centre For Doctoral Training at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Law , Dr D Cameron
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Explainable Agentic AI for Multimodal Context Learning in Manufacturing Codes and Standards for Fusion (CF4-COM-Song)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award and the Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr X Song, Dr S Marr
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Using Generative AI to create design fictions for responsible technology innovation (in collaboration with North Yorkshire Council) (C3.5-COM-Law)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Law , Dr D Cameron
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)