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We have 657 fully funded PhD for international students PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Engineering Downstream Processes 2.0: Coupling Chemical Unit Operations for End-to-End Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Crystallization, a key separation and purification unit operation in the pharmaceutical industry, involves downstream processing steps to isolate the material before final formulation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Rajagopalan, Prof V Niasar, Dr A Thornton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanism of thrombosis in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)

Myeloma, a type of blood cell cancer, has an incidence of around 6000 new cases in United Kingdom, with approximately 500 new cases in Scotland every year. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N J Mutch
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unravelling the mysteries of morphological heterogeneity in bacteria

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 Supervisor: Dr S Gweon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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How to build an immune receptor: AI-led protein design for engineering disease resistance (BANFIELD_J27DTP)

Like animals, plants get sick, but they have an immune system to fight back against infection. Plant diseases are a threat to food production and a constraint on achieving food security against the background of a changing climate and the need to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Banfield
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI mapping between drivers of future climate uncertainties and weather and climate impacts in Africa

Background. There is an urgent need for reliable assessments of high-impact weather under climate change. This is true globally, but Sub-Saharan Africa is not only highly vulnerable, but presents unique challenges for climate prediction. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Marsham
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI informed surrogate laser-material thermal models based on high-fidelity multi-physics modelling and test data

  Research Group: Applied Mathematics, Computational Metallurgy
The modelling of laser-material interactions is a complex multi-physics problem, very computationally intensive and often relies on detailed and expensive characterisation of the material's thermo-physical properties. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Flint, Prof J Robson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Doctoral Programs in Business, Economics and Social Sciences – 56 doctoral positions

The Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) at the University of Mannheim offers outstanding opportunities for highly qualified students with strong quantitative skills and a passion for research to pursue a doctoral degree in Business, Economics and the Social Sciences. Read more
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Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Novel Semiconductors and Devices

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 Supervisor: Dr M Nielsen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Modelling actinide speciation in solution with multiconfigurational quantum chemistry techniques

  Research Group: Computational and Theoretical chemistry
Nuclear power is a central part of the UK’s plans for energy security and net zero, but the legacy of the nuclear fuel cycle remains a major challenge, with waste management alone estimated to cost over £120bn. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Oakley
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Investigating the origin of volatiles in primitive asteroids

  Research Group: Planetary and environmental science
One of the vital ingredients that allowed the emergence of life on the Earth is liquid water. Therefore, understanding the origin(s) of water, and other volatiles (C, N, noble gases) in Solar System bodies is one of the main areas of research in Planetary Sciences. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Tartese, Dr M Broadley
 5 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering biology to decode gene regulatory networks in lateral root initiation (GUIZIOU_E27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Dr Sarah Guiziou. Are you a motivated undergraduate with a passion for engineering biology and plant science?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Guiziou
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship: Automated Discovery of Next-Generation Lipid Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

The Elani Group at Imperial College London is seeking a motivated PhD student to use robotics, automation and high-throughput screening to discover new classes of lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Elani
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Multiscale modelling of polymer network constitutive behaviour

Fibre networks are ubiquitous in both natural and engineered materials. They are manufactured for many reasons. from the nonwoven fabrics used for insulation, clothing and filtration to the rubberlike polymer-based materials used in applications ranging from plumbing to transport. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Shearer, Prof O Jensen, Dr G Jones
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MINELOOP: Investigating MINEwater systems using closed-LOOP geothermal technologies

Geothermal energy supports net zero targets and energy security by providing a reliable, low-carbon, local energy source. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Brown
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Tabletting of powders

This PhD project aims to develop a virtual tabletting laboratory by creating computational models that capture the multiscale mechanics of die compaction — from individual crystal behaviour to the formation of solid pharmaceutical tablets. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Thornton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)