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funded online PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 640 funded online PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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MSc by Research: Harnessing Transposon Mutagenesis to Dissect Antifungal Drug Resistance in the Fungal “Superbug” Candidozyma auris

The MSc by Research programme at the University of Aberdeen is for students interested in a research-intensive master's degree. It is designed specifically to enhance your skills for a PhD or research career. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Lorenz, Dr T Kubota
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Automated and Secure Configuration Management for Heterogeneous Edge Computing Environments (Ref: CO/PT-SF3/2026)

Edge computing represents a fundamental paradigm shift in how we process data, moving computation from centralised clouds to the network periphery. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Tso
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Efficient ML Model Design and Optimisation for Resource-Constrained Edge Devices (Ref: CO/PT-SF2/2026)

Edge AI promises to bring intelligent decision-making directly to the devices where data is generated, from smart cameras and industrial sensors to wearable health monitors. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Tso
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A Network-Edge Symbiosis for Accelerated and Distributed AI (Ref: CO/PT-SF1/2026)

The Internet of Things (IoT) and next-generation applications like autonomous systems and augmented reality are generating unprecedented volumes of data at the network edge. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Tso
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of novel bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes (BCP) bioisosteres from bench stable [1.1.1]propellane precursors (Ref: CM/MK-SF1/2026)

Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes (BCPs) are an exciting class of strained, sp3 rich carbon. While their initial use was in the materials sector, recent impact has been in medicinal chemistry, drug development and the agrochemical sector. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Kimber, Dr G Weaver
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Bittersweet - the consequences of anti-diabetic drugs on immunity during infection

The MSc by Research programme at the University of Aberdeen is for students interested in a research-intensive master's degree. It is designed specifically to enhance your skills for a PhD or research career. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof H Wilson, Dr D Childers
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in satellite quantum communication

The Edinburgh Mostly Quantum Lab (EMQL) offers a PhD position in satellite quantum communication. Quantum communication allows for unconditionally secure encryption of messages. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Fedrizzi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PHD ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

The Electrical and Electronic Engineering PhD degree programme develops your understanding of the research process and your ability to analyse and contribute to a particular research area. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  China PhD Programme
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Sensing local biomolecular environments with coherent optical nanoscopy

  Research Group: Molecular Biosciences
The development of novel imaging tools and technologies, including super-resolution optical microscopy, has revolutionised our understanding of biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Borri, Prof W Langbein
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Patient-Specific Modelling of Intraoperative Infusion Dynamics Using Time-Resolved MRI

**Please note that we may close the advert sooner than the advertised deadline in the event that a suitable candidate is shortlisted**. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof W Gray, Dr M Palombo, Dr L Beltrachini, Dr D Gallichan
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Experiment- and Human-Guided Representation Learning for Accelerated Chemical Discovery (Liverpool–Manchester)

This PhD will develop fundamental AI methods that help chemists explore and navigate complex chemical spaces when data are scarce, high-dimensional, and continuously updated by new experiments. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr X Evangelopoulos, Dr V Gusev, Prof A Cooper
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Domestication and environmental adaptation in livestock

  Research Group: Organisms and Environment
Project Description. Livestock species have an incredible history, having been recently domesticated from wildlife species such as the aurochs, mouflon, wild buffalo etc, and since then having been changed by early and modern farmers to fulfil an economic role supporting human societies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Orozco Ter Wengel, Dr F Hailer, Dr BWZ Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Targeting retrosplenial cortex function to improve cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease

  Research Group: Neuroscience
Project Description. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder and is associated with a range of motor and cognitive symptoms. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Lelos, Prof S Vann
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Acute pancreatitis as a side effect of asparaginase-based treatments for Childhood ALL: mechanism and improvements

  Research Group: Biomedicine
The most effective drugs for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) are based on asparaginase (Raja_2012). However, in up to 17% of cases, they cause a serious, life-threatening complication - acute pancreatitis (AP), which forces treatment to be stopped. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O V Gerasimenko, Dr J Gerasimenko
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Better together: constructing tuneable fluorescent protein sensors for cellular imaging of protein-protein interactions.

  Research Group: Molecular Biosciences
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) commonly occur in biology with ~650,000 contributing to processes critical to human life. From cancer to dementia, their dysregulation contributes to many disease states. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Jones, Prof PD Watson, Dr G Menzies, Prof R Clarkson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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