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We have 642 funded online PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Advancing the frontier of robotic metal additive manufacturing through mechanistic AI

Robotic metal additive manufacturing offers transformative potential for flexible, large-scale, and high-value metal production. However, its broader industrial adoption is limited by complex process dynamics, limited process understanding, and the lack of reliable control strategies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Huang
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Investigating microbiome associations with clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis

  Research Group: Division of Pharmacy and Optometry
Systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma, is a rare rheumatological disease characterised by immune dysregulation, vascular dysfunction, and progressive tissue fibrosis affecting the skin and internal organs. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A McBain, Dr M Hughes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of an electronic data acquisition module and interfacing with agricultural sensors

  Research Group: Sensors and Interfacing
Project Key Words. Agricultural Sensors, Electronics interfacing, Embedded development, Circuit design, Software development. Post summary. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Kunnel, Dr J Carroll
 1 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Thermal Energy Storage Integration with High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors: Optimising Fleet Size, Uranium Utilisation, and Waste Minimisation for the UK

Nuclear power plants are conventionally operated as baseload assets, yet coupling HTGRs with large-scale thermal energy storage (TES) could fundamentally alter this paradigm. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Bodel, Prof R Taylor, Dr L Stamford
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing sustainable supplies of lithium-6 and lithium-7 for the nuclear sector

Future decades are likely to see greatly increased demand for lithium-6 and lithium-7 for use in nuclear fusion blankets and for pressurised water reactor coolant systems, respectively, but current supply of these isotopes is limited. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Stamford, Dr K George
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Liquid-liquid extraction of plutonium: third phase, molecular modelling and molecular theory

This project concerns the liquid-liquid of extraction of plutonium, which is important to energy, defence, space power and waste disposal. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Masters, Dr C Avendano
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Development and Characterisation of High Thermal Conductivity Insulation Systems for Offshore Wind Generator Windings

Offshore wind turbine generators are increasingly constrained by thermal limitations in stator windings, where conventional electrical insulation materials with comparatively lower thermal conductivity can accelerate thermal ageing and limit overall generator performance. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Chen, Prof I Kinloch
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Evaluating the impact of rapid syndromic molecular testing for respiratory viruses in adults presenting to hospital with acute respiratory infection.

Project Title. Evaluating the impact of rapid syndromic molecular testing for respiratory viruses in adults presenting to hospital with acute respiratory infection. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Clark
 3 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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On-Package Communication for Heterogeneous 2.5D Chiplet Systems

The semiconductor industry is rapidly shifting towards modular design based on chiplets and Multi-Chip Modules, where multiple dies — CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, memory stacks — are integrated side by side on a common interposer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Bertozzi, Prof J Goodacre
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Why do some people escape genetic risk? Multi-biobank study of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

  Research Group: Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences
Most people at high genetic risk of immune-mediated inflammatory disease never develop disease, while some develop disease despite apparently low inherited risk. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SZ Zhao, Dr J Bowes, Prof A Morris
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Using genetic risk scores to improve diagnosis and outcomes in seronegative inflammatory arthritis

  Research Group: Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences
Diagnosing inflammatory arthritis promptly and accurately can be challenging when antibody blood tests are normal (“seronegative”) and clinical features overlap. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SZ Zhao, Dr J Bowes, Prof A Morris
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EPSRC - Neuromorphic Underwater Star Tracking for Navigation and Monitoring

  Research Group: Neuromorphic Systems
When equipped with an upward-facing camera, underwater vehicles can detect objects above the water surface, from insects to satellites. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A van Schaik, Dr A Marcireau
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Single-cell spatial multi-omics for cancer biology

  Research Group: Wang Group
Project Reference. SW49712. PhD studentship. Single-cell spatial multi-omics for cancer biology. Supervisor. Dr Guiping Wang. Department/location. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Wang
 6 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design of Multifunctional Coated Silicate Particles for Thermal Energy Storage and Environmental Remediation

Particle-based systems have recently attracted significant interest for thermal energy storage due to their simplicity, low cost, and technical advantages over alternative technologies. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof MS Sedighi
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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3D-Printing and Functionalization of Polyaryletherketone (PEEK) for Maxillofacial Implants

  Research Group: Division of Dentistry
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a radiolucent and biocompatible polymer that has been proposed as an alternative to titanium for the fabrication of maxillofacial implants. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Borba, Prof N Silikas
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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