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funded online PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 637 funded online PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Physics-Informed Digital Twin for Guided Wave-Based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Rogers, Dr P Xu, Dr H Laalej
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Enhancing the Resilience of Offshore Wind Electrical Systems through Digital Twin Tools

The UK’s expansion of offshore wind is changing the dynamics of the electricity grid, particularly due to the lack of generation inertia worsening power system stability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Griffo, Dr X Chen, Dr M Smailes, Dr A Nambiar
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Centrifuge Physical Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Moorings in Layered Soils

The future of offshore wind energy lies in floating turbines, enabling the capture of wind power in deep waters where conventional foundations (like monopiles and jackets) are not economically viable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Bowman, Prof C Augarde, Prof C Smith
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI-assisted grading of end-of-life wind turbine composite materials for a circular economy

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield.  The successful applicant will undertake six months of training with the rest of the CDT cohort at the University of Hull before continuing their PhD research at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Maguire, Dr T Rogers, Prof C Ó Brádaigh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Generative AI Models for Materials Discovery

The discovery of novel inorganic solid-state materials is essential to advance energy storage, catalysis, semiconductors, and quantum technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M J Rosseinsky, Prof R Savani
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Molecular Simulations of Nanofluids for Cooling Applications

A PhD studentship is available in the molecular-simulation group of Professor Philip J. Camp, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh in collaboration with Castrol Limited. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Camp
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The Strategic Logic of Nuclear Delivery System Diversification

Why do nuclear-armed states choose to diversify or narrow their arsenal of delivery systems? This question lies at the heart of nuclear strategy, yet remains surprisingly underexplored in the academic literature. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J O'Mahoney
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Discovering and characterising new protein antimicrobials

Antibiotic resistant infections are spreading globally and becoming a leading cause of death worldwide, already surpassing malaria and HIV. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Sharp
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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High-lifespan many-core devices

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Switching activity and other technology-related parameters have a significant effect on circuit aging and can therefore affect the lifespan of devices. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Tempesti
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Sonars for precise underwater autonomous vehicle (AUV) navigation.

  Research Group: Communication Technologies
There is a great interest in underwater autonomous vehicles (AUVs) and currently many companies develop AUVs for multiple applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Full-duplex underwater acoustic systems

  Research Group: Communication Technologies
Acoustic signal transmission is the only feasible technology for long-range (>10-100m) underwater communication, navigation and sonar systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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High-frequency underwater acoustic communication for image transmission.

  Research Group: Communication Technologies
Communication using acoustic waves is the main underwater communication technology, since electro-magnetic waves quickly attenuate underwater. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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High data rate adaptive underwater acoustic networks

  Research Group: Communication Technologies
The ocean plays a key role in supporting all living organisms on our planet, yet the vast majority of the ocean remains unmapped and unobserved. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Machine learning in underwater acoustic communication modems

  Research Group: Communication Technologies
Machine learning is an approach that is useful when a practical optimisation problem is difficult to describe precisely. This approach has found multiple applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Precision agriculture by robotic data collection and knowledge based analysis

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Robots are becoming increasingly essential in the practice of precision agriculture due to labor shortages, higher productivity needs, and the demand for sustainable farming practices. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M A Post
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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