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industrial PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 582 industrial PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Self-Funded PhD opportunity in Chemistry (Ref: SCI26-SF-005)

The Department of Chemistry has three core research themes, supported by major external funders (including UKRI, EU, Welcome Trust, Leverhulme Trust, Royal… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Goddard
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Net-Zero and Sustainable Energy Systems (Ref: SF-MEME-26-003)

For more than 30 years, Loughborough has played a leading role in advancing renewable energy technologies, helping to accelerate the transition to Net-Zero through advanced engineering research. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Blanchard
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advanced Manufacturing, Automation and Metrology (Ref: SF-MEME-26-001)

Join a world-leading Engineering School pushing the boundaries of intelligent, sustainable and high-precision manufacturing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Kinnell
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship (Ref: 2026/LUL/IIME)

The Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship (IIME) is an interdisciplinary community of scholars at Loughborough University London. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Schnyder
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Integrating fermentation processes for waste to chemical production

Industrial biotechnology is a key technology in achieving net zero and circular economy goals. One method is through the use of fermentation to produce valuable products, whether it is bio-based chemicals and materials, or food. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V O Outram
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Designing surfaces to control nucleation in pharmaceutical crystallisation

Crystallisation is widely used for purification of chemicals and pharmaceuticals and for making advanced materials for catalysis, separations and sensing applications. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Sefcik, Dr K Johnston
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Distributed radar imaging from airborne platforms

There is growing UK and international interest in networked sensing and autonomous collaborative platforms, where multiple airborne sensors co-operate to collect and exploit data. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Antoniou, Dr M M Martorella
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Image-based Vascular Modelling for AI/ML and CFD in Digital Twin Assisted Surgery

An exciting opportunity for a fully-funded 42-months PhD studentship co-funded by EPSRC is available at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Kazakidi, Prof W Shu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Engineering Additive Manufacturing Processes for the Design and Fabrication of Resilient Fusion Reactor Components

Delivering reliable and economically viable fusion power depends on the ability to design and build reactor systems that operate safely under extreme thermal and mechanical conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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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, Dr G Jones, Prof O Jensen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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CVD Growth, Transfer, and Functionalisation of 2D Metal-Chalcogenides: Enabling Net Zero and the AI Revolution with Ultra-Low Energy 2D Materials and Devices

At the Glasgow Energy Conversion On Solids (GECOS) group, our research is unified by a focus on the global energy challenge and the need for efficient, scalable and sustainable technologies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Ganin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Application of Electrodialysis for Acid and Alkali Recycling in Indirect Mineral Carbonation

The steel and cement industry contributes approximately 8% and 7% of CO. 2. emissions worldwide. The project will be built on the concluded EPSRC/UKCCSRC that addresses CO. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Rahmanian
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Material recovery from end-of-life photovoltaics

Solar energy is playing a key role in meeting growing global energy demands without compromising net zero targets. The UK currently has >20 GW of photovoltaic (PV) panels installed, the vast majority of which are based on crystalline silicon technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Pain, Dr R Sommerville, Dr E H D Driscoll
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Molecular level understanding of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Research Group: Respiratory Sciences
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has evolved to survive and replicate inside macrophages. The project will investigate the molecular mechanisms underpinning adaptation to this specialised intracellular niche. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H O'Hare
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Techno-Economic-Environmental Impact of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

The reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases is agreed on in November 2016 in the Paris international agreement (IEA Dec. 2016). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Rahmanian, Dr M Mousavi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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