industrial design PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 252 industrial design PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Net-Zero and Sustainable Energy Systems (Ref: SF-MEME-26-003)

Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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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Developing a Model for the Adoption of Agentic AI in Facilities Management: Enabling Autonomous Decision-Making for Sustainable Built Environments

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Facilities Management (FM) is a critical, multi-trillion-dollar global industry responsible for ensuring the functionality, safety, comfort, and sustainability of the built environment. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T O Osunsanmi, Dr CM Moobela

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Carbon-Conscious Resource Scheduling for AI Workloads in the Cloud–Edge Continuum

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

AI workloads are rapidly increasing in scale and complexity, powering applications such as intelligent transportation, smart cities, healthcare monitoring, and industrial automation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AU Ullah

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Chemical recycling and life cycle assessment of next-generation thermoplastic composites for wind turbine blade manufacture

Loughborough University

Offshore Wind CDT

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 I Martin-Fabiani, Dr T Radu, Dr F Hatton

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Mapping the engineering of plasma- and high heat flux induced failure modes in plasma-facing divertor components for future fusion reactors

University of Birmingham

School of Metallurgy & Materials

Mapping the engineering of plasma- and high heat flux induced failure modes in plasma-facing divertor components for future fusion reactors. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A B Bhattacharya

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Business PhDs at a leading university

University of East Anglia

Faculty of Social Sciences

Norwich Business School is one of the top business schools in the UK, but what really makes us the ideal place to research and study for PhD?. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Business Research Programme

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Investigating Non-thermal ‘Cold’ Plasmas for Enhancing the Delivery and Efficacy of Antibiotics and Complex molecules to biofilms of clinically relevant bacteria

Queen’s University Belfast

School of Pharmacy

Research Group: Infection and antimicrobial resistance

Biofilms, complex multi-species consortia of microorganisms existing either as surface attached communities or non-surface-attached aggregates, are characterised by significantly elevated tolerance to antimicrobial challenges and often an inability to adequately treat the infection with conventional antibiotics. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Gilmore, Dr T Thompson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Microneedle-mediated Intradermal Delivery: Potential for Lymphatic Targeting of Therapeutic Agents

Queen’s University Belfast

School of Pharmacy

Though immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of cancer to improve disease outcomes, an array of challenges remain that limit wider clinical success, including low rate of response and immune-related adverse events. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Donnelly, Dr A Paredes

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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EPSRC and MoD Doctoral Programme in Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security (SPADS)

Heriot-Watt University

We are inviting applications for the third cohort of SPADS, a doctoral training programme with integrated studies focussed on advanced computation and sensing for defence and security applications. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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EPSRC and MoD Doctoral Programme in Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security (SPADS)

University of Edinburgh

SPADS CDT

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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Deployable Mobile Robots for autonomous inspection applications

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics

The adoption of autonomous robots for industrial inspection holds significant appeal, primarily due to their capacity to operate in various environments without concern for safety and health hazards. Read more

Supervisor: Dr BJ Jamil

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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LLM-Augmented Human-Swarm Collaboration for Embodied Multi-Agent Systems PhD

Cranfield University

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

We invite applications for a self-funded PhD to explore innovative research in the development of human-centred embodied multi-agent systems that able to compensate and augment human capabilities in challenging situations. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Xing

22 July 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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PhD Studentship in Robotics and AI: Robust Perception for Robots in Complex Processes / Open World

University of Birmingham

Department of Mechanical Engineering

From safer surgery to sustainable factories and net-zero supply chains, we increasingly rely on robots to do work that is difficult, repetitive, or chronically understaffed. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Ye

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Smart Grids for Decarbonisation and Flexibility: Renewable and Transport Energy Integration

University of Birmingham

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

Achieving net-zero emissions requires an energy system that is highly flexible, resilient, and capable of integrating large volumes of renewable generation and electrified transport. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z T Tian

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Gas Transport in Polymeric Materials for Defence Applications

University of Surrey

School of Engineering

Research Group: Engineering Materials / Centre of excellence in Materials Ageing, Performance and Lifetime Prediction

The sustainable use of polymeric materials is underpinned by ensuring long service life in all industries and applications. Understanding durability requires research into the effects of both manufacturing methods and environmental storage conditions on the material properties and performance over time. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Whiting

12 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 252 industrial design PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

industrial design PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 252 industrial design PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Net-Zero and Sustainable Energy Systems (Ref: SF-MEME-26-003)

Developing a Model for the Adoption of Agentic AI in Facilities Management: Enabling Autonomous Decision-Making for Sustainable Built Environments

Carbon-Conscious Resource Scheduling for AI Workloads in the Cloud–Edge Continuum

Chemical recycling and life cycle assessment of next-generation thermoplastic composites for wind turbine blade manufacture

Mapping the engineering of plasma- and high heat flux induced failure modes in plasma-facing divertor components for future fusion reactors

Business PhDs at a leading university

Investigating Non-thermal ‘Cold’ Plasmas for Enhancing the Delivery and Efficacy of Antibiotics and Complex molecules to biofilms of clinically relevant bacteria

Microneedle-mediated Intradermal Delivery: Potential for Lymphatic Targeting of Therapeutic Agents

EPSRC and MoD Doctoral Programme in Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security (SPADS)

EPSRC and MoD Doctoral Programme in Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security (SPADS)

Deployable Mobile Robots for autonomous inspection applications

LLM-Augmented Human-Swarm Collaboration for Embodied Multi-Agent Systems PhD

PhD Studentship in Robotics and AI: Robust Perception for Robots in Complex Processes / Open World

Smart Grids for Decarbonisation and Flexibility: Renewable and Transport Energy Integration

Gas Transport in Polymeric Materials for Defence Applications

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