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industrial engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 463 industrial engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Developing Porous Materials for Key Challenges in Decarbonization and Thermal Energy Storage (TES)

We are inviting applications for a PhD position focused on the development of porous materials for key challenges in decarbonization and thermal energy storage (TES). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L S Sun
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Integrated solid-state quantum memories for light

Supervisory Team. Dr Patrick Ledingham. About the project. The future Quantum Internet requires efficient devices that store and recall arbitrary quantum states of light. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Ledingham
 1 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Quantum frequency conversion with alkali atoms: linking trapped ions to telecom networks

Supervisory Team. Dr Patrick Ledingham. About the project. The future Quantum Internet requires coherent transfer of quantum states between disparate platforms. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Ledingham
 1 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The “self-driving” laser

Supervisory team. Dr Ben Mills and Dr James Grant-Jacob. This PhD will help build the next revolution, the “self-driving” laser, a new class of intelligent light sources that think for themselves. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Mills
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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High-performance ultrafast fibre lasers for biomedical applications

Supervisory Team. Dr. Lin Xu and Prof. Sumeet Mahajan. This project develops high-performance ultrafast fibre lasers using advanced mode-locking, pulse compression, and power scaling techniques. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Xu
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Photonic fibres for renewable energy

Supervisory Team. Dr Pier Sazio, Dr Peter Horak and Prof Mike Zervas. This project repurposes photonic fibre technologies—central to global telecoms—for renewable energy applications, including solar generation and low-cost storage. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Sazio
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Data Centre Modelling and Energy System Integration

1. Project Overview. Data centres are now critical infrastructure for digital services and artificial intelligence applications. Their rapid expansion creates substantial energy demand, leading to challenges in electricity system stability, decarbonisation, and integration with local energy resources. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr WH Hua
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advancing Hydrogen Flow Measurement: Thermophysical Properties and Advanced Thermodynamic Models

The transportation of hydrogen is a cornerstone of the emerging hydrogen economy. However, accurately measuring hydrogen flow rate presents unique challenges due to its physical properties and potential impurities. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Rahmanian
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PINZ CDT PhD Studentship: Development of Continuous Flow Reactor System for CO2 Hydrogenation to Acetic Acid and Ethanol

Overview. Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies offer a route to sustainable chemical production by transforming captured CO. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Duckett, Prof R E Douthwaite, Prof J Lee
 23 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Design and Development of Ultra‑Long‑Acting Injectable Depot Technologies for Chronic Viral Infection Therapy

This project aims to create an ultra‑long‑acting injectable platform capable of delivering antiviral therapy for months at a time. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Qi
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Innovation, Geopolitics and the Future of Europe in Space

The Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space (LCHS) has been awarded up to £10m for 10 years to transform the academic landscape when it comes to our understanding… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R González Muñoz, Dr B Simeonova
 22 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EPSRC DLA: Nanodiamond for virus detection

At least 1 billion people lack access to safe water due to rapid population growth, urbanization, industrialisation and the climate emergency. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof O Williams, Dr B Hou
 3 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Hybrid monolithic lasers for quantum-enabled position, navigation & timing

This PhD project offers the chance to develop next-generation compact hybrid monolithic lasers for quantum systems used in position, navigation, and timing (PNT). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Hastie, Prof L McKnight
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(SATURN CDT) Deriving Process-Microstructure Relationships for β-Transformed Zirconium Alloys

UoM_Nuclear. Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. Zirconium alloys serve vital functions in nuclear reactors and so need to survive in extreme environments of heat and radiation damage. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Davis, Dr MM Maric, Prof J Fonseca -, Mr P Honniball
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Agentic AI for Autonomous Things: Vision-Language-Action Models, Embodied Intelligence and Real-World Decision-Making

Artificial intelligence is moving beyond passive prediction towards systems that can reason, plan, interact and act. This shift is driving rapid progress in agentic AI - i.e., AI systems that can interpret goals, make decisions, use tools, coordinate with humans and operate in changing real-world environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Atapour-Abarghouei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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