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joint PhD PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 175 joint PhD PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Infection-Driven Mechanisms of Inflammatory Arthritis

Immune-mediated inflammatory arthropathies, including Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), and therapy-induced inflammatory arthritis, are chronic disabling conditions whose initiating triggers remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Coles, Prof C Buckley, Dr C Dendrou, Dr S Davidson
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising remote conservative and post-operative rehabilitation of traumatic knee injuries using Blood Flow Restriction Exercise in UK Defence service personnel (Ref RDFC26/HW/SER/HUGHES)

High rates of musculoskeletal injury (MSKI) are well documented in the UK Military. Lower limb injuries consistently account for the largest proportion of MSKI, with the knee joint representing the most commonly affected site. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Hughes, Dr J Andrushko
 29 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Brain cell membrane-coated nanoparticles co-delivering nanozymes and inflammation modulators for the treatment of post-ischaemic stroke injury

  Research Group: Division of Pharmacy & Optometry
Ischaemic stroke remains a leading cause of mortality and long-term disability worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CT Tapeinos, Dr H A. Prag
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The wrong place at the wrong time: Immune cell-derived serine proteases as drivers of osteoarthritis

This project combines cutting-edge with established methods including activity-based probes, protein biology, ex vivo explant culture, ‘omic data analysis and in vivo models to reveal how serine proteases activate destructive MMP pathways. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Wilkinson, Dr ND Darling, Dr D Turner
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advanced Proprioception for Robotic Legs

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Humans are complex mechanical systems of interconnected bodies with a high degree of freedom (DOF). Our inner structures/bodies have naturally evolved with advanced proprioception and control, enabling us to perform a wide range of actions/movements, such as running, walking, sitting, and jumping. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr BJ Jamil, Dr P Ellison
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs

If you are interested in addressing complex, international issues and developing your professional research skills, then pursuing a PhD in the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs could be for you. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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EastBio: Characterizing the cellular signaling centre: How do TORC1-containing signaling endosomes work?

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Background. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Hatakeyama
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Searching for Lepton Flavour Violation using top quark events in the ATLAS detector at the LHC

The long-established RHUL ATLAS group is renowned for its expertise in physics (Higgs, top quark and exotic signatures involving electrons), statistical methods as well as trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof V Boisvert
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cheminformatics-driven Rhodium-catalysed Upcycling of Polyolefin Waste

A funded PhD studentship is available at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK) in collaboration with Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies and platinum group metal (PGM) catalysis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DW Willcox, Dr L D Donnelly
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Pd Catalysed Upcycling of Waste Rubber by Polymer Backbone Modification

A funded PhD studentships are available at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK) in collaboration with Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies and platinum group metal (PGM) catalysis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L D Donnelly, Dr DW Willcox
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Metasurface technologies for physical AI: machine learning-enabled nanophotonics for consumer electronics

Supervisors. Dr Xu Fang and Dr Eric Plum. This project will develop next-generation metasurface technologies for Physical AI, using nanostructured optical hardware to integrate sensing and information processing closer to the physical world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Fang
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(EPSRC DTP) Causal Modelling of Cardiac Dose, Tissue Recovery and Survival in Thoracic Reirradiation

Radiotherapy is used to treat many cancers and plays a key role in cancer care. As patients live longer, increasing numbers require a second course of radiotherapy because their cancer recurs or a new cancer develops in a previously treated area. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Vasquez Osorio, Dr H Guo, Dr A McWilliam, Dr KB Banfill, Dr PHdCA da Costa Avelar
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Compound Wind and Rainfall Extremes over Europe: understanding uncertainties from climate to financial risk

Background. Europe’s most damaging weather rarely occurs as a single hazard. Winter windstorms can coincide with heavy rainfall, severe events can cluster within weeks, and a single weather system can affect multiple countries. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S J Jain, Dr P Northrop
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded project GW4 BioMed3 MRC DTP - How the Golgi Feels Force: Uncovering a Hidden Driver of Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects an estimated 10 million people in the UK and is characterised by the progressive breakdown of articular cartilage leading to joint pain, stiffness, and reduced mobility. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Hammond, Dr N Stevenson, Dr B Faber, Dr E Blain
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Adaptive Information Allocation in Machine Learning

Stochastic gradient methods represent a key computational engine of large-scale modern machine learning. To estimate gradient directions, they sample training data uniformly at random, independently of their informational value. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Kaban
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only