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We have 349 literature PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Engineering Long-Acting Depot Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Chronic Diseases

This PhD project will develop translational long-acting depot drug delivery technologies that enable controlled and programmable drug release for chronic disease management, bridging fundamental formulation science with clinically relevant design to enhance patient adherence and maximise therapeutic outcomes. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Qi, Prof S Rannard, Prof A Owen
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Autonomous Identity-Centric Threat Inference and Response System

 . One fully funded PhD position in the Blockpass Identity Lab at Edinburgh Napier University on a project titled “Autonomous Identity-Centric Threat Inference & Response System”. This work is co-funded by Acumen Cyber. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Buchanan, Prof RM Macfarlane
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Privacy-aware Public Trust Infrastructure (PTI) for Elections with AI Fake Detection

 . One fully funded PhD position in the Blockpass Identity Lab at Edinburgh Napier University on a project titled “Privacy-aware Public Trust Infrastructure (PTI) for Elections with AI Fake Detection”. This work is co-funded by Democracy Counts – a leading company within elections in the UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Buchanan, Dr SUJ Ullah Jan
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(UoM - Peking University) - AERIS-Lab: A Laboratory-Grounded Virtual Aerosol Scientist for Interpreting Ambient Organic Aerosol Mass Spectra

Mass spectrometry has transformed our ability to measure the molecular composition of atmospheric aerosol, but interpreting the resulting spectra remains slow, expert-dependent and difficult to reproduce. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Topping, Assoc Prof S G Guo
 7 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Research opportunities in the Centre for Medieval Studies

As the oldest interdisciplinary centre for postgraduate study of the Middle Ages in the UK, the Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS) offers world-class teaching from expert academics. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Humanities Research Programme
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Framework for SMART therapeutic encapsulation

Drug encapsulation is a crucial technology in pharmaceuticals and medicine. It involves enclosing active pharmaceutical ingredients within a carrier material. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof CW Roberts
 20 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Marine Ecology: Understanding the Welsh Seascape: Critical Coastal Habitats for Blue Carbon and Fish

Key Information. Open to. UK fee eligible applicants only. Funding Providers. NRW, Swansea University, EVMT ProgRess Ltd (Dr Mark Townley and Heather Townley), Project Seagrass. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Esteban, Dr R Unsworth
 16 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Testing and synthesis of compiler-generated debugging information

There is a fully funded 3.5-year PhD studentship available to conduct research full-time on the topic of compiler-generated debugging information, most likely on its reliability and/or expressiveness, in the context of production compilation toolchains (LLVM, GCC). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SK Kell
 17 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Computational Prediction of Minimum Ignition Energy for Hydrogen and Mixed Fuel Systems at Elevated Pressures

Hydrogen is central to global decarbonisation plans, with demand projected to grow substantially as industries move away from fossil fuels. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Muppala
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Engineering Design Intelligence: A Multidisciplinary Systems Framework for Human-Centred, Systems-Led and Value-Driven Engineering Innovation

Engineering is undergoing fundamental transformation. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), digital twins, advanced manufacturing, sustainable technologies and connected systems are reshaping how products are conceived, developed and delivered. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Gnanasagaran
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship in Fast Zonal Control for Voltage Stability

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship, to be undertaken at Imperial College London (Control and Power Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) under the co-supervision of Professors Balarko Chaudhuri and Mark O’Malley. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Chaudhuri
 14 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Agentic AI for sustainable engineering design

Contemporary engineering design is increasingly shaped by the need to address a broad, often competing set of objectives, with a major focus on sustainability and environmental impact across the full life cycle of engineered systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J N Norheim
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Living and Leading Responsibly: Sustainable Consumption, Ethical Leadership and Socially Just Organisations

Please note, there is no funding attached to this project. All tuition fees and any other associated costs (including bench fees) must be financed by the student. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Ciesielska
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Living and Leading Responsibly: Sustainable Consumption, Ethical Leadership and Socially Just Organisations

Please note, there is no funding attached to this project. All tuition fees and any other associated costs (including bench fees) must be financed by the student. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof SS Sahadev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Resilient Economies, Sustainable Supply Chains and Digital Transformation

Please note, there is no funding attached to this project. All tuition fees and any other associated costs (including bench fees) must be financed by the student. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Ejiogu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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