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mathematics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,058 mathematics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Investigating a polarity switch in bird wing feather development

How do birds organise their feather pattern to make flight possible?. The evolution of flight in birds is one of the most remarkable events in natural history. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Towers, Prof G Fletcher
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Rebuilding trust in vaccination: a Large Epidemic Model to predict immunity gaps and power trustworthy public health communication

Can AI help rebuild trust in public health, and stop preventable diseases from coming back?. Measles is returning. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Chen, Prof AJ Jorgensen
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Statistics - Forecasting electricity prices under uncertainty: probabilistic modelling of interconnected energy markets

Description. Four-year fully funded PhD in Applied Statistics (Energy Markets). Why this matters. Electricity is traded from years to minutes ahead of delivery, in many competitive markets designed to match supply and demand as efficiently as possible. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J BROWELL
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Competing long-range first-passage percolation

This 3.5-year studentship is part of the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Sheffield, within the Probability Theory research group and the Mathematical and Statistical Modelling Research Cluster. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Lodewijks
 20 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Optimising data completeness in clinical prediction models incorporating high-frequency patient generated health data

  Research Group: Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
Advances in digital technologies have made it possible to monitor patients remotely by collecting patient-generated health data (PGHD) through smartphones and wearable devices. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Bladon, Dr S Van der Veer, Prof W Dixon, Dr DJ Jenkins
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Immersive Reality Experimentation at Scale for Urban Planning Decision-Making

How can cities involve larger, more representative populations in planning decisions? Although public participation is central to democratic planning, consultation processes often rely on drawings, maps and technical documents that many citizens find difficult to interpret. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Pinto, Dr M Vigo
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Data-driven control engineering for large-scale uncertain systems

Research Studentship in Control Theory, Optimization and Learning. 3.5-year D.Phil. studentship. Project. Data-driven control engineering for large-scale uncertain systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Papachristodoulou
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multiagent Market Design for Circular Industrial Symbiosis

Supervisory Team. Dr Vahid Yazdanpanah. This project uses game theory, agent-based modelling and mechanism design to support circular industrial symbiosis, where one company’s waste becomes another’s resource. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Yazdanpanah
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising CO2 Removal through Enhanced Rock Weathering through Multiscale Modelling

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 Supervisors: Dr S. R. Ruiz, Prof R James
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Approximate likelihood methods for latent-identity spatial capture-recapture models

  Research Group: Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling
This project will look to develop methods for spatial capture-recapture (SCR) when individual identity is partially or completely unknown. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr BS Stevenson, Dr H Worthington
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding RNA Translation from Direct-FRAC-Seq Data with AI- Enhanced Graphical Models

Project Description. How do cells decide which mRNAs to translate, and what features drive this choice? This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to explore translational regulation at the interface of computational and experimental biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Cutillo, Dr J Aspden, Prof C Angione, Prof D R Westhead
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sports acoustics: Impact sound in cricket, golf, baseball and tennis (with Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd)

Linking impact sound to performance, impact mechanics in cricket, tennis, and golf. Project Summary. Cricket players recognise the sound of a sweetly struck shot straight away, and golfers know which impact sounds signal a clean strike. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Squicciarini, Prof TP Walters
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanistic Interpretability for Multi-Agent AI Safety

Project Overview. As foundation models evolve into autonomous, interacting multi-agent systems, safety risks, such as covert collusion, deceptive coordination, goal drift, and cascade failures, emerge deep within internal activation states rather than just observable conversational logs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr RL Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B12 AI-Enabled Prediction of UK Pollen Season Magnitude for Next-Generation Forecasting

Understanding and forecasting airborne pollen is essential for improving operational environmental prediction across the UK. While daily pollen forecasts have improved substantially in recent years, one of the greatest remaining challenges is predicting the overall magnitude of each pollen season. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof F Pope
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From cracks to continents: Resource-efficient modelling Antarctic ice shelf viability with damage mechanics

This PhD is part of the Net Zero Polar Science DTP, which aims to make polar science possible in a net zero world. For further details visit https://nzps-dtp.ac.uk/. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Surawy-Stepney, Dr RW Williams, Dr R Duddu, Prof A E Hogg, Dr OJ Marsh
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)