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We have 35 ocean PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Impact of climate change on integrity of engineered lighthouse structures

University of Strathclyde

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

The ocean is the world’s greatest carbon sink. The ongoing rise of atmospheric CO. 2. will impact ocean CO. 2. absorption, increasing its acidity. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Burnside, Dr K Dobson

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Sub-Polar North Atlantic ocean dynamics in a 3ºC warmer world

University of Birmingham

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Northwest Eurasia owes its anomalously temperate climate to the oceanic circulation cell known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Dunkley Jones, Dr K Edgar, Dr J Bendle

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

ICARUS (Irish Climate Research and Analysis Units) Department of Geography Doctoral Scholarship

Maynooth University

ICARUS Climate Research Centre

The Department of Geography and Irish Climate Research and Analysis at Maynooth University is pleased to announce that a PhD Scholarship will be available for a suitably qualified and successful applicant intending to commence their PhD studies in September 2026. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) Ireland PhD Programme

Novel photonic sensing for marine environment monitoring

University of Strathclyde

Department of Physics

Light is a key driver for several fundamentally important processes in the ocean including ocean warming, photosynthesis and animal behavior. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D McKee, Dr J Macarthur

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

(UoM - Peking University) - Investigating heteroaggregation and settling of engineered nanoparticles, phytoplankton, and clay particles in seawater conditions for marine-based carbon dioxide removal

The University of Manchester

Department of Civil Engineering and Management

Negative emission technologies are crucial to meet the targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Babakhani, Dr J L Liu

7 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Ionospheric, Auroral and Ocean Clutter Models for Monostatic and Bistatic HF Sensing Systems

University of Birmingham

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

High-frequency (HF) sensing is one of the few technologies able to detect objects and characterise environments far beyond the horizon. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Elvidge

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

The role of air-sea interactions in Indian monsoon depressions

University of Reading

Department of Meteorology

Monsoon depressions (MDs) are synoptic-scale features that are responsible for a significant fraction of the rain over northern India during the summer monsoon season. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Hunt, Dr AG Turner, Dr S Berthou

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

Marine Natural Porduct Research

National Sun Yat-Sen University

College of Marine Sciences

Research Group: Natural Products Research Lab.

The ocean accounts for 70% of the total surface area of the Earth. In terms of animals, among the 34 animal phyla discovered so far, marine life accounts for 33 phyla. Read more

Supervisor: Prof YBC Cheng

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

An ocean in balance: delivering a model of civic participation for just decision making in offshore energy

University of Southampton

Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Overview. Offshore wind developments in the North Sea will require new models of community involvement to facilitate just decision making in complex social-ecological systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SV Van Der Plank, Prof F Eigenbrod

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative Control in Wave Energy Converter Arrays

Liverpool John Moores University

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Ocean waves are a vast and predictable source of renewable energy, but capturing this energy efficiently remains a challenge. Wave Energy Converters (WECs) can work together in groups, known as arrays, to generate more power than individual devices. Read more

Supervisors: Dr QZ Zhang, Dr MKM Kara-Mohamed, Dr AG Georgoulas, Dr L Jiang

5 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Opportunities in Physics, Earth & Climate Sciences, and Astrophysics

University of Otago

Department of Physics

The Department of Physics at the University of Otago invites applications for its 2027 PhD programme. We are looking for motivated students to join our research groups in physics, astrophysics and space sciences, and Earth and climate sciences. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) New Zealand PhD Programme

Design and Structural Dynamics of Offshore Aquaculture Systems, PhD (Funded)

University of Exeter

Offshore aquaculture is rapidly expanding as demand grows for sustainable, low-impact food production and competition for nearshore sites increases. Read more

Supervisor: Dr FK Khalid

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Quantifying cellular carbon allocation for marine carbon dioxide removal (Chemistry / Biogeochemistry)

University of Otago

Department of Chemistry

About the project. The Departments of Chemistry and Marine Science at the University of Otago (Aotearoa New Zealand) seek applicants for a PhD study on the development of new methods to rapidly measure lipids and protein-associated biomass within individual marine phytoplankton. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C McGraw, Dr EA Armstrong

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

High data rate adaptive underwater acoustic networks

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

The ocean plays a key role in supporting all living organisms on our planet, yet the vast majority of the ocean remains unmapped and unobserved. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Zakharov

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

Nesting Biology of Sea Turtles

The University of Manchester

Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic Sciences

Turtles are unique among vertebrates living their lives inside a box - their shell - which influences every aspect of their biology. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Codd, Dr R Nudds, Prof W Sellers

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

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