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We have 181 ocean PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Tracing Environmental Change Through Antarctic Food Webs: Stable-Isotope Ecology of Antarctic Seals

University of Exeter
Ecology and Conservation
Antarctic marine ecosystems are undergoing rapid environmental change, yet we do not know how changes in ocean productivity and food web structure propagate to top predators. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Huckstadt
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Using carbon-efficient Machine Learning-based regional climate model emulators to quantify future changes to precipitation and temperature extremes over Greenland

British Antarctic Survey
British Antarctic Survey
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 nzps-dtp.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Orr, Dr L Wake, Dr M Rogers, Dr M Widmann
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Seagrass as a natural defence: microbiomes, pathogens and coastal water quality in the face of environmental change

University of Exeter
Biosciences
Seagrass meadows provide vital ecosystem services, but their potential to reduce harmful waterborne bacteria remains largely unexplored. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof I Gudelj
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Closing the Aquatic Observational Gap: Low-Cost Environmental Sensing from Recreational Watercraft

University of Exeter
Earth and Environmental Sciences (including the Camborne School of Mines)
Aquatic environments face increasing pressures, including extreme events and climate-driven ecosystem change. Yet existing observations often fail to capture fine-scale spatial and temporal variability of nearshore environments where people live and recreate. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Brewin
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship - Process Industries: Net Zero CDT: Endurant Power and Propulsion System for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Offshore Energy Infrastructure

Newcastle University
CDT PINZ
Overview. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are increasingly central to offshore energy operations, yet their deployment remains constrained by limited endurance, energy density, and the ability to maintain station or perform interventions in harsh ocean environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W Shi
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Mathematics for our Future Climate: Theory, Data and Simulation

Imperial College London
Imperial College London, the University of Reading and the University of Southampton are thrilled to invite passionate and dedicated individuals to apply for our exciting new EPSRC CDT in the Mathematics for our Future Climate starting in October 2027. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Mathematics for our Future Climate: Theory, Data and Simulation

University of Reading
Imperial College London, the University of Reading and the University of Southampton are thrilled to invite passionate and dedicated individuals to apply for our exciting new EPSRC CDT in the Mathematics for our Future Climate starting in October 2027. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Mathematics for our Future Climate: Theory, Data and Simulation

University of Southampton
Imperial College London, the University of Reading and the University of Southampton are thrilled to invite passionate and dedicated individuals to apply for our exciting new EPSRC CDT in the Mathematics for our Future Climate starting in October 2027. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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CFD-Based Design Optimisation of 3D Concrete-Printed Scour Protection for Offshore Wind Foundations (Ref: AURA27-TM)

Loughborough University
School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
This PhD will develop hydrodynamically efficient scour-protection concepts for offshore wind monopiles using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and design optimisation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Marjoribanks, Prof R Dorrell, Dr A Blanco-Alvarez
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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From Wandering Albatrosses to Hedgehogs: Using AI and Citizen Science to Improve Biodiversity Monitoring under Ground Truth Uncertainty

University of Glasgow
College of Science and Engineering
International students. Contact the primary supervisor by 7 December. Application deadline. 5 January at noon. Overview. Technological advances have led ecology into its big data era. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Vlaar
 7 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Sea lice and wild salmonids: understanding infection risk, connectivity and genomic resistance across Scotland’s coastal waters

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Lepeophtheirus salmonis (sea lice) are one of the most significant challenges facing both salmon aquaculture and the conservation of wild Atlantic salmon. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Landeryou
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fusing AI and Fluid Dynamics for a Multi-Terawatt Offshore Wind Future (Ref: AURA27-RD)

Loughborough University
School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
State of the art industry software currently struggles to predict how complex ocean waves generate dynamic forces on offshore wind turbine foundations. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Dorrell, Prof C Lloyd
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Wake, Mix, Repeat: Engineering the Environmental Footprint of Deep-Water Wind (Ref: AURA27-CL)

Loughborough University
School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
The future of UK offshore wind farms lies in deep waters, a dynamic physical environment where water column density varies with depth. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Lloyd, Prof R Dorrell, Prof C Keylock
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Experimental Study of Stratified Waters to Enable Deep Water Offshore Wind Farms (Ref: AURA27-LC)

Loughborough University
School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Offshore wind is at the heart of the UK's transition to a clean-energy future. As wind farms move into deeper waters, engineers and scientists face new challenges that have never been encountered at scale before. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Dorrell, Dr L Corredor-Garcia
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Nonlinear waves in axisymmetric geometries (BLYTHM_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia
School of Mathematics
Primary supervisor - Prof Mark Blyth. The classical water wave problem provides a foundational framework for modelling gravity waves on liquid surfaces—from ocean swells to river flows. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Blyth
 24 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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