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We have 404 part-time PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Resilient Intelligent Traffic Systems with Learning Optimisation and Chance Constraints (Ref: CO/YX-SF2/2026)

This project develops learning-driven and optimisation-based methods to keep cities moving under disruption, with a core focus on chance-constrained optimisation for risk-aware decision making. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Xie
 1 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Intelligent Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) (Ref: CO/LG-SF1/2026)

Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) is an emerging research area and has been attracting great attention in recent years. VANET is a special case of MANET (Mobile Ad hoc Network) and is a key part of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) framework. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Guan
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multi-arm and Constrained Manipulation

Robotics applications in surgical, space, scientific, and nuclear domains often demand dexterous manipulation in constrained spaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Marinho
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Creative Writing - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Embark on this practice-based Creative Writing PhD and craft your literary masterpiece. Explore creative and critical practices and be inspired by our award-winning writers and the bustling literary scene on campus and in Birmingham. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Arts Research Programme
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Theology and Religion - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Immerse yourself in your own Theology and Religion research supported by experts from one of the largest and most diverse Theology departments in the UK. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Music - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

The Department of Music offers promising candidates the opportunity to carry out research in one of the most dynamic institutions in Britain, with supervision from world-leading academics and access to outstanding facilities. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Arts Research Programme
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Birmingham Law School - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Law PhD / PhD by Distance Learning / MPhil / MJur. Conduct your own law research with the support of legal specialists from Birmingham Law School. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Law Research Programme
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Enhanced economics of gigawatt scale offshore wind farms through high-fidelity wake modelling

Optimising wind turbine layout and foundation design is critical to enhancing the economics of large-scale offshore wind energy projects. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Stallard, Dr P Ouro
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Next-Generation NMR Methods for Real-World Samples and Mixtures

  Research Group: Analytical Chemistry
Complex chemical mixtures are everywhere. medicines, foods, catalysts, biological fluids, and the products of chemical reactions. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Nilsson, Prof GA Morris
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advancement and Application of Microwave and Radar Techniques for Non-Destructive Testing

With the growing use of non-metallic structural materials, such as glass fibre-reinforced plastic in the marine and renewable energy sectors and polymers for instance, high-density polyethylene in pipelines, non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of these materials is becoming a growing and pressing challenge. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Peyton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Universality in random growth processes

A modern area of research within probability theory is the study of a class of models named after Kardar, Parisi and Zhang and referred to as KPZ. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W Fitzgerald
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Electrified catalytic processes for green fuels production via co2 hydrogenation

The transition to a low-carbon energy system requires sustainable methods for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful fuels and chemicals. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Fan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Selective bio-recovery of rare earth elements with bioengineered peptide loops and encapsulated proteins

The rare earth elements (REE) continue to rapidly increase as a strategic technological resource and form essential components in many existing and emerging… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr LN Natrajan, Prof S Hay, Dr I Riddell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unravelling Sex-Specific Mechanisms Underpinning Long COVID: An Integrative Epidemiological and Biomarker-Based Investigation of Women’s Disproportionate Burden (Ref: SSEHS/SF-MF26-2)

Long COVID (post‑COVID condition) is a chronic, multisystem disease state that persists for ≥3 months after SARS‑CoV‑2 infection and impairs dailyfunctioning for many sufferers. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Faghy, Dr E O'Donnell
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Application of machine learning algorithms to medical images and clinical/DNA data

This project will develop an automated classifier or the estimation of prognosis of the illness using medical images of the human body, clinical data, and gene information. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Costen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only