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physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,083 physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Physics Ph.D.

RIT’s physics Ph.D. combines our interdisciplinary approach, renowned faculty, and cutting-edge facilities to empower you to excel in your research and shape the future of physics. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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The University of Manchester - Department of Physics and Astronomy

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Manchester is home to outstanding research, leading facilities such as the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, and internationally renowned physicists and astronomers including the discoverers of graphene Professor Sir Andre Geim and Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov, and Professor Brian Cox. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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PhD Studentships in Physics and Astronomy

The University of Glasgow is home to an internationally-leading research community, an innovative graduate training programme and a long-standing reputation for excellent education, making it a vibrant environment for Physics and Astronomy studies. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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SHARP-ID – Shape and Rigidity Profiling via Density-Induced Banding of Red Blood Cells

SHARP-ID – Shape and Rigidity Profiling via Density-Induced Banding of Red Blood Cells . Research Project . Centrifugation of Red Blood Cells (RBCs) in continuous density gradient has recently been suggested for detecting pathological alterations [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AD Darras
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentships in the School of Physics and Astronomy, 2027-28

Are you interested in pursuing world-leading research in the fields of Physics or Astronomy? We have fully-funded PhD positions available at our vibrant, multi-cultural School, where we have access to cutting-edge experimental and theoretical facilities. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  PhD Opportunities
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Scientific Machine Learning for Quantum Many-Body Dynamics and Quantum Chaos

Quantum many-body systems exhibit some of the most fascinating phenomena in modern physics, including quantum chaos, information scrambling, thermalisation, many-body localisation, and dynamical phase transitions. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R A Roemer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Gallium Oxide-based RF power devices with thermal management

Gallium Oxide-based RF power devices with thermal management. Research Project . High power radio frequency (RF) semiconductor technologies are of critical importance to a wide range of applications including defence, aerospace, science, medicine, and industrial heating. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Kuball
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Quantum Rotation Sensing with Superfluid Helium

Modern navigation, geophysics, aerospace technologies and tests of fundamental physics all rely on our ability to measure rotation with extraordinary precision. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Weinfurtner, Prof A Golov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Particle accelerator simulations for new particle physics experiments

Particle colliders are incredibly complex and expensive devices to design, construct, operate and maintain. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Gibson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A Multidimensional Physics Informed Neural Network Assisted Damage Tolerant Design of Critical Nuclear Materials

The proposed project stems from European and UKRI-wide funded projects in which digital technologies for improving the reliability of additive manufactured components are sought. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Maligno
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] First Physics and AI-enhanced scientific discovery with the DarkSide-20k direct dark matter experiment

This PhD project will give you the opportunity to carry out some of the first physics exploitation of the DarkSide-20k dark matter observatory, a next-generation international experiment being constructed 1.4 km beneath a mountain at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Central Italy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D D Price, Dr ARY Ritchie Yates
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Heavy-flavour physics at the LHCb experiment

Particle physics aims to study the smallest constituents of matter and their interactions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MDC De cian, Dr C Fitzpatrick
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multiscale physics of deformation and failure in polymer networks

Research Studentship in Mechanics and Physics of Soft Materials. Project. Multiscale physics of deformation and failure in polymer networks. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L Brassart
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Search for quantization of space-time with photon counting interferometry

This project brings together precision laser interferometry and single photon detection quantum technology for the first time and applies this innovative concept to test the hypothesis that space-time is quantized. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Grote
 30 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From ideal to real: Simulation study of laser-plasma imaging performance for future industrial imaging

Department. Physics and Astronomy. Research Group. Accelerator Physics Group. Institution. University of Manchester. Application deadline. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Apsimon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)