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We have 806 physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Mechanisms underlying shell colour pattern variation in turtles (Testudines)

University of Nottingham

School of Life Sciences

We are offering an exciting PhD research opportunity to join a collaborative project investigating the mechanisms that generate variation in shell coloration in tortoises, sea turtles, and terrapins. Read more

Supervisors: Dr YC Chiari, Prof PM Moriarty

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

Agentic AI for Autonomous, Resilient, and Sustainable Smart Grid Systems

Monash University Malaysia

Engineering and Information Technology

The rapid integration of renewable energy resources, distributed energy resources (DERs), electric vehicles (EVs), battery energy storage systems (BESS), and intelligent grid-edge devices is fundamentally transforming conventional electrical power systems into highly decentralized and cyber-physical smart grids. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Charles Sarimuthu

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

Aging sub-cellular powerstations

Imperial College London

Department of Mathematics

Student Background. Theoretical Physics, Mathematics/Statistics, Bioinformatics, Electrical Engineering, Computing (Biological knowledge not required). Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Jones

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

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Wind-wave-ocean eddy interactions: unravelling coupled processes at the air-sea interface (ZHAIX_U26ENVTS)

University of East Anglia

School of Environmental Sciences

Dr Tristan Sjoeberg Postgraduate Scholarship . Primary supervisor - Dr Xiaoming Zhai. Scientific background . Read more

Supervisor: Dr X Zhai

22 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Thermosphere Modelling for Satellite Drag, Collision Avoidance and Space Weather Resilience

University of Birmingham

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

Low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded. Scientific spacecraft, Earth observation missions, communication satellites and large commercial constellations all depend on accurate knowledge of where satellites are now and where they will be in the future. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Elvidge

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

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)

Developing magnonic building blocks for neuromorphic computing

The University of Manchester

Department of Computer Science

This PhD project will develop nanoscale devices which use magnons (collective excitations in magnetic order) as information carriers for ultra-efficient, compact, brain-inspired computing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr W Griggs

2 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Advanced Modelling of Waste Immobilisation Materials for Long‑Term Nuclear Waste Storage (Ref: CM/KJ-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Chemistry

Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel generates waste that contains long‑lived radioactive isotopes capable of remaining hazardous for thousands of years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Jolley

1 April 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Deep Learning Models for Dissolution Dynamics of Amorphous Formulations in Patient-Specific Gastrointestinal Geometry

Imperial College London

Department of Chemical Engineering

Project description. Current tools for predicting oral drug performance, such as the TIM-1 system and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models, provide valuable insight under controlled in vitro conditions but cannot capture variability in gastric geometry and motility across patients. Read more

Supervisors: Dr NB Basha, Prof O Matar

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Multi-Fidelity Digital Twins and Machine Learning for the Scale-Up of Flow Processes (Ref: SF-JO-2026/4)

Loughborough University

Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

The ‘what’. This PhD will develop multi-fidelity digital twin frameworks, integrating physics-based models and machine learning, to enable reliable scale-up of flow processes (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Oyekan

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Variational principles and integrable PDEs (Ref: MA/MV-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Mathematical Sciences

The focus of the project is to use variational principles, in particular those of Lagrangian multiform theory, to study particular solutions to integrable PDEs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Vermeeren

1 April 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Eigenvalues of functional difference operators associated to mirror curves (Ref: MA/LS-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Toric Calabi–Yau manifolds play an important role in mathematical physics. Their mirror manifolds can be described by algebraic curves and recently it was observed that quantisation of these curves leads to functionaldifference operators. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Schimmer

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Machine learning-accelerated quantum chemical modelling of molecular junctions and surface catalytic reactions

University of Warwick

Department of Chemistry

We are looking for a highly motivated and talented PhD candidate to join the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF) research project of Dr. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z Koczor-Benda

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

2D-Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanoelectronic Devices for Neuromorphic Computing

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Ruomeng Huang, Prof. Kees de Groot and Dr Shibin Thomas. This project will explore transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) semiconductors to build transistors and memristive devices enabling energy-efficient neuromorphic systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Huang

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Shaping the Future of Global Communications with Hollow Core Fibres

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Ghafour Amouzad Mahdiraji, and Professor Francesco Poletti. About the project. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Davidson

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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