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Thermo-Mechanical Constitutive Modelling of Concrete under Multiaxial loading

Department of Civil Engineering and Management

Concrete under high temperature is rarely subjected to simple uniaxial loading. In reality, structures such as nuclear systems, tunnels, underground transport infrastructure, and composite columns experience combined compression, tension, and shear while simultaneously undergoing severe thermal gradients. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Alhamd

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

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Autonomous Identity-Centric Threat Inference and Response System

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

. One fully funded PhD position in the Blockpass Identity Lab at Edinburgh Napier University on a project titled “Autonomous Identity-Centric Threat Inference & Response System”. This work is co-funded by Acumen Cyber. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Buchanan, Prof RM Macfarlane

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

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Privacy-aware Public Trust Infrastructure (PTI) for Elections with AI Fake Detection

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

. One fully funded PhD position in the Blockpass Identity Lab at Edinburgh Napier University on a project titled “Privacy-aware Public Trust Infrastructure (PTI) for Elections with AI Fake Detection”. This work is co-funded by Democracy Counts – a leading company within elections in the UK. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Buchanan, Dr SUJ Ullah Jan

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

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Decoding Carbon Disorder for High-Performance Graphene Conductive Additives

Lancaster University

Department of Chemistry

Project description. Lancaster University is pleased to offer a fully funded PhD studentship as part of the Faraday Institution PhD Training Programme, focused on understanding the structure-property relationships of graphene-based conductive carbons for next-generation battery electrodes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr XH Hua

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

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Human-Centred Stability, Control and Decision-Making for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Loughborough University

Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Are you passionate about intelligent systems, autonomous technologies, and the future of transportation? This PhD opportunity offers the chance to contribute to the development of next-generation control and decision-making technologies that will enhance the safety, efficiency, resilience, and performance of future transportation systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Sohani

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

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PGRTAs: Enhanced PhD Studentship

The University of Manchester

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

We seek to appoint one Postgraduate Research Teaching Associates (PGRTAs) in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, with a view to starting by the end of 2026. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Eastwood

24 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Mixed precision methods for numerical linear algebra at exascale

University of Leeds

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Computer Science

Please note the start date for this project is Monday 1 February 2027. Join an international team developing scalable algorithms to solve numerical linear algebra challenges on supercomputers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Fasi

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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(UoM - Tsinghua) - Reliability of Dielectric Interfaces for Power Conversion Applications

The University of Manchester

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

The energy system worldwide is transforming rapidly towards the trends of decarbonization and decentralization, which influenced how we generate, transmit and consume electricity every day. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Li, Prof F Yin

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

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(UoM - Peking University) - AERIS-Lab: A Laboratory-Grounded Virtual Aerosol Scientist for Interpreting Ambient Organic Aerosol Mass Spectra

The University of Manchester

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Mass spectrometry has transformed our ability to measure the molecular composition of atmospheric aerosol, but interpreting the resulting spectra remains slow, expert-dependent and difficult to reproduce. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Topping, Assoc Prof S G Guo

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

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Electroactive 4D-Printed Morphing Structures via Mechanical Instabilities

University of Edinburgh

School of Engineering

4D printing is emerging as a transformative manufacturing paradigm in which 3D-printed structures are engineered to change shape over time in response to external stimuli. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Martinez-Hergueta, Dr M.T. Taffetani

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

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Simulations for the new generation of batteries: optimising sodium-ion battery performance via atomistic, AI, and continuum modelling

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Professor Chris-Kriton Skylaris and Dr Sergio Vernuccio. This project examines how sodium‑ion batteries can overcome limitations in capacity and cycling lifetime to rival lithium‑ion batteries. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C K Skylaris

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

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Unlocking Transcription Factors: Building a Mammalian Platform to Discover Peptide Regulators

University of Bath

Department of Life Sciences

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Mason, Dr S D Lovell

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

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A 3-year PhD studentship in Developing Automated In-Situ Spectroscopies to Understand Periodic Trends in Electrocatalyst Performance for Carbon-Neutral Transformations

University College London

Department of Chemistry

Supervisor. Dr Benjamin Moss. Application deadline. 31st July 2026. Interview Start date. October 2026. UCL Chemistry Department is offering a fully funded studentship to a highly motivated candidate to start in June-October 2026. Read more

Supervisor: Dr BM Moss

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

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Aarhus University

Graduate School of Natural Sciences

The Graduate School of Natural Sciences (GSNS) at Aarhus University are looking for a number of bright, enthusiastic and ambitious candidates who are interested in pursuing a PhD education. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Denmark PhD Programme

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SWBio DTP PhD Project: Rational Design of Novel Degraders for Targeted Protein Degradation

University of Bath

Department of Life Sciences

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Licchesi, Dr S D Lovell

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

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We have 806 physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 806 physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Thermo-Mechanical Constitutive Modelling of Concrete under Multiaxial loading

Autonomous Identity-Centric Threat Inference and Response System

Privacy-aware Public Trust Infrastructure (PTI) for Elections with AI Fake Detection

Decoding Carbon Disorder for High-Performance Graphene Conductive Additives

Human-Centred Stability, Control and Decision-Making for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PGRTAs: Enhanced PhD Studentship

Mixed precision methods for numerical linear algebra at exascale

(UoM - Tsinghua) - Reliability of Dielectric Interfaces for Power Conversion Applications

(UoM - Peking University) - AERIS-Lab: A Laboratory-Grounded Virtual Aerosol Scientist for Interpreting Ambient Organic Aerosol Mass Spectra

Electroactive 4D-Printed Morphing Structures via Mechanical Instabilities

Simulations for the new generation of batteries: optimising sodium-ion battery performance via atomistic, AI, and continuum modelling

Unlocking Transcription Factors: Building a Mammalian Platform to Discover Peptide Regulators

A 3-year PhD studentship in Developing Automated In-Situ Spectroscopies to Understand Periodic Trends in Electrocatalyst Performance for Carbon-Neutral Transformations

Get your graduate degree at a top 100 university

SWBio DTP PhD Project: Rational Design of Novel Degraders for Targeted Protein Degradation

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