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physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,126 physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Watching a fungus fight back: mapping antimicrobial resistance in 3-D as it happens (KOEV_U27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Dr Trey Koev. The chemicals that protect our crops and the drugs that treat fungal infections come from the same family. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Koev
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unifying distributional and distribution-free uncertainty quantification for trustworthy medical decisions

Supervisors. Dr. Nery Riquelme-Granada, Prof. Gabriela Czanner, Prof. Mahesan Niranjan. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Riquelme-Granada
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Learning to communicate and collaborate: emergent multimodal communication in embodied agents

Supervisory team. Dr Daniela Mihai and Professor Jonathon Hare. Robots and embodied agents that collaborate need ways to share what they perceive, intend and need. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Mihai
 30 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Shaping the Future of Global Communications with Hollow Core Fibres

Supervisors. Dr Ian Davidson, Prof. Francesco Poletti. Help create the next generation of hollow-core optical fibres for faster, more efficient communications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Davidson
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Can machines invent a visual language we can read? Emergence and interpretability of agent-made symbols

Supervisory team. Dr Daniela Mihai and Professor Jonathon Hare. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Mihai
 30 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Polarisation Maintaining Hollow-Core Fibre Fabrication

Supervisors. Dr Ian Davidson, Prof. Francesco Poletti. Are you interested in fabricating the future of optical fibre technology? In this project you will help to create a new generation of polarisation maintaining optical fibres that rely on revolutionary hollow-core fibre technology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Davidson
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Making net-zero quieter: sustainable acoustic metamaterials

Supervisory team. Dr Felix Langfeldt. This project explores acoustic metamaterials that combine effective noise control with more sustainable manufacturing materials. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Langfeldt
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Surface chemistry and gas reactions in hollow-core optical fibres

Supervisory team. Professor Austin Taranta, Professor Natalie Wheeler, and Dr Hesameddin Mohammadi. Hollow core fibres are transforming applications in communications, sensing, and high-power laser delivery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 13 October 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multiscale Modelling and Scale-up of Battery Slurry Mixing Using Coupled CFD-DEM

  Research Group: School of Mechanical Engineering
Battery electrode manufacturing relies on effective mixing of active materials, conductive additives, binders and solvents to produce homogeneous slurries with suitable properties for coating. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Jabbari, Dr M Babaie, Prof M Wilson
 18 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Intelligent Control of Electromechanical Braking Systems for Particulate Emission Reduction

  Research Group: School of Mechanical Engineering
Non-exhaust emissions from brake wear represent a major environmental and health concern, becoming tightly regulated under new Euro 7 standards. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Dutta, Prof D C Barton, Dr K Kubiak
 18 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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New Single-Molecule Tools to Study Self-Assembly

Start Date. October 2027. Proteins rarely work alone. They assemble into complexes, and the order in which they come together can decide whether a cell sends a signal or forms a toxic aggregate. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Beckwith
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Analysis of Lignin Interactions and Breakdown in Plant Cell Walls by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Towards More Efficient Biomass Pathways

In this multi-disciplinary project, you will gain expertise in plant cell wall and lignin biochemistry and biophysics, and develop skills and experience in advanced solid-state NMR as well as related experimental and computational approaches. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Brown, Prof T Bugg
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Engineering Ion-Selective Membranes for Critical Metal Recovery

This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Jin, Prof J Chew
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EPSRC and MoD Doctoral Programme in Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security (SPADS)

We are inviting applications for the third cohort of SPADS, a doctoral training programme with integrated studies focussed on advanced computation and sensing for defence and security applications. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC and MoD Doctoral Programme in Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security (SPADS)

We are inviting applications for the third cohort of SPADS, a doctoral training programme with integrated studies focussed on advanced computation and sensing for defence and security applications. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training