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recent graduate PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 45 recent graduate PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Peatlands, plants, and pollinators - An informatics approach to protecting natural capital.

Background. To effectively protect natural habitats and biodiversity, accurate and up-to-date information is required on species and ecosystems to allow data driven evidence-based strategies for managing habitats and conserving species. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Buswell, Dr M Knight
 23 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Philosophy PhD (option of joint PhD with National University of Singapore)

The Philosophy Department at King’s is one of the largest research departments in the field in the UK. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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German PhD (option of joint PhD with Stuttgart or Humboldt University)

Our current research students work mainly in cultural and historical studies from the Middle Ages to the present day, including literary studies, film and cinema studies; theatre studies; literary and cultural theory; and the history of ideas. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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University of Reading PhD Opportunities

Our thriving and diverse community of researchers leads the way in understanding the issues that most concern the world today. Join us as a postgraduate researcher at Reading and we will support you at every stage, helping you to deliver research that counts. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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Emulating and extending randomised controlled trials using routinely-collected data from Europe (Botnar-2026-08)

This DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics is a 3-year project focussing on the emulation and extension of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) using de-identified, routinely-collected, real-world medical record data from primary and secondary care across European countries. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Jödicke, Prof D Prieto-Alhambra, Dr T Rathod-Mistry, Dr M Català Sabaté
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Agentic AI for Analytical Code Development to Support Regulatory Real-World Evidence Generation (Botnar-2026-04)

This DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics is a 3.5-year project on the development and evaluation of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to support analytical code development for real-world evidence (RWE) studies. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Prieto-Alhambra, Dr M Català Sabaté, Dr X Li
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Assessing the uptake and safety of treatments for rare paediatric cancers using real world data (Botnar-2026-02)

Given the limited availability of clinical trial data and the high prevalence of off-label prescribing in paediatric oncology, real-world data is critical for evaluating the uptake and safety of medicines used in the area. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Burn, Dr D Newby, Prof D Prieto-Alhambra
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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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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Self-Evolving Embodied AI: Spatial Intelligence and Continual Robot Learning

Background. Recent advances in foundation models are enabling a new generation of embodied AI systems that can perceive, reason about and interact with the physical world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr DL Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Neural Cellular Automata for Top-Down Engineering of Self-Organising Systems

About the Project. Self-organisation is a property of many natural systems, where local interactions among individuals give rise to patterns and behaviours at the global level—for example, flocks of birds collectively avoiding a predator, or the collective decision-making process of honey bees' nest site selection [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Stovold
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Fully funded PhD position in fluid mechanics

A PhD position is available in the Laboratory for Multiphase and Reactive Flows (LaMuReF) at Polytechnique Montréal. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Robert, Prof B Savard, Prof PV Versailles
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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French PhD

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers research strengths and opportunities for PhD supervision across all periods of French and Francophone literature and visual culture, French thought and modern French history and politics. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Theology & Religious Studies PhD

At King's you will find a broad range of overlapping areas of research. Students can pursue traditional areas of study through. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Comparative Literature PhD

Joint PhDs available. Exciting opportunities to gain a joint PhD with Hong Kong University (HKU), the National University of Singapore (NUS). Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Has artificial intelligence reduced language barriers in biodiversity conservation?

About the project. Language barriers can profoundly affect how scientific evidence is produced, synthesised and applied to biodiversity conservation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Amano
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)