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security PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 342 security PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Security and Assurance of AI Agents in Cyber-Physical and Autonomous Systems

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

AI agents and large-language-model-based autonomous systems are beginning to influence software engineering, cyber defence, robotics, transport, industrial automation and cyber-physical infrastructure. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Yuan

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

Unconstrained Object Understanding using Deep Learning for Computer Vision in X-ray Security Screening

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

X-ray security screening is widely used to maintain aviation/transport security, and its significance poses a particular interest in future automated screening systems that can be deployed for transportation and border security screening alike. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

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

AI-Driven Cloud Security: Advancing Sustainable and Zero Trust Frameworks through Automation

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

We are seeking a PhD candidate to join our cutting-edge research projects focused on developing innovative solutions to enhance cyber security in cloud environments and edge computing platforms. Read more

Supervisor: Dr X Liang

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

Information Security in AI Agents

University of Worcester

Worcester Business School

This PhD study aims to improve information security in Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents and agentic systems. AI agents complete different tasks when we provide input for them. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Bowers, Dr N Sohrabi Safa

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

Trustworthy multi-agent LLM systems for security and privacy in software engineering

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming software development and software engineering. Instead of relying on a single model, recent approaches use multiple AI agents for software development activities. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AS Sami

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

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Securing Agentic AI: Trustworthy Delegation and Accountable Actions

The University of Manchester

Department of Computer Science

Securing Agentic AI. Trustworthy Delegation and Accountable Actions. How can we trust AI agents to act on our behalf when they interact with untrusted information, external tools, and other agents?. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Z Wang, Dr M Mustafa

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

EPSRC and MoD Doctoral Programme in Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security (SPADS)

Heriot-Watt University

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

EPSRC and MoD Doctoral Programme in Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security (SPADS)

University of Edinburgh

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

PhD in Peace and Security Studies

University of London, School of Advanced Study

Contribute to our understanding of peace-building and global challenges with a flexible online doctoral programme awarded by the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only PhD Research Programme

Design of a cargo scanning linac for security applications

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. Industrial applications is one of the three key areas of the Cockcroft Core grant, whereby security linacs has been identified as one of the priority areas supported by the BDG. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Burt

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

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Resource-Efficient Execution of Data Centre-Grade Workloads with Lightweight Operating Systems on Emerging Capability Hardware

The University of Manchester

Department of Computer Science

Modern data-centre workloads (e.g., agentic AI) demand strong security guarantees and high performance, which come today at a high resource cost. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Olivier, Dr P Petoumenos

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

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Cyber-Physical Risk

University College London

Department of Computer Science

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Cyber-Physical Risk is a national PhD research training centre, based at University College London (UCL), dedicated to addressing the rapidly evolving security challenges emerging from the convergence of cyber and physical systems. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

Trustworthy Collaboration in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Organizations benefit from sharing cyber threat intelligence (CTI), yet direct sharing of raw data, rules, or logs can reveal sensitive business information and undermine security. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Moradpoor, Dr SUJ Ullah Jan

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

Cross-Layer Security Orchestration for 6G IoT and Autonomous Vehicle Networks

University of Reading

Department of Computer Science

6G networks introduce highly dynamic, software-defined infrastructures where IoT devices and autonomous vehicles interact across heterogeneous environments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z Pooranian

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

Brain-inspired security primitive for secure hardware in space

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Firman Simanjuntak and Dr Basel Halak. Memristors mimic how the brain learns—offering low-cost, secure, and energy-efficient computing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Simanjuntak

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

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