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space engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 165 space engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Self-organizing reconfigurable cellular robots created with semantically-aware autonomic elements

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Machines created by humans, even state-of-the-art space systems, are mostly monolithic centralized entities that are designed for a specific purpose and to embody specific components. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M A Post, Prof A M Tyrrell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Photonic Time–Space Correlator (PhoTiSC) for Ultra-Fast 3D Imaging & Time-Resolved Microscopy

Capture when and where each photon lands—build the instrument that makes it possible. Project Overview. This PhD project focuses on developing the Photonic Time–Space Correlator (PhoTiSC)—a novel instrument that can measure both the arrival time and position of photons with exceptional precision. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Kaplan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decision-Theoretic Shared-Autonomy Allocation under Communication Uncertainty for Safety-Critical Remote Robotics

  Research Group: Engineering
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship in the School of Engineering, Lancaster University, hosted by the Data Science and AI Institute (DSAIL) and funded by an EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ZW Wang, Prof Q Ni
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship - Process Industries: Net Zero (PINZ) Centre for Doctoral Training - Development of a Novel Microwave Non-thermal plasma Reactor for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilisation

Overview. This PhD project is part of the Process Industries. Net Zero (PINZ) Centre for Doctoral Training and will focus on developing the design of a novel microwave-based non-thermal reactor developed by ARCS Evolution Ltd. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Harvey
 23 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in UK Semiconductor Industry Future Skills

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in UK Semiconductor Industry Future Skills is a joint initiative between Swansea University's Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials and the University of Leeds and will recruit at least 50 students over 5 annual cohorts between the two sites. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Generative and Hybrid AI for Pharmaceutical Reactor Design

This project will develop an integrated AI framework to design crystallisation reactors more effectively. It will first use generative AI to create and explore new reactor shapes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Basha, Dr D Zhang, Dr O Rivasplata
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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An intensified, modular absorption carbon capture approach for dispersed small- to medium-scale industrial emitters

Project Summary. Join a new PhD research programme developing an innovative approach for efficient, modular absorption-based CO₂ capture for dispersed emitters. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Rezk, Dr E Tandis, Dr A Alaswas
 15 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Fractional order modelling of neurons

Project Overview. Fractional order calculus (integro-differential equations that are of non-integral order) is an emerging methodology with wide applications across all areas of Physics and Engineering. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Hadjiloucas, Dr E Delivopoulos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Assessment of phototherapy with model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Project Overview. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is extensively used as model organism and is well understood from a sequencing perspective so up-regulation or down-regulation of gene expression is tractable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Hadjiloucas, Dr E Delivopoulos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Application of digital holography for marine science

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Thevar, Dr K Nakkeeran
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Thermoradiative Power Generation (or Solar Power at Night)

Project Description. The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) is widely regarded as the one of the leading Photovoltaics research hubs in the world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Nielsen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Polarization effects in antiresonant hollow core optical fibres

Supervisory Team. Prof. Austin Taranta, Dr. Gianluca Guerra, Dr. Gregory Jasion and Dr. Ian Davidson. Dive into the mysterious world of polarization in antiresonant hollow core fibres, where conventional wisdom is turned on its head, and unexpected phenomena emerge every day. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Graphene-based silicon photonic photodetectors for mid-infrared wavelengths

Supervisory Team. Dr Milos Nedeljkovic and Professor Callum Littlejohns. This project’s aim is to explore the integration of graphene with Silicon Photonic circuits to create fast and sensitive photodetectors for the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region, a key wavelength range for detecting gases and molecules. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Nedeljkovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Fabricating Photonic Lanterns to Mitigate Scintillation in Satellite-borne Optical Communication Signals

Supervisory Team. Dr Kyle Bottrill, Prof Periklis Petropoulos and Dr Debparna Majumder. Just as starlight falling on the surface of the Earth twinkles when affected by atmospheric turbulence, so too do optical communication signals transmitted from an orbiting satellite to a ground-station. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Bottrill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spatiotemporal Superconducting Metasurfaces for Next Gen Quantum Technologies

Supervisors. Dr Sajjad Taravati s.taravati@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr #s Taravati
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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