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space engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 165 space engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Mapping solar PV potential for existing buildings stocks in the UK by deep learning of satellite and aerial images data

Project Abstract. We are seeking an ambitious PhD candidate to join a cutting-edge research project aiming to map the solar photovoltaic (PV) potential for existing building stocks in the UK through the application of deep learning on satellite and aerial image data. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Deng
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Interpretable Genomic Language Model Architectures for Large-Scale Variant Effect Prediction

Interpreting the functional impact of human DNA variants is central to personalised medicine, yet current models struggle to capture the long-range, non-coding context in which many causal variants act. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Rahman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of ignition systems for energy systems

There have been consistent efforts in developing more fast and efficient combustion. Microwave discharges are widely used for plasma-assisted ignition of air/fuel mixtures. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Volkov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Single-turbine scale quantification of wake turbulence (Ref: AURA26-CK2)

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Keylock, Dr J Su
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Non-Hermitian topological physics

Supervisory Team. Dr Dong-Yang WANG. This project will be focusing on the research on non-Hermitian topological physics. Frontier research topics of exceptional point/surfaces, non-Hermitian skin effect, and catastrophe theory will be pursued. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Porous superadsorbents for effective and selective adsorption of H2O from mixtures with inorganic gases

Water is an essential element for life and industry and there are numerous applications were an effective and selective separation of water vapour from a gaseous mixture is required. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Inglezakis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Autonomous Resilient Architectures:

Autonomous Resilient Architectures: design autonomous, fractionated and swarm-style constellation architectures with self-reconfiguration and self-healing capabilities, demonstrated in high-fidelity simulation and CubeSat/robotic prototypes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M-A Cardin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Painting Music – using Explainable AI for music composition

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 A Starkey, Dr M N Campbell-Bannerman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Quantum Algorithms for Computational Fluid Dynamics

Understanding and predicting fluid flow is essential to the design of aircraft, wind turbines and medical devices, as well as for modelling natural phenomena such as weather and ocean currents. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Brearley, Dr A De Rosis, Prof A Revell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Optimising optical microresonators for quantum technology applications

Supervisors. Dr Peter Horak peh@orc.soton.ac.uk. Dr William Hughes W.J.Hughes@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 P Horak
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Wideband all-fibre polarisation-entangled photon pair sources for enhanced versatility in quantum optical experiments and quantum information processing

Supervisors. Dr Morten Ibsen mi@orc.soton.ac.uk. Prof. Peter Kazansky pgk@orc.soton.ac.uk. Prof. Jayanta Sahu jks@orc.soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Ibsen
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum optimal control for long-lived NMR methods

Supervisors. Professor Marina Carravetta marina@soton.ac.uk. Dr. Paul Vasos. Dr. Kirill Sheberstov. Dr. Isabella Felli. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Carravetta
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum levitated mechanics for GPS-denied autonomous underwater vehicle navigation

Supervisors. Professor Hendrik Ulbricht h.ulbricht@soton.ac.uk. Professor Blair Thornton B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk. Dr Georgios Salavasidis and Dr Yaomei Wang (National Oceanographic Centre) georgios.salavasidis@noc.ac.uk, yaomei.wang@noc.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Ulbricht
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum communications enabled by hollow core optical fibres

Supervisors. Prof. Radan Slavik r.slavik@soton.ac.uk. Prof. Francesco Poletti frap@orc.soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Slavik
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrating Quantum and Classical Sensors for Long-Duration Inertial Navigation

Supervisors. Blair Thornton b.thornton@soton.a.uk. Tim Freegarde Tim.Freegarde@soton.ac.uk. Darryl Newborough (external), Georgios Salavasidis (external) Darryl.Newborough@sonardyne.com; georgios.salavasidis@noc.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Thornton
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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