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space engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 165 space engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Near-wall domain decomposition for turbulence modelling based on RANS-LES

For many years, the resolution of the near-wall turbulent layer is a hot topic in fluid dynamics. Near-wall turbulence modelling is a computationally expensive problem. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Utyuzhnikov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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(SATURN CDT)Enhancing strategic decision-making for new-build nuclear storage facilities via environmental life cycle assessment

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. UoM_Nuclear. This project is part-funded by the NDA Bursary scheme and will involve close collaboration with industrial partners at UKNNL and Sellafield Ltd. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Stamford, Mr A Banford
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(SATURN CDT) Developing advanced cementitious sealing materials for deep borehole disposal of high-level nuclear waste

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. Deep borehole disposal (DBD) is rapidly emerging as a credible and potentially superior alternative to a mined & engineered deep geological repository, or GDF (geological disposal facility) as it is known in the UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K P Travis, Dr B Walkley, Prof F Gibb, Mr J Beswick
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multi-agent AI for software-defined traffic control in satellite networks

  Research Group: Institute for Communication Systems
The specific focus of this PhD research project is on integration of non-terrestrial networks (NTN) (aka satellite communication networks) with terrestrial networks (TN) (5G/6G mobile networks). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Vural, Prof R Tafazolli
 12 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Advanced CFD, Multiphysics Modelling, and AI for Energetics Processing

This project will develop advanced computational and experimental tools to support the safe, efficient, and scalable manufacture of materials critical to UK and European security, with a particular focus on resonant acoustic mixing (RAM) - a relatively novel and increasingly important class of process equipment attracting growing industrial interest across multiple sectors. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Windows-Yule
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Digitalisation towards Safety in Construction: The Facilitating Role of Industrialised Construction (Ref: MMC1-Safety)

This PhD project lies at the intersection of three topics. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), digital technologies and industrialised construction. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Saad
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unified Theory of Efficient Sequential Architectures: Structured Representations, Approximation Bounds, and Scaling Laws

Standard transformer attention mechanisms compute all pairwise interactions between sequence elements, resulting in quadratic computational complexity that becomes prohibitive for long sequences. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr FMP Moreno-Pino
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multimodal Assessment of Falls Risk/ Movement Performance in Older Adults Using Wearable Sensor Technologies and Visual Computing Techniques

Falls are a leading cause of severe injury and loss of functional independence among older adults. Performance measures derived from gait and postural assessments offer valuable insight into an individual’s movement quality (and hence their falls risk). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Buckley, Prof R Qahwaji, Dr R Jaber
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing a Model for the Adoption of Agentic AI in Facilities Management: Enabling Autonomous Decision-Making for Sustainable Built Environments

Facilities Management (FM) is a critical, multi-trillion-dollar global industry responsible for ensuring the functionality, safety, comfort, and sustainability of the built environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T O Osunsanmi, Dr CM Moobela
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multi-Three-Phase Drives for Electric Transport

The popularity of power electronic drives used to control electrical machines is increasing, pushed by both the surge of renewable energy generation and the ongoing electrification of transport. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Papadopoulos, Dr FVS Vedreno Santos,
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mid-infrared nonlinear effect and devices based on soft-glass optical fibers

Supervisory team. Dr Tonglei Cheng and Dr Lin Xu. Current nonlinear fiber optic devices mainly focus on the visible and near-infrared bands. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Cheng
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Symmetry-restricted quantum parameterised circuit generative models

Supervisory team. Dr Srinandan Dasmahapatra. Recognising patterns in data to simulate their distributions is a machine learning task that can be enhanced by generating measurement samples from quantum states that are suitably prepared by parameterised quantum circuits. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Dasmahapatra
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Novel Phase Change Materials for integrated photonics

The current increase in data generation is expected to reach unsustainable rates by the end of the decade. This has a strong impact on the environment and therefore new solutions are sought after. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Zeimpekis
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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An Institution for TLA+: A Framework for Interoperability

There are a plethora of formal methods used for the specification and verification of critical systems. Each of these is suitable for modelling and anlaysing various aspects of system operation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Farrell
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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On-Package Communication for Heterogeneous 2.5D Chiplet Systems

The semiconductor industry is rapidly shifting towards modular design based on chiplets and Multi-Chip Modules, where multiple dies — CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, memory stacks — are integrated side by side on a common interposer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Bertozzi, Prof J Goodacre
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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