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We have 76 ucl PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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The John Clifton Legacy PhD Studentship

The Queen Square Institute of Neurology is pleased to offer up to one 3-year non-clinical PhD studentship in Frontotemporal Dementia starting in February 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Leff
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Using High-Throughput Operando Spectroscopy to Understand the Factors Controlling Electrocatalyst Performance for Carbon-Neutral Transformations

Supervisor. Dr Benjamin Moss. Application deadline. December 20th 2026. Interview date. January 15th 2027. UCL Chemistry Department is offering a fully funded studentship to a highly motivated candidate to start in February 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr BM Moss
 20 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Signals in the Stream: Data-Driven Diagnosis of River Water Quality

UK river water quality is a pressing political, public and environmental concern. only 15% of English rivers meet 'good' status under the Water Framework Directive, and water companies and the government face mounting pressure to improve waterways. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A L Lipp, Dr M Fox, Prof A Johnson
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering plant cells circuitries for multiparametric high-throughput platforms for weed control (EngCiWeCo)

Rationale and Importance. Developing physiologically relevant screening platforms for weed-control compounds in adult plants is slow, low-throughput, and requires large chemical inputs. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Devoto, Prof RM Mott
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reconstructing Cellular Architecture in 3D: Integrated Nanoscale Imaging of Organelles, Molecules and Tissue Structure

The objective of this project is to develop and apply novel high-resolution quantitative imaging approaches capable of mapping the organelles and structures that constitute cells in three dimensions and within their physiological tissue context. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Pichaud, Dr S Simoncelli
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Transmembrane signal processing in synthetic cells

An iCASE (Industrial Collaborative Award in Science and Engineering) PhD position on ‘transmembrane signal processing in synthetic cells’ is available as part of the London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme to start in September 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Booth, Prof AB Tabor, Mr JC Calles
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully funded PhD Studentships in Foundational AI Research

As part of the recently announced UKRI Science of Fundamental AI Research Lab (SOFAIR), UCL will be offering PhD studentships at the cutting edge of foundational AI research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Crystal growth and neutron scattering of functional materials

PhD Opportunity. Crystal growth and neutron scattering of functional materials. (UCL Crystal Growth Laboratory @ Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Perry
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Defining the role of protein glutathionylation in proteostasis and cellular stress adaptation

Protein glutathionylation is a reversible post-translational modification in which glutathione is added to protein cysteine residues. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Thalassinos, Dr JL Labbadia, Dr JL Langridge, Dr DCS Cooper-Shepherd
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spatial AI: Understanding the world, art and humanities through Computer Vision, Image Processing & Deep Learning

  Research Group: Neural Artifact Lab
Understanding the world around us is a fundamental challenge for social and industrial impact. This PhD project fits within the scope of spatial reasoning, solving AI problems from theoretical to real-world applications from a vision/image perspective. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S James
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Up to 13 fully funded 4-year PhD studentships in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Accelerated Medicine Design & Development

Our Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) educates students in applying advanced experimental and computational methods to optimise and predict medicines design, development, translation and performance. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Up to 13 fully funded 4-year PhD studentships in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Accelerated Medicine Design & Development

Our Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) educates students in applying advanced experimental and computational methods to optimise and predict medicines design, development, translation and performance. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Virtual Reality-based Decision Support System For Change Detection in Forest Environment Using Mobile & Drone-based Digital Twin

Ref. 2531ad1496. UCL Department / Division. Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering. Location of position. Bloomsbury, London. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr RN Nueville
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding and exploiting the sex-specific effects of pharmaceutical excipients

Emerging research is increasingly showing that pharmaceutical excipients, traditionally considered to be “inactive” ingredients within medicines, can have important biological effects, influencing how drugs are absorbed in the body. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Basit
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Using machine learning to develop novel drug delivery systems

Machine learning has revolutionised numerous fields from self-driving technologies to aeronautics and drug discovery, yet its impact remains under-explored in the domain of drug formulation development - an area marked by extensive resource and labour investment. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Basit
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only