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We have 76 ucl PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Developing novel medicines targeted at the human gut microbiome

Cutting-edge research is highlighting how important the human microbiome is for health. As fundamental science characterizing the complex functions and processes of microbes emerges, many opportunities for microbiome-targeted therapeutics are being presented. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Basit
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development and clinical translation of 3D printed personalised medicines and medical devices

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a revolutionary technology that is disrupting healthcare by enabling the production of personalised medications on demand. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Basit
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Experimental evolution and ecological assembly of beneficial plant microbiomes in controlled environment agriculture

How do plant microbiomes assemble and evolve in controlled-environment agriculture, and can they be harnessed to enhance ecosystem function in vertical farming systems?. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Devlin, Prof A Devoto, Mr G Stephens, Ms N O'Hare
 10 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Rewilding the UK: Ecological drivers and captive breeding conditions for successful reintroduction of the Black-veined White butterfly

Rewilding aims to restore biodiversity and ecological processes by enabling ecosystems to become more self-sustaining and function naturally. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FR Ratto, Dr M Lee
 10 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reconstructing historical bumblebee foraging networks with AI to guide landscape restoration

Bumblebees are declining across the UK, but restoring landscapes for threatened species is difficult because we often do not know which floral resources they used when their populations were more widespread. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Parkinson, Prof G Harvey, Dr J Hansford, Dr R Comont
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unlocking Cornwall's Geothermal-Lithium Resources: Fault Reactivation, Fluid Flow and Permeability Evolution Through Time

In this industry supported PhD project, you will explore the tectonic controls on lithium-bearing geothermal fluid migration. The transition to a low-carbon future requires both renewable energy sources and secure supplies of critical minerals used in battery technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Mottram, Dr W McKenzie, Dr R Shail, Dr A Hudson
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantifying Landslide Impacts across Europe using AI

Landslides occur throughout Europe, disrupting infrastructure, ecosystems and communities, yet their impacts remain poorly quantified at continental scale. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Taylor, Dr L Nava, Dr A Novellino, Dr E Hussain
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of a deep learning tool to monitor abundance and diversity of fish from video survey data

Accurate assessment of marine fish diversity and abundance is fundamental to understanding ecosystem condition and informing effective conservation, fisheries management and ecosystem-based management. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Ward, Dr C Yesson, Dr G Balchin
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Non-destructive in situ and satellite-based leaf water content estimation for improved agricultural and wildfire management

Based at King’s College London and in collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL; https://www.npl.co.uk/research/earth-observation), this CASE project will develop new non-destructive methods for estimating leaf water content using low-cost ground-based sensors and satellite Earth observation, demonstrating their potential for crop stress detection and assessment of wildfire risk. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Mulligan, Dr L Brown, Dr J Nightingale, Dr H Morris
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Why aren't there more predators? Testing the rules that set marine food-web structure

How biomass is distributed among trophic levels governs carbon cycling, ecosystem resilience and productivity, including fisheries yields. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DP Perkins, Dr P Kratina, Dr M Thompson, Dr B Gillie
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deciphering plant-insect interactions in a diverse urban botanical garden and the implications for developing urban planting schemes

Planting schemes in urban settings are important for increasing biodiversity and maintaining connectivity for ensuring proper ecosystem functioning. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Dodsworth, Dr A Julier, Ms E Hazell
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Robust and scalable spatio-temporal modelling

Background. Probabilistic machine learning allows us to learn from data while quantifying uncertainty, and is increasingly important in climate science. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof F X B Briol, Dr M Tsamados
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Building the Human Amniotic Sac - Mechanics and Growth Control of Human Post-Gastrulation Amnioids

A 2027 Crick-University College London Joint PhD project with Silvia Santos (Crick) and Guillaume Charras (UCL). Please note. to apply to this project, candidates must be eligible for home tuition fee status. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Santos, Dr G Charras
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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In situ structural biology of cellular adaptation

A 2027 Crick-University College London Joint PhD project with Peter Rosenthal (Crick) and Amandine Marechal (UCL). Please note. to apply to this project, candidates must be eligible for home tuition fee status. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Rosenthal, Dr A Maréchal
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Improving the clinical success of porous orthopaedic designs – experimental and finite element study

Bone cancer primarily occurs in children, adolescents and adults over the age of 65 years. Current treatment of choice involves chemotherapy, tumour removal and replacement with an implant (endoprosthesis). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V S Cheong, Dr P Fromme
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)