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We have 1,011 ukri PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Thermo-mechanical behaviour of titanium alloys under process-representative conditions for predictive modelling of linear friction welding

This project is part of cohort 4 of the EPSRC CDT in Developing National Capability for Materials 4.0, with the Henry Royce Institute. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Chapman, Prof C Siviour
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Dislocation-Informed Crystal Plasticity Modelling of Hydrides in Zr-alloy Materials

This project is part of cohort 4 of the EPSRC CDT in Developing National Capability for Materials 4.0, with the Henry Royce Institute. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Tarleton
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Thermomigration of Hydrogen in Reactor Fuel Cladding Materials

This project is part of cohort 4 of the EPSRC CDT in Developing National Capability for Materials 4.0, with the Henry Royce Institute. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof F Hofmann
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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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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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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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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Unlocking the potential of optimized vertical-axis wind turbine arrays via surrogate-modelling and topology optimization

Supervisory team. Dr. Haris Moazam Sheikh. This project will develop a multi-scale optimization framework using surrogate modelling and topology morphing techniques to overcome the high cost of Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) design. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Sheikh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multi-level topology optimization of architected metamaterial structures

Supervisory Team. Dr Haris Moazam Sheikh. About the project. Mechanical metamaterials are engineered structures with extraordinary properties driven by geometry, not composition. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Sheikh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-driven silicon photonics circuits design

Supervisory team. Professor Goran Mashanovich, Dr. Milos Nedeljkovic and Dr. David Rowe. This PhD applies AI to inverse design, a method that works backwards from desired performance to generate efficient photonic circuits. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Mashanovich
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Benchmarking Robotic Tactile Sensors

The Manipulation and Touch Lab at Imperial College London has funding to support a home PhD student on the topic of Benchmarking Contemporary Tactile Sensors. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Spiers
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)