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ukri PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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

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Laser Frequency Comb Technology for the Extremely Large Telescope

We are seeking to appoint a talented PhD candidate to join the Ultrafast Optics Group at Heriot-Watt by 1 October 2026 and help us to build cutting-edge laser technology for the world’s largest telescope—the ELT—creating ultra-precise “astrocomb” lasers that will enable some of the most exciting science in modern optical astronomy. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Reid
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Digital Twinning for Smart Resin Infusion and Curing in Wind Turbine Blades via Embedded Fibre Optic Sensors and Physics-Informed Machine Learning

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
 Supervisor: Prof J Gilbert
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Numerical Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Moorings in Variable Seabed Conditions

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 Augarde, Dr A Petalas, Prof W Coombs, Prof C Smith
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Modelling of subsea cable flow induced vibration effects in offshore wind farms

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: Dr L Gan, Prof J Gilbert, Prof W Coombs
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Long-term durability of polymeric composites in offshore wind energy applications: An integrated experimental and numerical study

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. The successful applicant will undertake six-month of training with the rest of the CDT cohort at the University of Hull before continuing their PhD research at Durham University. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Z Ullah, Dr S Szyniszewski
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Large Deformation Numerical Modelling of Drag Embedment Anchors for Floating Offshore Wind

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 W Coombs, Prof C Augarde, Dr A Leonardi, Dr R Bird
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Digital Twin and AI-Driven Modelling of Seabed Mobility for Offshore Infrastructure

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: Dr WZ Zhang, Dr S McLelland
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Seabed response to mooring lines for floating offshore wind

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: Dr A Leonardi, Dr A Petalas, Dr E Bowman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Physics-Informed Digital Twin for Guided Wave-Based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations

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: Dr T Rogers, Dr P Xu, Dr H Laalej
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Enhancing the Resilience of Offshore Wind Electrical Systems through Digital Twin Tools

The UK’s expansion of offshore wind is changing the dynamics of the electricity grid, particularly due to the lack of generation inertia worsening power system stability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Griffo, Dr X Chen, Dr M Smailes, Dr A Nambiar
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Centrifuge Physical Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Moorings in Layered Soils

The future of offshore wind energy lies in floating turbines, enabling the capture of wind power in deep waters where conventional foundations (like monopiles and jackets) are not economically viable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Bowman, Prof C Augarde, Prof C Smith
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Mapping and mitigating the imperfection spin resonances at the EIC's rapid cycling synchrotron

This project sits at the intersection of particle physics, accelerator science and computational modelling, and would be of interest to anyone wanting to use computer simulations to understand the behaviour of fundamental particles and to contribute to the design of the machines we use to probe the nature of matter. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Apsimon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimal ultrasonic imaging for structural integrity prediction

  Research Group: Ultrasonics & NDT
Non-destructive testing (NDT) is vital to ensure structures are safe and to reduce operating costs by facilitating predictive maintenance. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Drinkwater
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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4 yr PhD Studentships in Bioinspired and Sustainable Materials (Experimental & Computational)

Multiple PhD scholarships are available for experimental and computational students with background in one or more of the following disciplines. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K.H.A Lau
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PhD Studentship in Robotics and AI: Robust Perception for Robots in Complex Processes / Open World

From safer surgery to sustainable factories and net-zero supply chains, we increasingly rely on robots to do work that is difficult, repetitive, or chronically understaffed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Ye
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