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university of bristol PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 70 university of bristol PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences

Enhanced four-year Sainsbury PhD Studentships, starting in October 2027, will again be awarded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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Learning and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in Public Health

Decision-making under uncertainty is a fundamental challenge in AI and data science, particularly in dynamic settings where observations are collected sequentially and decisions influence future outcomes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Future proofing British conifer forestry in response to Phytophthora ramorum

An exciting fully-funded PhD studentship is available to investigate how British conifer forests can become more resilient to Phytophthora ramorum, an invasive pathogen that has caused extensive mortality in commercial larch plantations. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CB Brady, Dr AH Harris
 18 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multimodal World Models for Reasoning about the Physical World

Current AI systems are good at recognising and describing what they see, and large language models can reason fluently about the world in text. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CT Tang
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Embodied Cooperative Agents

Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) studies how multiple learning agents behave when they coexist in a shared environment. When several agents learn at the same time, open problems arise. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KFC Chu
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Efficient Reasoning and Decision-Making in AI Agents

AI agents built on large models can now plan, use tools, and carry out tasks over many steps. They are, however, very inefficient. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CT Tang
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Scalable Intelligent Planning for Partially Observable Uncertain Systems

The stability of modern life builds on sustainable, continuous operation of large-scale infrastructure, such as power grids, water networks, and transportation systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KZ Zhang
 28 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Novel Electromagnetic Sensing Arrays for Complex Materials and Structures

  Research Group: Ultrasonics & NDT
Electromagnetic (EM) sensing is emerging as a powerful enabling technology for modern high-value manufacturing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Hughes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multimodal Learning for Human-Centered Healthcare: Motion Understanding and Medical Imaging

Project summary and focus. The project aims to develop multimodal machine learning methods for advanced healthcare data analysis. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr QM Men
 28 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Embodied Multisensory Navigation for Small Aerial Robots

  Research Group: Dynamics and Control
Small aerial robots can reach places that are difficult or unsafe for humans, but reliable navigation remains challenging when GPS is unavailable and vision is degraded by low light, textureless surfaces, dust, smoke, or clutter. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr BK Kocer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)