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We have 40 virtual reality PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Integrating information from vision and touch in virtual reality telepresence systems

University of Reading

School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Virtual reality systems are fundamentally altering how we study human sensory perception. Similarly, to build good virtual reality systems we need a clear understanding of how the brain integrates sensory information into a robust and useful percept. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Scarfe

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Linking Retinal Structure and Visual Function Using OCT and Virtual Reality

University of Leicester

School of Psychology and Vision Sciences

The human visual system depends on the precise interplay between retinal structure and neural processing to support high-acuity vision. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Thomas, Dr Z Tu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Virtual Reality-based Decision Support System For Change Detection in Forest Environment Using Mobile & Drone-based Digital Twin

University College London

Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering

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)

Virtual Reality for Home Medical Treatment: Exploring the User Experience for Patient and Healthcare Staff Training

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Arts and Creative Industries

Home treatment for various diseases offers a cost-effective and patient-centred alternative, but it requires individuals and their caregivers to perform complex procedures safely and consistently. Read more

Supervisor: Prof V Charisis

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Early Dementia Care in the Age of Generative AI

University of Strathclyde

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

This project aims to develop innovative Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen-AI)-powered applications to improve the quality of life for individuals with early-stage dementia (ESD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Early Dementia Care in the Age of Generative AI

University of Strathclyde

Department of Computer and Information Sciences

This project aims to develop innovative Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen-AI)-powered applications to improve the quality of life for individuals with early-stage dementia (ESD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Occupational Therapy Professional Doctorate (OTD)

Rochester Institute of Technology USA

Develop innovative interventions with real-world skills in RIT’s hands-on OT doctoral program. This program is pending approval by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education but now accepting applications for enrollment. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) PhD Research Programme

Development of Adaptive Conversational VR-based Real-time Feedback System for Net-Zero Manufacturing Operations

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The Engineering and Mathematics Group within the School of Computing, Engineering, and the Built Environment is inviting applications for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in developing an adaptive conversational VR-based real-time feedback system for net-zero manufacturing operations. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Vasantha, Dr AM Marzano

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Community Noise Prediction for eVTOL aircraft during flight phase transition

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Sergi Palleja Cabre and Dr Chaitanya Paruchuri. This PhD project investigates noise from eVTOL aircraft during transitional flight phases, aiming to improve prediction methods and assess perceived noise using virtual reality. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Palleja Cabre

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Immersive Commerce: Investigating the Role of Extended Reality (XR) in Shaping Branding and Marketing Strategies for Youth Engagement in e-Commerce

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Arts and Creative Industries

The shift from transactional to experiential digital commerce has accelerated with advances in Extended Reality (XR) technology. Major retailers, and particularly luxury brands, are increasingly exploring XR-based platforms to create engaging customer journeys. Read more

Supervisors: Prof V Charisis, Prof S Sawang, Dr X Tao

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Changing How We See the World: Inclusive Augmented Reality for Health and Wellbeing

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

This research offers an exciting opportunity to explore how Augmented Reality (AR) can be designed and applied to improve health, wellbeing, and inclusion. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Johnson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Multimodal Applications for Cognitive Differences

Edinburgh Napier University

School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Technological interventions have been created to attempt to counter symptoms of stress, through improving cognition and functioning of target users. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JM McGowan, Dr I McGregor

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Text entry in XR

University of Birmingham

School of Psychology

We are looking for outstanding PhD student candidates to join a collaborative research project with Google on next-generation text entry in immersive environments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Di Luca

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Cyber-Physical Risk

University College London

Department of Computer Science

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Cyber-Physical Risk is a national PhD research training centre, based at University College London (UCL), dedicated to addressing the rapidly evolving security challenges emerging from the convergence of cyber and physical systems. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

Multisensory integration during surface exploration

University of Birmingham

School of Psychology

We are looking for PhD student candidates to join the EU-funded EXPLORA consortium starting in February 2026. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Di Luca

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Understanding eye-hand coordination in object interception - a computational modelling approach

University of Birmingham

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

This PhD project with Dr Yeo will focus on understanding how we perform interception. Interceptive movements--such as catching a gently thrown ball, quickly grabbing a tilting cup to avoid spilling or even just handshaking someone--feel like trivial everyday tasks for us that seemingly look too simple to study. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S-H Yeo

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Fostering Sustainable Healthcare: An Interactive Digital Twin for Human-AI Collaborative Rehabilitation

Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

The rising global burden of rehabilitation demands innovative solutions that are not only effective but also inherently sustainable, paving the way for a new healthcare paradigm. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Huang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Department of Psychology

Lancaster University

This programme presents the opportunity to join our international and interdisciplinary research community working within the fields of developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience and neurocognition or social processes. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Social Sciences Research Programme

Research opportunities in the Department of Psychology

University of York

Department of Psychology

Our Department of Psychology is a research-intensive department where students are taught by people at the forefront of their fields in well-equipped facilities. Read more

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding Social Sciences Research Programme

Efficient and Robust Deep Learning based Perception for Autonomous Driving and Robotics

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Today, autonomous vehicle and robotics research is a continuously evolving field and spanning all areas of AI autonomy, including perception, behaviour prediction, motion planning, explainability and safety critical AI systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Unconstrained Object Understanding using Deep Learning for Computer Vision in X-ray Security Screening

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

X-ray security screening is widely used to maintain aviation/transport security, and its significance poses a particular interest in future automated screening systems that can be deployed for transportation and border security screening alike. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

What differs? - Deep Learning for Anomaly and Out of Distribution Detection in Computer Vision (Visual AI) Applications

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Anomaly detection, and the synonymous topics of novelty and out-of-distribution detection, addresses the computer vision ("visual AI") challenge of automatically identifying outliers within the scene or image based on their appearance, motion or behaviour characteristics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Addressing Racial Bias in Face Recognition Based on Deep Learning Enabled Computer Vision

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Facial recognition is one of the most academically studied and industrially developed areas within computer vision where we readily find associated applications deployed globally. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

PhD Opportunities in Communication, Media, and Film Studies

Sheffield Hallam University

Centre for Culture, Media and Society

We warmly invite applications for full-time or part-time self-funded PhD study. About the PhD Programme. The Centre for Culture, Media & Society (CCMS) is an exciting interdisciplinary environment delivering research that offers critical insight and real-world impact. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Social Sciences Research Programme

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures

University of Bristol

Noise is a health problem for one in five European citizens. It causes hearing loss, chronic stress, annoyance, sleep disturbance and heart disease. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures

University of Salford

Noise is a health problem for one in five European citizens. It causes hearing loss, chronic stress, annoyance, sleep disturbance and heart disease. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures

University of Sheffield

Noise is a health problem for one in five European citizens. It causes hearing loss, chronic stress, annoyance, sleep disturbance and heart disease. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures

University of Southampton

Noise is a health problem for one in five European citizens. It causes hearing loss, chronic stress, annoyance, sleep disturbance and heart disease. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

PhD Position (f/m/div) in Computer Vision - WeGaze: Large-Space Gaze Analysis via Multi-camera System for Social Interactions

The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI‑IS)

Optics & Sensing Laboratory (OSLab)

The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI‑IS) conducts research to advance intelligent systems that perceive, learn, and interact. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Polikovsky, Dr K Kitagawa

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Systems Engineering and Complexity (Ref: SF-MEME-26-004)

Loughborough University

Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Loughborough’s Wolfson School is recognised as a national leader in Systems Engineering research and education, with a long-standing track record in Model-Based… Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Henshaw

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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