water engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 138 water engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Nature-Inspired Hydrogen Fuel Cell Architecture for Aerospace Propulsion

About the project. Applications are invited for a fully funded four-year PhD studentship within the UK EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Aviation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RN Navaratne, Prof M Pera-Titus

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

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Fully Funded PhD Positions in Climate-Resilient Agriculture & Rural Water Systems

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Centre for International Programs

Are you driven to address humanity's most urgent challenges—climate change, food insecurity, and sustainable water management?. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) India PhD Programme

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Modelling soil dewatering and recharge for cost-effective and climate resilient infrastructure

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Tiina Roose and Siul Ruiz. Soil is one of the most complex and important self-assembling organo-mineral composites in the world. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T. Roose

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Building flexibility into long-term water resources system planning and management strategies

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Sustainable water resources planning, and management policies need to consider the impact of future changes due to factors like geomorphologic processes, aging infrastructure, demand shifts or variability of water supplies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Padula

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

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PhD Studentship in Water-Based Lubrication

Imperial College London

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Applications are invited for a research studentship in the field of Tribology and Lubrication, leading to the award of a PhD degree. The post is supported by a bursary and fees (at the UK student rate) provided by the EPSRC/Shell IDLA award. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Wong

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Vegetation-based climate change adaptation measures for earth infrastructure (fully funded for candidates with UK citizenship or EU citizenship with pre-settled or settled status)

University of Strathclyde

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Project summary. Climate change will affect the performance of existing earth infrastructure. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Tarantino, Dr M Pedrotti

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Unsteady Flow and Surface Loading Around a Wall-Mounted Porous Cylinder in a Turbulent Boundary Layer

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Elias Arcondoulis, Professor Phillip Joseph and Professor Philip Nelson. This project investigates the fundamental unsteady flow physics and surface-loading mechanisms acting on wall-mounted porous cylinders subject to turbulent boundary layers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Arcondoulis

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

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Integrated Platform for Geostatistical and Physics-based Modelling and AI Machine Learning for Environmental Contamination Assessment

University of Salford

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Environmental contamination is a broad topical issue in the concern of sustainable development and climate change. Economic development of human society has resulted in global large destruction and contamination on soil, water, air, and general natural resources. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Wang

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

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PhD Studentship - Centre for Doctoral Training in Process Industries: Net Zero - Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Wastewater-to-Resource Systems

Newcastle University

CDT PINZ

This PhD project targets a key challenge in sustainable process engineering. translating microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) technology from lab-scale innovation to robust, industrial deployment. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RL Law, Dr E Heidrich

23 June 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Porous superadsorbents for effective and selective adsorption of H2O from mixtures with inorganic gases

University of Strathclyde

Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Water is an essential element for life and industry and there are numerous applications were an effective and selective separation of water vapour from a gaseous mixture is required. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Inglezakis

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

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Enhancing Membrane-Free Alkaline Electrolysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Production (Ref: LU-EnerHy 2026-27/004)

Loughborough University

Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

This PhD studentship is part of the Engineering Hydrogen NetZero (EnerHy) Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), an EPSRC-funded initiative focused on advancing research and training in green hydrogen and wind energy. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Calnan

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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New methods for removal of pollutants from water

University of Strathclyde

Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Emerging pollutants have been linked to adverse effects in humans and wildlife, such species e.g. metaldehyde as a persistent pesticide, as well as pentabromobiphenylether, 4-nonylphenol, C10-C13 chloroalkanes and di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, which are listed as priority hazardous substances by the EU (refs. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Fletcher, Dr L Lue

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

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Modelling the impacts of climate change mitigation strategies on the water - carbon - food - biodiversity nexus

Imperial College London

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London, supervised by Dr. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Moustakis

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Integrating participatory monitoring and citizen science in water security assessment

Imperial College London

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship as part of an international research consortium to enable local knowledge production for water security. Read more

Supervisor: Dr W Buytaert

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

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(SATURN CDT) Prediction and Mitigation of Flow-Induced Vibration in Nuclear Thermowell Instrumentation for Current and Next-Generation Reactors

University of Liverpool

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. UoM_Nuclear. The Challenge. Temperature measurement is not glamorous — until it fails. In a nuclear power plant, a thermowell is the slender protective sheath that keeps a temperature sensor alive inside a pipe carrying coolant at 350°C, 150 bar, and flow velocities exceeding 10 m/s. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Fichera, Prof R Poole, Dr S Timme

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 138 water engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

water engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 138 water engineering PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Nature-Inspired Hydrogen Fuel Cell Architecture for Aerospace Propulsion

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Climate-Resilient Agriculture & Rural Water Systems

Modelling soil dewatering and recharge for cost-effective and climate resilient infrastructure

Building flexibility into long-term water resources system planning and management strategies

PhD Studentship in Water-Based Lubrication

Vegetation-based climate change adaptation measures for earth infrastructure (fully funded for candidates with UK citizenship or EU citizenship with pre-settled or settled status)

Unsteady Flow and Surface Loading Around a Wall-Mounted Porous Cylinder in a Turbulent Boundary Layer

Integrated Platform for Geostatistical and Physics-based Modelling and AI Machine Learning for Environmental Contamination Assessment

PhD Studentship - Centre for Doctoral Training in Process Industries: Net Zero - Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Wastewater-to-Resource Systems

Porous superadsorbents for effective and selective adsorption of H2O from mixtures with inorganic gases

Enhancing Membrane-Free Alkaline Electrolysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Production (Ref: LU-EnerHy 2026-27/004)

New methods for removal of pollutants from water

Modelling the impacts of climate change mitigation strategies on the water - carbon - food - biodiversity nexus

Integrating participatory monitoring and citizen science in water security assessment

(SATURN CDT) Prediction and Mitigation of Flow-Induced Vibration in Nuclear Thermowell Instrumentation for Current and Next-Generation Reactors

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