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worldwide PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 485 worldwide PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Fuel for Infection: How Sun Exposure Rewires Skin Cell Metabolism to Aid Zika Virus

Lead supervisor. Dr Clive McKimmie. Co-supervisors. Dr Kim Robinson and Dr Kave Shams (NHS). The student will be registered with the Department of HYMS. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CS McKimmie, Dr KSR Robinson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Doctoral Programs in Business, Economics and Social Sciences – 56 doctoral positions

The Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) at the University of Mannheim offers outstanding opportunities for highly qualified students with strong quantitative skills and a passion for research to pursue a doctoral degree in Business, Economics and the Social Sciences. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Germany PhD Programme
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Investigating the radiobiology of protons, helium ions and BNCT in head and neck tumour treatment

Background. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the 7th most common cancer worldwide with an annual incidence of ~890,000 cases/year and deaths of ~450,000 cases/year. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Parsons
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Thermoradiative Power Generation (or Solar Power at Night)

Project Description. The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) is widely regarded as the one of the leading Photovoltaics research hubs in the world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Nielsen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering inorganic-organic interfacial energy transfer

Project Description. The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) is widely regarded as the one of the leading Photovoltaics research hubs in the world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Nielsen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Determination and validation of the optimal sampling method for congenital cytomegalovirus newborn screening

  Research Group: Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic Sciences
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous virus with an adult seroprevalence worldwide of 86%. In most immunocompetent individuals infection is asymptomatic but the virus establishes a life-long infection with periodic reactivation and asymptomatic shedding. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Vallely, Prof P Klapper
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling the Prevention of Cardiometabolic Outcomes and Reducing Health Inequalities

Cardiovasclar disease continues to be a major public health policy challenge and understanding how its unequal health burden can be tackled is a global priority. . Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M. O'Flaherty, Dr Z Colombert, Dr C Kypridermos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Open uncontrolled burning of plastic waste – measuring / modelling prevalence, emissions and impacts on climate change and human health exposure

Solid waste management remains a major sustainability challenge globally, and especially in the Global South, where substantial quantities of (uncollected) waste are often set in fire as a means of disposal or resource recovery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CV Velis
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Case-specific prediction of BH3-mimetic responses in cancer patients using an integrated experimental and computational quantitative systems pharmacology approach

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and will be supervised by Dr Gavin Fullstone. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Fullstone
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in Trustworthy and Efficient AI Systems

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 Supervisor: Dr BB Buyukates
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Revising value sets for health economic evaluation: exploring the criteria required to justify updating population value sets using the ICECAP-A capability wellbeing measure as a case study

Health economic evaluations have become an important tool to guide the cost-effectiveness of health and care resource allocation decision making in the 21st century. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Mitchell, Prof J Coast
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Harnessing Regenerative Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease

  Research Group: Nanomedicine and biotherapeutics
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic airways disease caused by mutations in a cAMP-dependent chloride channel called the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). In the lungs, defective ion channel activity and mucus obstruction results in chronic cycles of infection and inflammation, with tissue damage leading to progressive lung function decline and premature death. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Martin, Prof C Taggart
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Using stem cells to model the molecular mechanisms of exercise for dementia prevention

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, affecting millions worldwide and placing an increasing burden on patients, families and healthcare systems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RJ Elsworthy, Prof S Aldred
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploiting Laser Pulse Shaping and Phase Space Tomography to Optimise Longitudinal Beam Dynamics at the Interaction Point of CLARA

Introduction and Motivation. The Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA) at Daresbury Laboratory places significant emphasis on providing tailored beam properties for a range of user experiments that push the frontiers of accelerator science. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Wolski, Dr A E P Pollard
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Towards compact Gamma-ray Free Electron Lasers

Project Background. Over the past few decades, X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have become the pre-eminent tool for studying the structure and dynamics of materials at the molecular scale. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Robb
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)