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We have 1,937 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Evidence Before Action: Grounding Large Language Models in Multimodal Physical Evidence for Self-Correcting Robotic Manufacturing

The University of Manchester
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Large language and foundation models are starting to play their role in manufacturing decision-making. They can retrieve process knowledge, explain abnormal behaviour and suggest corrective actions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Qian, Dr J Sun, Dr C Imediegwu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Satellite Retasking in Very Low Earth Orbit using Enhanced Aerodynamics

The University of Manchester
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Very Low Earth Orbits (VLEO), orbits lower than those typically used, present substantial benefits for multiple applications, e.g. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Roberts, Dr C McGrath
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Upcycling Waste Plastics into Green Membranes for Electrochemically Mediated Carbon Capture (UP-GREEN)

The University of Manchester
Department of Materials
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Achieving net zero will require carbon removal technologies that are not only energy-efficient, but also sustainable in the materials they use. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Z Xu, Dr J Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Data-driven modelling and active control of aerodynamic flow separation

The University of Manchester
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Flow separation can cause substantial increases in aerodynamic drag and loss of performance in aircraft, UAVs and wind-energy devices, and its prediction and control remain major challenges in aerodynamics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Rezaeiravesh, Dr M Mihajlovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MCRC Clinical) Defining immune fitness in cancer: how cancer treatment and comorbidity shape systemic immunity

The University of Manchester
Division of Cancer Sciences
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Cancer treatment is increasingly personalised according to tumour biology, yet the functional state of the host immune system is rarely measured. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JL Lim, Dr S Turajlić, Prof M Travis, Prof O Aziz, Prof M Rattray, Dr LA Appleton
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Computational analysis of arterial haemodynamics to quantify plaque-risk using geometric archetypes

The University of Manchester
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with atherosclerosis developing preferentially in regions of arteries exposed to disturbed blood flow. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Sengupta, Dr E Manchester, Prof A Revell
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(MCRC Clinical) Understanding the effects of exogenous androgens on normal breast tissue – friend or foe?

The University of Manchester
Division of Cancer Sciences
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Breast cancer incidence rises sharply in women before routine screening begins, and many cases in younger women may be preventable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr HH Harrison, Dr SH Howell, Dr A Gilmore, Miss KW Williams
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Integrated Climate-Impact Design and Lifecycle Assessment of Next-Generation Technologies for Net-Zero Aviation by 2050

The University of Manchester
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Aviation currently contributes around 3.5% of human-caused radiative forcing, and non-CO2 effects – including contrails, nitrogen oxides, soot and water vapour – account for roughly two-thirds of that impact. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Jagtap, Dr N Bojdo
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(MCRC Clinical) Real-World Health Economic Value of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (ePROMs) in Routine Cancer Care

The University of Manchester
Division of Cancer Sciences
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROMs) are a digital innovation which enables patients to report symptoms and quality of life to their care team. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Faivre-Finn, Dr S Van der Veer, Mr G Rogers, Dr IFW Fornacon-Wood
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating neurodevelopmental disorders caused by defects in the protein synthesis machinery

The University of Manchester
Division of Neuroscience
  Research Group: Division of Neuroscience
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Background. Translation of mRNA into proteins is a critical cellular process for normal development and function. An increasing number of genetic disorders caused by variants in genes encoding translation factors are now known. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Kasher, Prof S Banka, Prof G D Pavitt
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Complex dynamics: Dynamics of analytic finite-type maps

The University of Manchester
Department of Mathematics
Updated: 29 September 2026 
A dynamical system is a system that changes over time. Such a system may be described by a set of possible states of the system, together with a transition rule, which determines how the system changes from one state to the next. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Rempe, Dr R Webb
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(MCRC Clinical) Tissue mechanics as regulator of therapy resistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)

The University of Manchester
Division of Cancer Sciences
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma is a treatment recalcitrant tumour, driven by activation of the proto-oncogene KRAS. Recent development and clinical testing of KRAS inhibitors has demonstrated clinical benefits in second-line pre-treated patients, however development of resistance and disease progression is inevitable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Jorgensen, Prof M Rattray, Dr Colin Lindsay
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Geophysical fluid mechanics: Modelling debris flows

The University of Manchester
Department of Mathematics
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Debris flows are complex mixtures of water, boulders, rock, soil, wood, etc, that develop on steep slopes and travel long distances, destroying houses, roads, railways and other infrastructure, as well as killing people that are caught up in them. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof N Gray, Dr C Johnson
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] The influence of nonlinear behaviour between different models of fluid flows

The University of Manchester
Department of Mathematics
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Many problems in fluid mechanics can be investigated by using reduced models. In recent years, the trend has been to use neural networks or other model reduction techniques to learn solutions from high-resolution computations of the full-field equations, e.g. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Hazel, Prof R E Hewitt
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(MCRC Clinical) Early detection and therapeutic interception of KRAS-mutant pre-cancerous lung lesions

The University of Manchester
Division of Cancer Sciences
Updated: 29 September 2026 
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, largely because many patients are diagnosed after the disease has already become advanced and difficult to treat. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Malliri, Dr WD McDaid, Dr Colin Lindsay
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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