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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,359 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Research Opportunities in the Department of Education

Join one of our four research centres and benefit from a department with a network of academic contacts and regular seminars and events to support you as you follow your passion. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Social Sciences Research Programme
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Interested in a PhD or Masters degree in Bioengineering?

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Want to work at one of the world's leading medtech companies, or launch your own? Want to cure life-threatening diseases, create cool tech, or save the planet? Bioengineering is your ticket to having a real impact on your future world. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  New Zealand PhD Programme
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An electrochemical route to green, decentralised ammonia: Advancing electrolytes and materials for lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction

This PhD project will focus on investigating electrolyte and materials engineering to overcome stability, selectivity, and efficiency challenges in lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction, aiming to realise green, decentralised ammonia production as a sustainable alternative to the highly polluting Haber-Bosch process. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Neale
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Develop and validate blood-borne lung cancer diagnostic biomarkers with multi-omics data and interpretable AI

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. We aim to develop and validate blood-borne diagnostic biomarkers to enable early detection to save lives. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T You, Dr M Sudell, Dr J Soul
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for NETZero (NET2ZERO)

Applications for October 2026 entry are now open. The EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (Net2Zero) is a partnership between Aston University (lead), University of Nottingham, Queen's University Belfast, and University of Warwick. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for NETZero (NET2ZERO)

Applications for October 2026 entry are now open. The EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (Net2Zero) is a partnership between Aston University (lead), University of Nottingham, Queen's University Belfast, and University of Warwick. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for NETZero (NET2ZERO)

Applications for October 2026 entry are now open. The EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (Net2Zero) is a partnership between Aston University (lead), University of Nottingham, Queen's University Belfast, and University of Warwick. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for NETZero (NET2ZERO)

Applications for October 2026 entry are now open. The EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (Net2Zero) is a partnership between Aston University (lead), University of Nottingham, Queen's University Belfast, and University of Warwick. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Dental implications of GLP-1 receptor obesity medicines

The study of the oral effects of medications is of utmost importance in an aging multi-morbid yet dentate population. Obesity treatment medicines such as GLP-1 receptor agonists Wegovy and Mounjaro are now widely prescribed due to the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the UK and beyond. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Hijazi, Dr J Smith, Prof L Heisler
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Spectroscopic signatures of topological quantum matter (Ref: PH/IR-SF1/2026)

The idea that strongly interacting spins in a solid can evade ordering down to zero temperature by forming a quantum spin liquid (QSL) has a long history [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Rousochatzakis
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Applications of multivariate orthogonal polynomials (Ref: MA/BW-SF1/2026)

Random Matrix Theory (RMT) arose in the 1950s out of a need for a model to predict the spectral behaviour of systems that were too complex to describe precisely. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Winn
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Variational principles and integrable PDEs (Ref: MA/MV-SF1/2026)

The focus of the project is to use variational principles, in particular those of Lagrangian multiform theory, to study particular solutions to integrable PDEs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Vermeeren
 1 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling Martial Arts (Ref: CO/RL-SF1/2026)

This self-funded research project is in the area of Kinesemiotics, the study of motivated movement. Kinesemiotics is an interdisciplinary research area combining Computer Science, Engineering and Linguistics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Lock
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling of phases and interfacial behaviour to enhance sustainability in manufactured products (Ref: MA/DS-SF1/2026)

Over recent years the modelling and understanding of complex phases, and their interfacial interactions, has developed at pace. Phases can be a solution of components, a mixture including colloidal particles, or different states such as in a frozen or vapour state. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Sibley
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling and Experiments of Aquifer-Based Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems

This PhD project focuses on the development of advanced multiphysics models to investigate aquifer-based compressed air energy storage (CAES) systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof V Niasar
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only