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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,669 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Investigating neuropsychological presurgical predictors of treatment response following treatment for knee osteoarthritis

Project Overview. The GENESIS project is a multidisciplinary investigation into treatment outcomes for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of arthritis and a leading global cause of disability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Harrison, Prof M Little
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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AI Solution to the Problem of Creating Optimal Eyewitness Line-ups

Project Overview. Eyewitness errors are a leading cause of wrongful convictions, with thousands of lives impacted globally. Despite well-documented flaws, eyewitness identifications remain central to criminal investigations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Nyman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Sentence Processing During First and Second Language Comprehension

Project Overview. A considerable literature has investigated the memory encoding and retrieval mechanisms that support language processing during real-time comprehension in different populations of speakers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Cunnings
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Role of skeletal muscle stem cells in muscle aging

  Research Group: Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
The ability of skeletal muscles to regenerate in response to injury, exercise, growth or disease depends on a population of adult skeletal muscle stem cells called satellite cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A G Borycki
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modulation of Smooth Muscle Cell Function by Neutrophil Microvesicles

The leading cause of death globally is cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to the World Health Organisation. Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of most of these. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Ridger, Prof S Francis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Discerning the role of metabolic proteins in nucleus

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which develops from cells lining pancreas ducts, represents 95% of all pancreatic cancer cases. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Latif
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in Physical Chemistry: modelling fungal cell membranes in the laboratory

We have a vacancy for a PhD student working in the area of physical chemistry. Microorganisms are found on every continent, even in some of the most inhospitable environments on Earth. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Hallett, Dr M Cafiero
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Evaluating the risk of biguanides and statins on cancer incidence and mortality rates: a mixed methods study combining pharmacoepidemiological and experimental approaches

In the UK, every two minutes someone is diagnosed with cancer and every four minutes someone dies from it– leading to more than 360,000 new cases and 160,000 deaths annually1. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Latif
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and AI for Net Zero (RAINZ)

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Net Zero is a partnership between three of the UK's leading universities (The University of Manchester, University of Glasgow and University of Oxford). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and AI for Net Zero (RAINZ)

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Net Zero is a partnership between three of the UK's leading universities (The University of Manchester, University of Glasgow and University of Oxford). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and AI for Net Zero (RAINZ)

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Net Zero is a partnership between three of the UK's leading universities (The University of Manchester, University of Glasgow and University of Oxford). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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GPCR regulation of secretion in neuroendocrine cells

  Research Group: Molecular and Cellular Biology
G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) remain one of the key therapeutic targets for the treatment of disease, and while much is known about their pharmacology, it is increasingly clear that the signaling mechanisms used by a specific receptor to modulate cell functions is context specific. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Seward
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Molecular Mechanisms used by GLP-1 Receptors to regulate secretion

  Research Group: Molecular and Cellular Biology
GLP-1 Receptor are G protein coupled receptors that naturally respond to glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a hormone produced in the gut in response to food intake. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Seward
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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(PhD) Mobile Genetic Elements as key drivers for sustainable Wheat-Fungus Adaptations in a Changing Climate

As the world confronts pressing global challenges like a projected population surge to 9.7 billion by 2050, climate change, and the rise of pest pressures, innovative strategies to enhance crop resilience are essential for food security and environmental stability. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof SG Garg, Prof D Johnson, Dr S Griffiths, Prof N Hall
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Classics and Ancient History - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Take your research further in the field of Classics and Ancient History. Our expertise covers a huge range of areas, with a focus on Egyptian, Roman and Greek societies across all the periods of classical antiquity. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Humanities Research Programme
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Fully Funded PhD Positions at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

The IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca is a public university school for higher education and research. Nestled in the picturesque region of Tuscany, the IMT School stands out as a premier post-graduate institution in Europe. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Italy PhD Programme
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Controlling Transport of Colloidal Particles in Complex Fluids in Microfluidic Devices

The rapidly evolving field of microfluidics, in which fluids are manipulated at a microscopic scale, finds many applications in industries, ranging from the pharmaceutical to the oil industry. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Singh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Effects of human stem cell secretomes and extracellular vesicles on invertebrate models of regeneration

Project Overview. This project will explore the regenerative potential of secretomes derived from human mesenchymal stem cells and human neural crest-derived stem cells on invertebrate models. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Widera, Prof V Khutoryanskiy
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advanced methods and machine learning for the creation and characterisation of novel pharmaceutical materials

Project Overview. Understanding the physicochemical properties of new and existing small molecule pharmaceuticals is one of the most important elements of creating an effective medicine. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Shankland, Dr E Kabova
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Revolutionising antimicrobial susceptibility testing to optimise treatment of bacterial infection and overcome AMR

  Research Group: School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is an essential component of the diagnostic workflow in the clinical microbiology laboratory, since it is able to define which antibiotics have the potential to treat bacterial infection in a given patient. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A O'Neill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Institute for Sport Business

The Institute for Sport Business seeks to deliver research with a real-world impact in an era of significant social, economic and technological change. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship

The Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship (IIME) focuses on examining economic activities within rapidly evolving global and national contexts. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs

If you are interested in addressing complex, international issues and developing your professional research skills, then pursuing a PhD in the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs could be for you. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Institute for Digital Technologies

The Institute for Digital Technologies (IDT) is dedicated to advancing digital technology to tackle major global challenges. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Institute for Creative Futures Research

The Institute for Creative Futures (based in Loughborough University London) is an innovative hub that merges the cutting-edge fields of design innovation and creative technologies. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Nonlinear Distributed Control

Networked systems are ubiquitous in the modern world, for example, smart grids, financial systems, and industrial processes are prime examples of these. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P R Baldivieso Monasterios
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Classics PhD

We supervise research across an exceptionally wide range of topics in Greek, Roman and Near Eastern history, archaeology and art, as well as Greek and Latin language, literature and thought, late antique and Byzantine studies, and reception studies. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Humanities Research Programme
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Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens

  Research Group: School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections. Since their introduction in the middle years of the 20th Century, they have added ~10 years to the human lifespan, and have become a cornerstone of modern medicine. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A O'Neill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in Epidemiology

The PhD in Epidemiology at the Bagchi School of Public Health, Ahmedabad University, is designed to equip students with cutting-edge research skills to address pressing public health challenges. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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Encapsulating bioactive compounds for health and food innovation

Our research group in the Physical Properties Lab focuses on developing innovative emulsion techniques for the encapsulation of bioactive compounds, including polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AAR rigi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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