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

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Assured Runtime Control for Safe Autonomy (ARCS-A) [PhD in Engineering (Funded)]

Updated: 25 September 2026 
Modern autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs/UGVs) in defence operations require sophisticated AI/ML-based control systems for perception, decision-making, and adaptive responses in complex, unstructured environments where terrain can change abruptly. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Menon
 23 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Marketing

Updated: 25 September 2026
Develop cutting-edge marketing research with leading scholars. Our faculty combines behavioural research, marketing strategy, analytics, and advanced modelling to address some of the most important questions in marketing today. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Management & Entrepreneurship

Updated: 25 September 2026
Join a research community at the forefront of management, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Our faculty explore how organisations, leaders, and entrepreneurs create value and drive change in a rapidly evolving world. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Finance

Updated: 25 September 2026
Within the Department of Finance, you'll join a vibrant research community shaping the future of financial systems. Our faculty's expertise spans four key areas. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Rewiring the Transcriptional Machinery of Myeloid Blood Cancer: Therapeutic Targeting of Transcription Factors, Co-activators and Co-repressors

Updated: 25 September 2026 
We are seeking an outstanding and highly motivated student to join our group for a prestigious, fully funded Cancer Research UK PhD studentship. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Somervaille
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reconstruction of Tumour Evolution and Metastatic Spread in Kidney Cancer

Updated: 25 September 2026 
TRACERx Renal 300 (Tx300) and PEACE (Posthumous Evaluation of Advanced Cancer Environment) Renal programme together span the full arc of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) disease, from surgical resection of primary tumours through to the metastatic landscape captured postmortem. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Turajlić
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Economics & Public Policy

Updated: 25 September 2026
The Department of Economics and Public Policy offer a stimulating environment for doctoral research, addressing some of the most pressing economic and policy challenges of current time. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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From Stem Cells to Cancer Immunotherapy: Engineering Human Blood and Immune-Cell Development

Updated: 25 September 2026 
Cell-based immunotherapies are transforming the treatment of cancer. CAR-T cells have produced remarkable clinical responses in patients with leukaemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma and are now increasingly entering the clinic for the treatment of solid tumours, with encouraging advances across several cancer types. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Lacaud
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Defining regulators of early-stage PDAC tumour development

Updated: 25 September 2026 
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a dismal disease with limited treatment options. Despite being the 11th most frequent occurring cancer, PDAC is currently the 4th leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is projected to be the 2nd leading cause by 2030. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Jorgensen
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Aged immune failure and reversal

Updated: 25 September 2026 
Immune decline is one of the defining problems of an ageing population. Elderly people have reduced responses to vaccines, failure of tumour surveillance and chronic inflammation, defined as low-grade immune activation (inflammaging). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Virós, Dr JD Worboys
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Analytics & Operations

Updated: 25 September 2026
Operations Management at Imperial focuses on the systems, processes, and decisions that power modern organisations. Doctoral students join a vibrant, multidisciplinary research community, working alongside experts from Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, and other leading departments. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Predicting Cell State from Chromatin Architecture to Understand Cancer Initiation and Progression

Updated: 25 September 2026 
Chromatin structure regulates gene expression and underlies cell identity. Mutations in chromatin regulators are frequently observed in cancer, leading to alterations in chromatin structure, genomic interactions, and modifications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Sherrard
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating molecular drivers of enhancer rewiring in blood cancers

Updated: 25 September 2026 
This is a fully funded 3-year PhD studentship to join the group of Dr Tianyi Zhang in the Department of Cancer and Genomics Sciences to investigate molecular mechanisms of genome regulation in multiple myeloma. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr TZ Zhang, Dr G Pratt, Dr S Dimeloe
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mapping ceramides in atherosclerotic plaques to understand the role of lipids in cardiovascular disease

Updated: 25 September 2026 
This studentship aims to uncover the mechanistic basis of why fats, and in particular a subset of fats called ceramides, are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) by studying the lipid composition of atherosclerotic plaques - the deposits of fat, cholesterol and dead cells that accumulate in arteries and lead to CVD and heart attacks. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J.L Griffin, Dr M J Macleod
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship: The Biochemistry and Chemical Biology of the Genome and Epigenome

Updated: 25 September 2026 
We invite applications from creative and motivated individuals to join Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian’s group for a 4-year PhD studentship, working on multidisciplinary projects exploiting both chemistry and biology to explore fundamental mechanisms of genome function (http://www.balasubramanian.co.uk). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Balasubramanian
 29 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)