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We have 5,885 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Nonlinear waves on liquid cylinders (BLYTHM_U27EMPSFPF)

Primary Supervisor. Prof. Mark Blyth. Inviscid liquid jets subject to surface tension and in the absence of gravity are known to be unstable under long-wave perturbations, a phenomenon described by the classical Rayleigh–Plateau instability. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Blyth
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Joint PhD Scholarship: Sheffield Hallam University and La Trobe University, Australia. Project: Predictive Modelling of Football Ball Parameters and Injury Risk during Head Contact Events

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship on the Joint PhD programme between Sheffield Hallam University and La Trobe University, Australia. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Mills, Dr L Foster
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship in Reconfigurable Meta-structures

  Research Group: Risso Lab
(This post has been filled. If you would like to join my group with external funding sources, please send me an email including your CV, motivation letter, and potential funding scheme.). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Risso
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Functional surfaces for friction reduction and improved durability of mechanical watch movements

Project advert. This PhD project will explore how advanced surface coatings can reduce friction and improve the long-term durability of mechanical watch movements. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Liskiewicz, Dr SJRN James Rowley-Neale
 13 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Transforming Lives PhD scholarship, Sheffield Hallam University: Targeting Perinatal Mental Health Inequities: Co-Designing Tailored Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Underserved High-Risk Communities

Applications are invited for a Transforming Lives PhD scholarship in Health and Social Care commencing 01 February 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Fair, Prof H Soltani
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Formalising the Local Langlands Correspondence for GL₂(F) in Lean (BIRKBECKC_U27EMPSFPF)

Primary Supervisor. Dr. Christopher Birkbeck. This PhD project, based at our Norwich campus, offers a unique opportunity to work at the confluence of number theory, representation theory, and formal mathematics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CB Birkbeck
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design Optimisation of Brushless Doubly Fed Machines (ABDIJALEBIS_U27EMPSFP2F)

Brushless Doubly Fed Machines (BDFMs) are emerging as a promising technology for offshore wind turbine generators due to their fractional-sized power converters, elimination of rotor brushes and slip rings, and simplified gearbox systems compared to high-speed generators. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Abdi Jalebi
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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AI-Driven fault diagnosis for wind turbine generators (ABDIJALEBIS _U27EMPSFP1F)

Primary supervisor - Dr Abdi Jalebi Salman. Reliability is critical to the continued expansion of wind power, particularly for offshore installations, which already contribute around 10-15% of the UK’s electricity and are central to achieving net-zero targets and ensuring the resilience of national grid infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Abdi Jalebi
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Programming Colloidal Self-Assembly for Multifunctional Advanced Materials

About the Project. A PhD studentship is available in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham on a project themed on the design and self-assembly of multifunctional advanced materials, using a variety of computational methods and data-driven approaches. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Chakrabarti
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Designing Self-Assembly of Discotic Liquid Crystals for Multifunctional Advanced Materials

A PhD studentship is available on a project focused on the photophysical and charge-transport properties, as well as the self-assembly, of discotic liquid crystals for the development of multifunctional advanced materials, using a combination of computational and experimental methods. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Chakrabarti, Prof J Preece
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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AI for Engineering Design and Advanced Materials Forming - Project 2

Applications are invited for two PhD studentships at the interface of lightweight design, materials forming, mechanics, simulation, and artificial intelligence for future mobility applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr NL Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI for Engineering Design and Advanced Materials Forming - Project 1

Applications are invited for two PhD studentships at the interface of lightweight design, materials forming, mechanics, simulation, and artificial intelligence for future mobility applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr NL Li
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Fully Funded PhD Opportunity: Next-Generation Top Cells for Silicon based Tandem Photovoltaics

Overview. An open position exists for a fully funded PhD scholarship in the development of next-generation, silicon-based tandem solar cell technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Walter, Prof KW Weber
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tomographic Inequalities

The main objectives in this project are tomographic operators such as X-ray transform and Radon transform. By investigating the Lp-boundedness properties, we will study the smoothing properties of these operators. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Nakamura
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Birmingham Business School - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

At Birmingham Business School, our academic staff are global experts in their field, whose work pushes forward the frontiers of their subject. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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PhD Admission @ HKU Business School 2027/2028

Embark on a Research Journey with HKU Business School. Our PhD programme offers a unique opportunity to engage with world-class faculty, participate in impactful research, and develop as a thought leader in business and economics. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Hong Kong PhD Programme
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A structural biology approach to understand IMPDH2 rod-ring structures in Embryonic Stem Cells

IMPDH2 is a critical enzyme responsible for the rate limiting step of purine nucleotide biosynthesis. In naïve pluripotent stem cells, it forms large rod-ring structures (RRs) which are hypothesised to control the enzyme’s output when the pool of guanine nucleotides is in high demand. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Turner, Prof D J Rigden
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Leveraging and developing Deep Learning-based methods for experimental structural biology

Deep Learning methods have had a huge recent impact on biology in recent years. for example, AlphaFold 2 and 3 (AF2/3) can predict the structure of most proteins with unprecedent accuracy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D J Rigden, Dr R Keegan, Dr IB Barsukov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Structural and Functional Characterization of a Novel Non-Specific Lipase Identified in Hazelnut

Context & Job description. Thesis subject. Structural and Functional Characterization of a Novel Non-Specific Lipase Identified in Hazelnut Seeds. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DDS de Sanctis, Dr SA Adinolfi
 30 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Enable Equitable Pharmacovigilance Research Capacity Building

Background. Training and education play a pivotal role in enhancing research capacity, and subsequently strengthening health systems worldwide. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Walker
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship in Next-Gen Blade vibration measurement system

Shape the Future of Aero-Engines. Join Imperial College London in Solving One of Aviation's Toughest Challenges. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Schwingshackl
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Rhomboid-like proteins: from molecular principles to their role in human disease

The questions we address deal with the molecular mechanisms that underlie signalling between cells, and cellular responses to stress. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Freeman
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fuel for Viral Infection in Neuronal and Intestinal Environments

Many common enteric viruses can also infect cells of the central nervous system (CNS). Such neurotropic viruses infect >50 million people annually, causing encephalitis, meningitis, and other complications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Lulla
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanism evaluation of lethality dependencies in cancers of mesenchyme.

A major challenge in cancer is how to selectively and permanently disrupt the cancer cell yet leave normal functioning cells intact. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Hassan
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanisms of protein quality control in health and disease

The accumulation of misfolded proteins and aberrant protein aggregates is a hallmark of numerous human diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Carvalho
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Controlling and eliminating pks-positive E. coli to limit early onset colorectal cancer?

Polyketide synthases (pks) produce genotoxins such as colibactin in E. coli, which are thought to have evolved to enhance competitiveness within the crowded environment of the gut microbiome. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof EMC Slack
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding the Directionality of Microtubule-based Transport using Structural Cell Biology

How are cargoes trafficked within cells with such speed and directional precision? Our research aims to address this question by using structural cell biology to uncover the molecular mechanisms of transport by microtubule-based motor proteins, with a particular focus on the formation and function of the primary cilium. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Toropova, Dr A Roberts
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Function of RNA/DNA hybrids in health and disease

R-loops are non-canonical RNA/DNA structures, formed in all living organisms where they play crucial roles in regulating gene expression, DNA and histone modifications, generation of antibody diversity, DNA replication and genome stability. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Gromak
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating flavivirus biogenesis and immune evasion mechanisms

This project focuses on how (+)RNA viruses, particularly Dengue and Zika viruses assemble, spread, and evade host immune responses. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Sanyal
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating proteins that build the outer membrane of antimicrobial resistant bacteria

Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) micro-organisms cause a major global threat to modern medicine. Gram-negative, double-membraned bacteria (such as Escherichia coli) are particularly difficult to treat, in part because they have an outer membrane (OM) that acts as a barrier against antibiotics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Isom
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)