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Topics in trustworthy machine learning and AI: Robustness, privacy and data heterogeneity

University of Birmingham
School of Mathematics
Machine learning and statistical algorithms are now implemented at a large scale in almost every aspect of our society, significantly impacting our daily lives through their performance. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M L Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Foundational AI

University College London
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Department. Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London. Primary supervisor. Dr Sattar Vakili. Study mode. Full-time. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof SV Vakili
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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A PhD Studentship in Developing Novel Cardiac Imaging Technologies

Imperial College London
Faculty of Medicine
A PhD Studentship in Developing Novel Cardiac Imaging Technologies. Imperial’s Faculty of Medicine in collaboration with Faculty of Engineering is delighted to offer a fully funded PhD studentship as part of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) University Doctoral Landscape Award (UDLA). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FS Ng, Prof M Tang, Dr J Tonko, Dr C Cueto
 28 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tomographic Imaging of Dynamic Combustion Plumes

University of Edinburgh
School of Engineering
Reconstructing 3D gas concentration and temperature profiles within dynamic, turbulent plumes from sparse optical measurements is a classic ill-posed inverse problem. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Polydorides, Dr C Liu
 11 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unsupervised Statistical Learning for In-Situ Anomaly Detection in LPBF

University of Edinburgh
School of Engineering
In-situ optical spectroscopy during Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) captures high-resolution signals encoding the physical state of the melt pool. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Polydorides, Dr Y Yang
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating the Environmental and Health Impacts of Titanium Ore Deposits on Communities Near Mining Operations

University of Edinburgh
School of Chemistry
A fully funded PhD studentship is available in the research group of Dr Maya Al-Sid-Cheikh (School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh), who will act as the Main/Principal Supervisor and will lead the project. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MA Al-Sid-Cheikh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Designing Human-AI Teams for Meaningful Human Control of 'Machine-Speed' Operations

University of Birmingham
School of Computer Science
The Centre for National Training and Research Excellence in Understanding Behaviour (Centre-UB) is inviting applications for a Doctoral Studentship in association with BAE Systems, to start from 4 January 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Baber
 26 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Investigating Non-thermal ‘Cold’ Plasmas for Enhancing the Delivery and Efficacy of Antibiotics and Complex molecules to biofilms of clinically relevant bacteria

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
  Research Group: Infection and antimicrobial resistance
Biofilms, complex multi-species consortia of microorganisms existing either as surface attached communities or non-surface-attached aggregates, are characterised by significantly elevated tolerance to antimicrobial challenges and often an inability to adequately treat the infection with conventional antibiotics. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Gilmore, Dr T Thompson
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Compostable cutlery from oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) biomass.

Monash University Malaysia
Science
This project addresses the growing environmental problem caused by single-use plastic waste, particularly in food packaging and cutlery. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof PJ Janarthanan
 30 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cracking the Host-Pathogen Metabolic Code in Tuberculosis: Discovering New Therapeutic Strategies

University of Exeter
Biosciences
The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Slater
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Metabolic adaptation to a low carbohydrate ketogenic diet and its effects on exercise fuel use and glucose management in physically active people with Type 1 Diabetes

University of Exeter
Public Health and Sport Sciences
The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Podlogar
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding Muscle Metabolism Responses to Feeding in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute lymphoblastic Leukaemia

University of Exeter
Public Health and Sport Sciences
The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Revuelta Iniesta
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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REEF: A New Test Bed for Experiments in Partial Gravity

University of Auckland
School of Biological Sciences
Design a satellite platform that generates sustained partial gravity — bridging the gap for Lunar and Martian science. HOST UNIVERSITY. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Phillips
 10 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Identifying and modifying the cellular basis of osteoarthritis progression (Botnar-2026-10)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting 5.4 million people in the UK. At advanced stages of disease, OA is characterised by loss of cartilage and inflammation and fibrosis of the synovial tissue that surrounds the joint. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof S Snelling, Dr J Mimpen
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Artificial Intelligence for musculoskeletal digital twins: from science to implementation on the ground in routine and emergency settings (Botnar-2026-09)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
The World Health Organisation estimates musculoskeletal conditions to affect nearly a quarter of the global population. It impacts health outcomes and quality of life, and is in turn compounded by underlying intersectional health inequalities and wider determinants of health. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Khalid, Dr M Pineda-Moncusí, Dr U Nazir, Dr L Coates
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Emulating and extending randomised controlled trials using routinely-collected data from Europe (Botnar-2026-08)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
This DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics is a 3-year project focussing on the emulation and extension of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) using de-identified, routinely-collected, real-world medical record data from primary and secondary care across European countries. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Jödicke, Prof D Prieto-Alhambra, Dr T Rathod-Mistry, Dr M Català Sabaté
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Learning Prognostic World Models from Longitudinal Medical Data (Botnar-2026-07)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
Background and Rationale. Longitudinal medical imaging provides a rich but underused account of disease evolution. Clinicians interpret serial scans together with reports and clinical metadata to determine whether pathology is stable, progressing, or responding to treatment, yet most medical AI systems remain static. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Dhiman, Dr R Pinedo-Villanueva
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Evaluating the Transportability of Clinical Prediction Models Across Healthcare Settings: Methods for Assessment and Updating (Botnar-2026-06)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
Clinical prediction models are developed to help healthcare providers estimate the probability of a patient health outcome and are widely used in many clinical areas [1]. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Dhiman, Dr L Coates, Prof G Collins
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Environmentally sustainable creel fisheries (based at Heriot Watt Orkney campus)

Heriot-Watt University
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
  Research Group: Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
Marine regions around the world encounter similar ecological challenges linked to fishing activities, including those arising from fisheries that use passive or static gear such as traps. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Cerbule
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the fidelity of real-world data transformation into Common Data Models: novel measures for the assessment of OMOP data standardisation as a case study (Botnar-2026-05)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
Real-world data (RWD), routinely collected across various healthcare settings, are increasingly used in observational studies, which are now recognised as valuable complements to traditional randomised controlled trials for informing patient care, healthcare delivery, and policy-making. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Delmestri, Assoc Prof S Kiefer, Dr M Pineda-Moncusí
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Agentic AI for Analytical Code Development to Support Regulatory Real-World Evidence Generation (Botnar-2026-04)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
This DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics is a 3.5-year project on the development and evaluation of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to support analytical code development for real-world evidence (RWE) studies. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Prieto-Alhambra, Dr M Català Sabaté, Dr X Li
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding how low UPF1 expression leads to drug resistance in bladder cancers

University of Sheffield
School of Medicine and Population Health
Metastatic urothelial carcinoma carries one of the poorest prognoses of any solid tumour. 5-year survival for metastatic disease is only around 5.5%, despite an initial response rate to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy of up to 55%. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Hussain, Dr H Bolland
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Development and Validation of External Control Arm Methodology Using Clinical Trial and Real-World Data (Botnar-2026-03)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
This DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics is a 3.5-year project focusing on the development and validation of external control arms (ECAs) using routinely collected real-world healthcare data. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Català Sabaté, Prof D Prieto-Alhambra, Dr T Rathod-Mistry, Dr A Saura Lazaro, Dr S Massa
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Assessing the uptake and safety of treatments for rare paediatric cancers using real world data (Botnar-2026-02)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
Given the limited availability of clinical trial data and the high prevalence of off-label prescribing in paediatric oncology, real-world data is critical for evaluating the uptake and safety of medicines used in the area. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Burn, Dr D Newby, Prof D Prieto-Alhambra
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing Drug Delivery for Regeneration and Repair of the Aging Cartilage (Botnar-2026-01)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
Drugs targeting biological drivers of aging face unique translational challenges. In this DPhil, a translational strategy targeting an age-associated disease will be leveraged to advance an immediately clinically relevant intervention. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Alsaleh, Dr D Carugo, Dr PA Mouthuy
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Recovery of the northern pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae): habitat use and population ecology

University of Salford
School of Science, Engineering and Environment
The studentship is with the University of Salford and the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) Trust. Academic Supervisor. Dr. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Jehle
 4 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing Blood Tests for the Early Detection of Neurodegeneration Following Traumatic Brain Injury

University of Exeter
Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Dempster
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing CRISPR-Cas antimicrobials to tackle antibiotic resistance spread in Klebsiella pneumoniae

University of Exeter
Earth and Environmental Sciences (including the Camborne School of Mines)
The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S van Houte
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Communication Breakdown: Using human 3D bioprinted models to understand disruption of neuron-muscle interactions in ALS

University of Exeter
Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Bhinge
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Computer Vision with Deep-Learning Based Artificial Intelligence for High-Dimensional Data

Durham University
Department of Computer Science
High-dimentional data is central to many computer vision research. Such data includes videos, 3D motions and trajectories, LiDAR, RADAR, medical images, meshes, time series, etc. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Shum
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