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We have 5,885 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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PhD studentships with the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP)

The BBSRC-funded SWBio DTP involves a partnership of world-renown universities, research institutes and industry, based mainly across the South West and Wales. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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PhD studentships with the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP)

The BBSRC-funded SWBio DTP involves a partnership of world-renown universities, research institutes and industry, based mainly across the South West and Wales. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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PhD studentships with the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP)

The BBSRC-funded SWBio DTP involves a partnership of world-renown universities, research institutes and industry, based mainly across the South West and Wales. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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PhD studentships with the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP)

The BBSRC-funded SWBio DTP involves a partnership of world-renown universities, research institutes and industry, based mainly across the South West and Wales. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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PhD studentships with the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP)

The BBSRC-funded SWBio DTP involves a partnership of world-renown universities, research institutes and industry, based mainly across the South West and Wales. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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PhD studentships with the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP)

The BBSRC-funded SWBio DTP involves a partnership of world-renown universities, research institutes and industry, based mainly across the South West and Wales. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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Use and development of time-resolved direct electron detectors for imaging and spectroscopy of functional materials

Start date. 01/10/2026. Are you interested in materials physics, data science, or computational physics? Could a PhD working with next-generation cutting edge detectors for electron microscopy be for you? If so, please read on!. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr KF Fallon, Dr D Maclaren
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Semantic segmentation of point cloud data using multi-modal data fusion and deep learning

Semantic segmentation of 3D point cloud data is a fundamental task in computer vision that enables detailed scene understanding for applications such as autonomous driving, robotics and smart cities. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Fan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-enabled Digital Design of Sodium-ion Batteries Using Advanced Multi-scale Computing and 3D Characterisation Techniques

Sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a scalable and resource-resilient technology for stationary energy storage and low-cost electrified transport, yet their commercial deployment is still limited by coupled materials, interface, microstructure and cell-level challenges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Niu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Fully funded PhD Studentships in Foundational AI Research

As part of the recently announced UKRI Science of Fundamental AI Research Lab (SOFAIR), UCL will be offering PhD studentships at the cutting edge of foundational AI research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Divergence, development and speciation in vertebrates.

How do the environment and ecology interact with genetics and development to produce reproductive isolation between populations, ecotypes and species? Thanks to advances in gene sequencing and editing technologies, we are in a remarkable period of discovery about the genomic and developmental basis of adaptation and speciation and how this depends on the intricacies of ecology and environment. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A MacColl
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EPSRC - Cryogenic Fuel Pump Motors for Aerospace

The project is an exciting opportunity to undertake industrially linked research in partnership with Rolls-Royce (RR) at the. RR University Technology Centre (UTC) in Electrical Systems at the University of Manchester. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Durovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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History at UEA

History at UEA offers a vibrant learning community of staff and students. We cover a wide range of periods and regions, from Medieval to Modern, from Britain, Russia and Europe to America, from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Asia. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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Language and Communication Studies at UEA

We focus on deepening understanding of human cultures and communities, including their linguistic, historical, and literary transformations, through our ground-breaking, interdisciplinary research, which crosses the border between Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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Multi-Objective Optimisation for Personalised Nutrition: Constraint-Based Meal Planning, Explainable AI, and Adaptive Feedback

Healthcare platforms for personalised nutrition have predominantly focused on invasive biomarker prediction, such as continuous glucose monitoring or microbiome profiling, to generate dietary recommendations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Shihab
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Biology and genetics of reproduction in filamentous fungi

Fungi have beneficial but also detrimental properties. They are used for the production of foodstuffs and valuable pharmaceuticals and enzymes. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Dyer, Dr M Brock
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Integrated Quantum Sensing Systems Based on Optically Pumped Magnetometers for Biomagnetic and Magnetic Imaging Applications

Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPMs) are rapidly emerging as one of the most promising quantum sensing technologies for detecting ultra-weak magnetic fields with femtotesla-level sensitivity. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Gao.W.B Gao
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multi-Radar Remote Sensing for Surface–Subsurface Characterisation of Antarctic Ice Sheets

Introduction. The Antarctic Ice Sheet is undergoing rapid change in response to climate warming, yet the physical mechanisms linking subsurface ice properties to observed variations in ice flow remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Zou
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Attentional processes and differences in psychobiological stress reactivity

This interdisciplinary PhD project explores the attentional mechanisms underlying dysfunctional psychobiological responses to acute psychological stress. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr LWW Warren-Westgate, Dr WT Tyne
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Integrated Circuit (IC) Design for Wireless Power Transfer, Bidirectional Data Telemetry, and Biomedical Devices

Most modern systems are realized through circuits. Inside these systems, printed circuit boards (PCBs) interconnect and control various functional components. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Hyun-Su Lee Lee
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Visual Abstraction and Composition for Complex Data Understanding

Real-world data are often complex, heterogeneous, and high-dimensional, making them difficult to interpret through conventional visualization methods. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Yu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The effectiveness of behavioural interventions in reducing post-exercise compensatory behaviours

Are you passionate about health psychology, exercise science, and behavioural interventions? This exciting interdisciplinary PhD project explores the psychological mechanisms that undermine weight loss following exercise, focusing on compensatory behaviours such as increased food intake and reduced non-exercise activity. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr LWW Warren-Westgate, Dr M Brook
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Hybrid Visualization for Scientific Data

Scientific data are increasingly large, complex, and heterogeneous, creating significant challenges for exploration, analysis, and interpretation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Yu
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Tabletting of powders

This PhD project aims to develop a virtual tabletting laboratory by creating computational models that capture the multiscale mechanics of die compaction — from individual crystal behaviour to the formation of solid pharmaceutical tablets. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Thornton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Chip-Scale Extreme Ultraviolet Nanophotonic Light Sources

This PhD project will focus on the development of chip-scale extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light sources based on electron-excited nanophotonic structures. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H.V.Demir Volkan Demir
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Carbon- and Cost-Aware Data Engineering for Lakehouse Platforms

Modern analytics and artificial intelligence increasingly rely on lakehouse platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake, which combine large-scale data storage, transformation and analytics within a unified architecture. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Kumarapeli
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Fostering Sustainable Healthcare: An Interactive Digital Twin for Human-AI Collaborative Rehabilitation

The rising global burden of rehabilitation demands innovative solutions that are not only effective but also inherently sustainable, paving the way for a new healthcare paradigm. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Huang
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Machine Learning-Guided Synthesis of Graphene Aerogels for Supercapacitors

Graphene aerogels are ultra-light and highly porous carbon materials with strong potential for high-power energy storage applications such as electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MF Vasheghani Farahani, Prof I Kinloch
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Nonlinear dynamics of aperiodically-excited pendula

This PhD project will investigate the nonlinear dynamics and control of a base-excited pendulum-based vibratory energy harvester for renewable energy applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Teh
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Advanced Design Concepts for Direct-Drive Electric Motor Drive

We invite highly motivated PhD candidates to join our project on electric motor design, focused on advancing direct-drive architectures with next-generation applications, e.g., eVTOL aircraft, with better performance and efficiency. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C.H.T.Lee H. T. Lee
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)