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We have 3,172 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Intelligent Nanophotonics Sensor for Health and Screening

This PhD project aims to develop a new nanophotonic platform by exploring new optical resonators and sensing mechanism. The student will focus on the design of nanophotonic sensor and translate it into a drug screening platform or health screening platform. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y.-C.Chen Chen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CVD Growth of Isotopically Engineered Carbon-Doped hBN Single-Photon Emitters

This PhD develops a new chemical vapour deposition (CVD) route to wafer-scale, quantum-grade hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) for room-temperature single-photon emitters, the building blocks of quantum communication and photonics. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Tay, R.Y. Tay
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Adaptive Indoor Soundscape Augmentation

This PhD research explores how AI can be used to create healthier and more productive open-plan offices by improving their acoustic environment. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof W.S.Gan Gan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Overheating Paradox of Low-Carbon Retrofit: Developing a Sustainable Framework for Delivering Year-Round Thermal Resilience in the UK Housing Sector.

Background and Context. The UK housing sector is undergoing a major transformation driven by net-zero commitments, energy security concerns, and the need to improve the energy performance of an ageing housing stock. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Ogunsanya
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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(Em)Powering Regional Prosperity: Renewable Energy, Local Value Creation and Economic Resilience in Europe

The purpose of this PhD is to investigate how renewable energy expansion can contribute to regional value creation, economic resilience and inclusive development across Europe. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr VW Weghmann
 23 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Scalable 'Sense-then-Stimulate' tACS for Personalized Alcohol Craving Intervention

Alcohol Use Disorder affects over 600,000 people in the UK, contributes to 25,000+ deaths, and costs £52 billion annually. Current treatments carry ~70% relapse rates, and a critical opportunity is being missed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Mandali
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Addressing Healthcare Inequality: Mitigating Nocebo Effects and Improving Medication Adherence in Minoritised Ethnic Groups

A major challenge in modern healthcare is patient non-adherence to prescribed medication, often driven by the experience of distressing side effects. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Webster, Dr C Wood
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Systemic Link: Characterising Neurovascular Breakdown in Mixed Vascular and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology.

Despite the global burden of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), disease-modifying treatments remain. elusive. Traditional research has focused on amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau protein, yet the. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Howarth, Dr J Berwick
 14 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Reducing Weight stigma and its health impacts

Obesity is one of society’s greatest challenges with 2/3rds of UK adults living with overweight or obesity. Weight stigma (anti-fat attitudes, weight-based prejudice and discrimination) is experienced by 54% of adults. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Wood, Dr N Buckland
 20 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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AI Methods for the Design and Optimization of Wide-Bandgap CMOS Power Electronics

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in  the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and supervised by Dr Mahsa Mehrad and Dr. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Mehrad, Dr A Tawfik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Intelligent Coordination Framework for Residential Energy Assets in Net-Zero Homes

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shanker Prabhu, Dr Hongjie Ma and Dr Shamsul Masum. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Prabhu, Dr H Ma, Dr S Masum
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Rational Design of Ionic Liquid Based Systems for Explosives Detection

Project Supervisors. Professor Chris-Kriton Skylaris and Professor Jonathan W. Essex. Biosensors could enable low-burden detection of energetic compounds, but challenges arise because many explosives exhibit poor solubility or complex behaviour in water. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C K Skylaris
 1 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Hybrid Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Multi-Vector Energy System Optimisation

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shamsul Masum, Dr Anton Hettiarachchige Don and Dr Edward Smart. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Masum, Dr A Hettiarachchige Don, Dr E Smart
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Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Analysis of Bio-Inspired Flexible Wings

Bio-inspired flight has attracted increasing attention in recent years, particularly through the study of bat wings, which demonstrate remarkable aerodynamic performance, agility, and efficiency at low flight speeds. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Lin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Human-Centric Green AI: Balancing Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Carbon Efficiency in Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming society, but its rapid growth faces a critical sustainability crisis. Large-scale AI models require massive data centres, leading to soaring carbon footprints and significant electronic waste. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Pattnaik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only