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We have 3,651 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Surface chemistry and gas reactions in hollow-core optical fibres

Supervisory Team. Professor Austin Taranta, Professor Natallie Wheeler and Dr. Hesameddin Mohammadi. Hollow core fibres are transforming applications in communications, sensing, and high-power laser delivery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fabricating Photonic Lanterns to Mitigate Scintillation in Satellite-borne Optical Communication Signals

Supervisory Team. Dr Kyle Bottrill, Prof Periklis Petropoulos and Dr Debparna Majumder. Just as starlight falling on the surface of the Earth twinkles when affected by atmospheric turbulence, so too do optical communication signals transmitted from an orbiting satellite to a ground-station. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Bottrill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering Coherence in Metamaterials and Metasurfaces

Supervisory Team. Dr Giorgio Adamo and Dr Eric Plum. Systems where coherence establishes spontaneously, such as lasers, Bose-Einstein condensates, superradiant emitters and time crystals, are important for classical and quantum technologies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Adamo
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Building the future of optical fibre communications

Supervisory Team. Professor Periklis Petropoulos, Dr Kyle Bottrill and Dr Hao Liu. Optical fibre networks power all aspects of modern digital life, enabling AI applications and advanced wireless systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Petropoulos
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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High Resolution Sensing and Computing for Extreme Conditions

Supervisors. Bahareh Zaghari bahareh.zaghari@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Zaghari
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ultrasonic detection and monitoring of challenging defects in composite pipes

Supervisory Team. Michal Kalkowski and Prof Michele Meo. Pipelines are the gold standard of long-range resource transport. Their integrity is paramount to the health of the environment, while remote automated monitoring with minimal intervention is essential for sustainability. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MK Kalkowski
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Symmetry-Based Control of Quantum Dynamics: from Quantum Sensing to Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Supervisors. Prof. Malcolm H. Levitt mhl@soton.ac.uk. Christian Bengs c.bengs@soton.ac.uk. Giuseppe Pileio G.Pileio@soton.ac.uk. This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Levitt
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Silicon photonic sensors for early detection of paediatric sepsis

Supervisory Team. Dr. David J Rowe and Professor Goran Mashanovich. This PhD project focuses on developing silicon photonic sensors that can detect early biomarkers of sepsis in children - quickly, accurately, and at the point of care. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Rowe
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Next-Generation UV-Visible Guiding Hollow-Core Fibres

Supervisory Team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Gregory Jasion and Professor Francesco Poletti. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Davidson
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Shadow tomography for in-context quantum machine learning

Supervisors. Srinandan Dasmahapatra sd@ecs.soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Dasmahapatra
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution with 5G Technology Integration

Supervisors. Dr Chao Xu cx1g08@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CX Xu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Embodied Quantum Information Flow for Collective Intelligence in Robotic Swarms

Supervisors. Dr Mohammad Soorati m.soorati@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Soorati
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum computing and optimisation for large-scale energy system planning under uncertainty

Supervisors. Dr Hongyu Zhang hongyu.zhang@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr HZ Zhang
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reconfigurable origami phononic metamaterials for on-chip quantum acoustics

Supervisors. Dr Tanmoy Mukhopadhyay T.Mukhopadhyay@soton.ac.uk. Dr Susmita Naskar S.Naskar@soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Mukhopadhyay
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Brain-inspired security primitive for secure hardware in space

Supervisory Team. Dr Firman Simanjuntak and Dr Basel Halak. Memristors mimic how the brain learns—offering low-cost, secure, and energy-efficient computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Simanjuntak
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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