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We have 3,657 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Sub-Polar North Atlantic ocean dynamics in a 3ºC warmer world

Northwest Eurasia owes its anomalously temperate climate to the oceanic circulation cell known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Dunkley Jones, Dr K Edgar, Dr J Bendle
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Chemistry of Energetic Coordination Compounds

This PhD project aims at fundamental research into the discovery of novel energetic materials. Results will inform solutions to challenges posed by current requirements to remove heavy metals and perchlorate from energetic materials such as propellants, explosives and pyrotechnics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P P Portius
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Development of Specialty Optical Fibres for High-power Eye-safe Fibre Lasers

Supervisory Team. Professor Jayanta Sahu and Professor Johan Nilsson. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Sahu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Community Noise Prediction for eVTOL aircraft during flight phase transition

Supervisory Team. Dr Sergi Palleja Cabre and Dr Chaitanya Paruchuri. This PhD project investigates noise from eVTOL aircraft during transitional flight phases, aiming to improve prediction methods and assess perceived noise using virtual reality. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Palleja Cabre
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum-Enabled Memristors for Neural Interface Engineering

Supervisors. Prof. Liudi Jiang ldjiang@soton.ac.uk. Dr. Ruomeng Huang R.Huang@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: Prof L. Jiang
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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2D Materials as Quantum Sensors

Supervisors. Dr Makars Šiškins m.siskins@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 MS Šiškins
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Driving simulation for assessment and rehabilitation

Supervisory Team. Dr Rich McIlroy, Professor Michael Hornberger and Dr Ruth Turk. This PhD explores how driving simulators can be used to assess and train driving skills, and support rehabilitation following injury, illness, or disability. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R McIlroy
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Waste Utilisation for Sustainable Resource Recovery and Carbon Capture

This project will involve the development of a novel approach that combines waste utilization and carbon capture technologies to address pressing environmental concerns and promote sustainable resource management. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Unluer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Bio-inspired control of non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers for efficient low-noise aerofoils

Supervisory Team. Professor Jae-Wook Kim. This project aims to study and identify the beneficial effects of using bio-inspired geometry on aerofoils, enhancing aerodynamic efficiency and reducing the noise generated from non-equilibrium turbulent boundary layers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J.W. Kim
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design and synthesis of photoresponsive organic spin-state switches

Supervisors. Dr George Williams G.t.williams@soton.ac.uk; Dr Karl Michael Ziems K.M.Ziems@soton.ac.uk. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Williams
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Energy-efficient multicore fibre amplifiers for future submarine networks

Supervisory Team. Dr Yongmin Jung and Dr Sijing Liang. This PhD project develops next-generation multicore fibre amplifiers for sustainable submarine networks. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Jung
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing Sustainable Concrete Production through Industrial Solid Waste Utilisation and Carbon Sequestration

This project will focus on the utilisation of industrial solid wastes in concrete formulations by implementing advanced carbonation techniques and further developing methods to enhance reaction mechanisms. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Unluer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Sparse Variational Quantum Machine Learning

Supervisors. Thomas Blumensath thomas.blumensath@soton.ac.uk. Xaohao Cai X.Cai@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 T Blumensath
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optoelectronic device integration for next-Generation photonic memories and neuromorphic computing

Supervisory Team. Professor Dimitra Georgiadou and Professor Frederic Gardes. This project focuses on developing nanostructured optoelectronic devices for next-generation photonic memory and neuromorphic computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Georgiadou
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nanostructured neural architectures for sustainable neuromorphic computing

Supervisory Team. Professor Dimitra Georgiadou. Artificial intelligence is transforming society but comes with a growing energy and carbon cost. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Georgiadou
 17 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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