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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,657 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Photonic time crystals and timetronics

Supervisory Team. Prof Nikolay I. Zheludev, Prof Kevin MacDonald and Dr Eric Plum. Time crystals are an eagerly sought phase of matter in which time-translation symmetry is broken. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Zheludev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanochemistry at the Molecular Scale

  Research Group: Light Matter Interations
The aim of this project is to combine nanomechanical methods with modelling (i) to develop quantitative, predictive models for the behaviour of molecules in sliding contacts, and (ii) to understand how mechanical pressure can be used to change chemical reaction pathways. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof GJ Leggett
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Game theory of Agentic AI

Supervisory team. Dr Bahar Rastegari and Dr Panayiotis Danassis. Agentic AI is rapidly affecting diverse aspects of our life, including social, technological and financial interactions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr BR Rastegari
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spatiotemporal Superconducting Metasurfaces for Next Gen Quantum Technologies

Supervisors. Dr Sajjad Taravati s.taravati@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 Taravati
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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School of Divinity

Why Study with us?. Our postgraduate department offers you the chance to engage with cutting-edge research on theology and religion in a wide variety of areas. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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Active Colloidal-Quantum-Dot Light Emitting Devices: QD Laser and QD LEDs

Realization of electrically pumped lighting and lasing with colloidal quantum dots will have a revolutionary impact on many disciplines including display, photonics, optical communication, chemical sensing, and medical diagnostics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Hou, Prof P M Smowton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Probing compact binary environments with future gravitational wave detectors

Current gravitational-wave detectors observe gravitational-wave signals from binary compact objects—black holes and neutron stars—in the final few moments as they inspiral towards a cataclysmic collision. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr IRS Romero-Shaw, Prof S Fairhurst
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Learning based control systems for additive manufacturing

Supervisory Team. Prof Bing Chu & Dr Thomas Andritsch. This project explores learning based control systems for additive layer manufacturing (3D printing) in electrical engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Chu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Data-driven iterative learning control: achieving model-free convergence for real-world systems

Supervisory Team. Prof Bing Chu & Prof Paolo Rapisarda. This PhD project aims to advance iterative learning control (ILC) by eliminating the dependency on analytical models, which are often costly or impractical to obtain. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Chu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing Porous Materials for Key Challenges in Decarbonization and Thermal Energy Storage (TES)

We are inviting applications for a PhD position focused on the development of porous materials for key challenges in decarbonization and thermal energy storage (TES). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L S Sun
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Position in Biodegradable Thread-Based Materials for Soft Transient Electronics – Dalhousie University, Canada

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join an interdisciplinary research program focused on the development of biodegradable, thread-based materials for use in flexible, transient electronic platforms. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Wu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of a wearable electro-impedance tomography system for early breast cancer screening

Imagine a future where a simple piece of clothing could help save lives. This PhD project aims to develop a revolutionary smart bra that uses gentle, safe electrical signals to detect breast cancer earlier than ever before. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MH Hesam, Dr TY Yeung
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Improving acoustic security through the lens of mathematics and physics

Supervisory team. Prof Jeff Yan. Acoustic security is rapidly emerging at the intersection of cybersecurity, privacy, cyber physical systems, and acoustical physics. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof JY Yan
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Efficient CFD-CAA coupling for aeroengine noise simulation

Supervisory team. Dr Long Wu and Prof Alec Wilson. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Wu
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unlocking the potential of optimized vertical-axis wind turbine arrays via surrogate-modelling and topology optimization

Supervisory team. Dr. Haris Moazam Sheikh. This project will develop a multi-scale optimization framework using surrogate modelling and topology morphing techniques to overcome the high cost of Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) design. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Sheikh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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