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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Machine learning for violent free surface flows

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Free-surface flows play a critical role in many environmental and renewable energy applications, from coastal protection and flood mitigation to offshore wind turbines and wave energy devices. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Fourtakas, Prof B Rogers, Dr A Mukherjee

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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(MCRC Clinical) REACH – Radiation Effects to Auditory, Cognition and Hormone profile in childhood brain tumour survivors

The University of Manchester

Division of Cancer Sciences

Radiotherapy remains pivotal in curing paediatric brain tumours, but survivors can face significant, life-changing late effects, e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M McCabe, Dr M Aznar, Dr SP Pan, Dr J/l Littlejohn

23 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Rheological Diagnostics in Plastics Recycling

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

The transition to a circular plastics economy depends on our ability to manufacture reliable products from recycled materials. However, recycled polymers often exhibit significant variability in composition, contamination and processing history, making it difficult to predict their performance in demanding applications. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Shaver, Dr D T W Toolan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Investigating heat transfer in advanced geothermal systems; integration to different sources of demand

The University of Manchester

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

The transition to a low-carbon energy system requires new solutions that can simultaneously address climate change and energy security. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Brown, Prof M Huuse

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Unravelling the Role of Configurational Entropy in Mechanical Properties of High-Entropy Ceramics

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

Unravelling the Mechanical Secrets of High-Entropy Ceramics. Can we discover new principles for designing tougher and stronger ceramics by controlling their atomic complexity?. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Chen, Dr A Yerokhin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Visualising How Cells Regulate Protein Synthesis During Stress

The University of Manchester

Division of Molecular and Cellular Function

Research Group: Division of Molecular and Cellular Function

How do cells decide when and how much of each protein to make? This PhD project will investigate this fundamental question by studying the integrated stress response, a pathway that allows cells to adapt when conditions change. Read more

Supervisors: Prof G D Pavitt, Prof M Ashe, Dr A Roseman

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] From Hinges to Morphing: Redefining Aircraft Control for Efficient Flight

The University of Manchester

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

How should an aircraft wing change shape to achieve the most efficient control?. Aircraft rely on control surfaces such as ailerons and spoilers to manoeuvre, but there are many ways of distributing these surfaces across a wing. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MN Nabawy, Prof W Crowther

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Dynamic mechanophores for damage detection during plastic recycling

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

Polymers are essential to nearly every aspect of our lives from the clothes we wear, to the cars we drive, to the plastic containers that keep our favourite foods fresh. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Fox, Prof M Shaver

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Evidence Before Action: Grounding Large Language Models in Multimodal Physical Evidence for Self-Correcting Robotic Manufacturing

The University of Manchester

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Large language and foundation models are starting to play their role in manufacturing decision-making. They can retrieve process knowledge, explain abnormal behaviour and suggest corrective actions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Qian, Dr J Sun, Dr C Imediegwu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Satellite Retasking in Very Low Earth Orbit using Enhanced Aerodynamics

The University of Manchester

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Very Low Earth Orbits (VLEO), orbits lower than those typically used, present substantial benefits for multiple applications, e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Roberts, Dr C McGrath

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Upcycling Waste Plastics into Green Membranes for Electrochemically Mediated Carbon Capture (UP-GREEN)

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

Achieving net zero will require carbon removal technologies that are not only energy-efficient, but also sustainable in the materials they use. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Z Xu, Dr J Li

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Data-driven modelling and active control of aerodynamic flow separation

The University of Manchester

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Flow separation can cause substantial increases in aerodynamic drag and loss of performance in aircraft, UAVs and wind-energy devices, and its prediction and control remain major challenges in aerodynamics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Rezaeiravesh, Dr M Mihajlovic

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 5,823 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Machine learning for violent free surface flows

(MCRC Clinical) REACH – Radiation Effects to Auditory, Cognition and Hormone profile in childhood brain tumour survivors

[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Rheological Diagnostics in Plastics Recycling

Economics PhD

Research Studentship in Control and Engineering Biology

Investigating the interaction of La related proteins with colliding ribosomes

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Investigating heat transfer in advanced geothermal systems; integration to different sources of demand

[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Unravelling the Role of Configurational Entropy in Mechanical Properties of High-Entropy Ceramics

Visualising How Cells Regulate Protein Synthesis During Stress

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] From Hinges to Morphing: Redefining Aircraft Control for Efficient Flight

[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Dynamic mechanophores for damage detection during plastic recycling

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Evidence Before Action: Grounding Large Language Models in Multimodal Physical Evidence for Self-Correcting Robotic Manufacturing

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Satellite Retasking in Very Low Earth Orbit using Enhanced Aerodynamics

[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Upcycling Waste Plastics into Green Membranes for Electrochemically Mediated Carbon Capture (UP-GREEN)

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Data-driven modelling and active control of aerodynamic flow separation

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