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We have 3,172 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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The role of extracellular vesicles in head and neck cancer

The incidence of head and neck cancer (HNC) is on the rise globally. Despite advances in HNC treatment and diagnosis, the mortality rate is high. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr RA Abu-Eid
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The effect of dental implant material on the release of extracellular vesicles from oral keratinocytes

Despite the great successes that dental implants have achieved, stability of titanium based implants is now under scrutiny. Corrosion and titanium particle release might play a role in dental implant complications. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RA Abu-Eid , Prof W Palin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Studying novel neurodevelopmental diseases associated with genome instability

Defective DNA repair is a major driver of genetic instability and cancer development. This PhD project, based in Professor Stewart’s laboratory, will investigate how cells detect and repair DNA damage, and how defects in these processes give rise to human disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Stewart
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Data-Driven Approaches to Understanding and Predicting Aircraft Icing Effects

Aircraft icing is a well-recognised hazard that occurs when supercooled water droplets in the atmosphere freeze upon contact with aircraft surfaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Lin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Heat Transfer Enhancement in Helicoidal Heat Exchangers for Industrial Thermal Systems

The proposed project focuses on the investigation, design and optimization of helicoidal heat exchangers for enhanced thermal performance in industrial heat transfer applications, particularly in the oil and gas sector. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Volkov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling effects of microclimate variability on climate-induced ranges shifts in Madagascar

Anthropogenic climate change (ACC) is anticipated to significantly alter the future distribution of plant species in tropical regions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Brown
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mechanism-Guided Design of High-Entropy Ceramic Architectures for Hydrogen and Fusion Energy Systems

The transition toward net-zero energy technologies requires materials capable of operating under increasingly aggressive environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Daniel
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Neuromorphic visual sensing and computing

Neuromorphic vision sensors enable the acquisition of scenes with limited energy requirements and low data rate, only acquiring information on what changes in the scene, with a behaviour similar to the one of the human eye. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Martini
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Identification of Insect Species from Images or Sound Signals

Insects are vital members of the ecosystem, acting as vital pollinators for flowering plants, consumers of detritis, and in many cases keeping pests under control. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Hunter
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Single-Chain Nanoparticle Complexation at Interfaces

At the Faculty of Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Physical Chemistry, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, a Scientific (/Postdoc) Position (m/f/d) is expected to be filled on a temporary basis as of 1st of December 2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof F Plamper
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sensing local biomolecular environments with coherent optical nanoscopy

  Research Group: Molecular Biosciences
The development of novel imaging tools and technologies, including super-resolution optical microscopy, has revolutionised our understanding of biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Borri, Prof W Langbein
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD position in coastal methane cycling in Australia

Background. Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas that contributed 35% of the greenhouse gas-driven global warming in 2010-2019. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Rosentreter
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Archaeology at Aberdeen

Considering a PhD in Archaeology? The Department of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen is ranked No. 1 for Archaeology in The Times’ UK University Rankings 2026 and offers an exceptional, research-led environment to undertake your doctorate. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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PhD Research in the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition - University of Aberdeen

If you are looking to pursue doctoral research that addresses the health challenges of today and tomorrow, the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition (SMMSN) at the University of Aberdeen offers an exceptional environment in which to do so. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Finance PhD Programme at Nanyang Business School (NBS)

The NBS Finance PhD programme provides solid training to PhD students for the investigation of issues relating to corporate finance, asset pricing, actuarial science, and insurance and risk analytics. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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PhD Scholarship in Human–Computer Interaction (HCI

I’m recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join the Urban Interfaces Lab at the University of Sydney, working on my Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA project developing a rapid design toolkit for context-aware external human-machine interfaces (eHMIs) — the communication systems autonomous vehicles use to signal intent to pedestrians in complex urban environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Parker
 14 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Leveraging Precision Medicine to Predict an Adverse Drug Reaction

The tragedy of adverse drug reaction (ADRs) is synonymous with thalidomide yet in the context of mental health (MH) patients, intolerable side effects of psychiatric medication, leading to poor concordance, with the likelihood of further deterioration and possible involuntary treatment, is emerging as a very serious health issue. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Jones, Dr M Castellani, Prof DT Pham
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Breaking the Forever Cycle: New Technologies for PFAS Removal

Per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their emerging alternatives have become some of the most challenging contaminants of the 21st century. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Fletcher, Dr G Craig
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Modulating Neuronal Network Dysfunction in mTORopathies via Peptide-Mediated Inhibition of Rheb/mTOR Signalling

Hyperactivation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signalling in neurons is associated with aberrant axonal and dendritic connectivity, enlarged soma size, increased cellular stress, reduced myelination, synaptic dysfunction and neuronal hyperexcitability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Alsaqati, Dr O Al Musaimi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Dual Ended HDAC-Bcl-2 Inhibitor Therapeutics (DEHBIT): A Continuous Flow Chemistry Approach to Next-Generation Polypharmacological Cancer Therapeutics

Background and Scientific Rationale . Cancer remains one of the most significant global health challenges, characterised by complex, multifactorial disease mechanisms requiring equally sophisticated therapeutic strategies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Sellars
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Identifying Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Alpha-Synucleinopathies: A Chemistry-Biology Approach to Parkinson's Disease

The Clinical Challenge. Parkinson's Disease and Protein Aggregation. Parkinson's disease affects approximately 150,000 people in the UK and accounts for around 8,000 deaths annually. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Sellars
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Ubiquitous Cognitive Navigation with AI Based Systems PhD

This fully-funded PhD studentship, sponsored by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLA), Cranfield University and Spirent Communications, offers a bursary of £24,000 per annum, covering full tuition fees. This PhD project in the area of autonomy, navigation and artificial intelligence, aims to advance the development of intelligent and resilient navigation systems for autonomous transport. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Sun, Dr IP Petrunin
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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COLIMIND: Synthetic biology-enabled sensing and typing of stressed coliforms in drinking water PhD

This exciting fully funded PhD, with an enhanced stipend of £31,805 per annum (with fees covered) through the EPSRC TechExpert Pilot scheme, is sponsored by the NERC Doctoral Focal Award in Engineering Biology for Environmental Applications (EngBio4Env) and the Water Research Centre (WRc). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Hassard, Prof F Coulon
 5 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Molecular and cellular mechanisms of brain and central nervous system plasticity, regeneration, degeneration

The aim is to discover and test candidate molecular mechanisms underlying how the central nervous system (CNS) (ie spinal cord and brain) responds to life challenges, for example life experience or injury, driving plasticity, regeneration or degeneration. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Hidalgo
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Pioneering Active EMI Filters With AI For Sustainable Automotive Systems

UCL Department / Faculty. Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering / Engineering Sciences. Location of position. Bloomsbury, London. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof YH Hu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) 2027 - 28

Ranked 18th in the world and 10th in Asia, CUHK is a highly esteemed, forward-looking comprehensive research university recognised for excellence both regionally and globally. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Hong Kong PhD Programme
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Fully Funded PhD in Medical Biostatistics, Causal Inference and Machine Learning

  Research Group: Medical Biostatistics, Causal Inference and Health Data Science Research Group
Fully Funded PhD in Medical Biostatistics, Causal Inference and Machine Learning. Developing novel methods for causal inference using healthcare data. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M O'Connell
 24 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Targeting the mRNA Export Pathway to Overcome Immune Evasion in Hypoxic Head and Neck Cancer

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the seventh most common cancer worldwide, with approximately 800,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Bolland
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Aging sub-cellular powerstations

Student Background. Theoretical Physics, Mathematics/Statistics, Bioinformatics, Electrical Engineering, Computing (Biological knowledge not required). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

The Franklin Hudson Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a practice-oriented doctoral program for experienced executives, consultants, entrepreneurs, senior managers, and scholar-practitioners who want to transform real organizational challenges into rigorous applied research. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Programme