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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Microfluidic Manufacturing of Metamaterials

Hard-wired into our smartphones, internet routers and motorized vehicles are small electronic circuits for telecommunications. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Box, Prof A Juel, Dr D Pihler-Puzovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Poised Chromatin and the Epigenetic Control of Development

Project title. Poised Chromatin and the Epigenetic Control of Development. Project outline. How cells switch genes on and off at the right time is fundamental to development. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Voigt
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Numerical approximations of fractional differential equations and their applications

In the past few decades, traditional differential equations with diffusion driven by Brownian motions might no longer give an accurate description of many social and natural phenomena with memory effects or long-range interactions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Huang, Dr Y Kazashi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Abstract Regular Polytopes and Groups of Lie Type

Abstract regular polytopes have been part of mathematics since antiquity – familiar examples being regular polygons, the icosahedron and dodecahedron. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Rowley, Dr V Kelsey
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Abelian varieties, isogenies and quantitative bounds

Abelian varieties are higher-dimensional generalisations of elliptic curves, objects of algebraic geometry which are of great interest to number theorists. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Orr, Dr G Jones
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Predicting fatigue and fracture in dissimilar-metal joints

How can we predict when a joint between two different metals will fail? Combining metals can create structures that are lighter, more efficient or better suited to demanding environments. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Jivkov, Dr J Francis, Dr M Roy
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Use of Data-Driven Symbolic Regression for the development of accurate and cost-effective Models of Turbulence

From wind moving through a wind farm to air circulating in buildings, turbulent flows affect energy efficiency, ventilation and the transport of heat and pollutants. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Tang, Prof H Iacovides, Dr T Craft, Dr A Harish
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Quantum Computing for Machining Simulation

Machining simulation is critical for selecting cutting conditions that control machining errors such as force, vibration, tool/workpiece deformation, surface location error and chatter without costly production trials. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Brearley, Dr Z Kilic
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Developing Precise Mitochondrial DNA Base Editors For Genome Therapy

Background. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are the most common cause of inherited mitochondrial disease and are increasingly implicated in common age-related conditions including neurodegeneration. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Minczuk
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing Precise Mitochondrial DNA Base Editors For Genome Therapy

Background. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are the most common cause of inherited mitochondrial disease and are increasingly implicated in common age-related conditions including neurodegeneration. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Minczuk
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) (ESRC DTP) PhD studentships - School of Law and Politics

Cardiff University School of Law and Politics, supported by Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) (ESRC DTP) invites applications for PhD study with the possibility of being awarded a fully funded studentship to start in October 2027 in the areas of. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Law Research Programme
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Robust manufacturing in a critical material constrained world

This PhD addresses the urgent challenge of securing sustainable supplies of critical minerals, whose demand is rising rapidly due to the green transition and emerging technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Mativenga, Dr O Okorie, Dr W Mirihanage
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Understanding consumer attitudes to lead pipe replacement

It is estimated that around 9 million (pre-1970s) UK homes still have lead pipes, despite lead being banned for use in water pipes in 1969. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Whitmarsh, Prof J Barnett
 8 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] The Adapting Artery: computational and experimental digital twins of vascular remodelling

Astronauts return from six months on the International Space Station with arteries that have stiffened by the equivalent of ten to twenty years of ageing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Harish, Prof A Revell
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Non-Intrusive Approximation for Systems of Time-Dependent Parametric PDEs

In applied mathematics we frequently encounter physics-based models consisting of partial differential equations (PDEs) with inputs that are uncertain in real-world settings (eg material coefficients, boundary conditions etc). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Powell
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