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We have 3,172 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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PhD in International Business

The Franklin Hudson PhD in International Business is designed for experienced professionals, academics, consultants, executives, and future scholar-practitioners who want to develop advanced research expertise while remaining connected to global business practice. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  International PhD Programme
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Effects of neighborhood species and functional trait diversity on tree growth

Tree growth responses to climate change profoundly affect the carbon budget of forest ecosystems and their climate feedback effects. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof X Wu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Effects of Biodiversity on Tree Growth Resilience to Compound Extreme Climate Events

Both the intensity and frequency of compound extreme climate events (e.g., compound drought-heatwave events) are increasing dramatically along with climate warming. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof X Wu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unraveling Brain Complexity with fNIRS and Modelling Approaches

Brain function arises from a highly complex network of interconnected processes that we still don’t fully understand. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Mesquita
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing Novel Optical Methods for Measuring Cerebral Blood Flow

Cerebral blood flow is a critical indicator of brain health. Sufficient blood flow supports essential brain functions, maintains proper metabolism, and enables adaptive responses to external stimuli. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Mesquita
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Research opportunities in Music

Music at York is internationally recognised for creative, practical and scholarly approaches to music, and allows you the time and space to develop your own distinctive approach to the discipline. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Arts Research Programme
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Research opportunities in creative industries and technologies

Our School of Arts and Creative Technologies offers innovative research degrees, teaching from industry professionals and a vibrant creative community. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  Social Sciences Research Programme
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PhD in dynamic assembly of surfactant & polymer mixtures for next generation green formulations

  Research Group: Soft Matter Engineering
A PhD position in soft matter science and engineering is available for an October 2026 start date (or ASAP thereafter) in the department of Chemical Engineering, in close collaboration with industrial partners. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof JT Cabral
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Long-term consequences of repetitive concussions: The molecular signature of the point of no return

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), also known as Concussion, is a transient disturbance of normal neurological function that results from a rapid rotational acceleration of the brain and showing no gross structural injury using conventional neuroimaging. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V P Di Pietro
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating how lysine methylation controls neuronal DNA repair

Our genomic DNA is under constant attack from DNA damaging agents, which are a continuing threat to genomic integrity. Defective resolution of DNA damage underlies several human diseases, including neurological abnormalities and developmental disorders as well as cancer. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Higgs
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Synthesis, characterisation, and/or modelling of hydrogen storage materials

Do you want to play a key role in the transition away from a fossil fuel-powered economy? We are looking for motivated applicants for a fully funded three-year PhD position to develop technology, materials, or computational models for hydrogen and/or ammonia storage and compression, working with the world-renowned Hydrogen research group at the University of Nottingham. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Dornheim, Prof D Grant, Dr S Ling
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD in Computational Modelling of Battery Interphase Formation

Project overview. We are looking for a highly motivated and talented PhD candidate to join a fully funded four-year research project supervised by Dr Bora Karasulu at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) University of Warwick; and Professor Emma Kendrick at the University of Birmingham. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr BK Karasulu
 11 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD in Engineering - Ontology Enhanced Digital Twins for Future Smart Grids

The scope of this PhD has been co-created between SP Energy Networks and the University of Glasgow, as part of the strategic alliance centred on the future of secure cyber physical energy networks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr PH Harvey, Prof DF Flynn, Prof D Pezaros
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD in Computing Science - Cyber Resilience of Future Interconnected Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)

The scope of this PhD has been co-created between SP Energy Networks and the University of Glasgow, as part of the strategic alliance centred on the future of secure cyber physical energy networks. . Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Pezaros, Prof DF Flynn
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD in Nitrogen Behaviour in EAF Steelmaking

  Research Group: Steels Processing
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 Supervisor: Prof Z Li
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Ionospheric Modelling for GNSS, Precise Point Positioning, PNT and Space Weather Resilience

Modern society depends on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GPS and Galileo. These systems support navigation, timing, telecommunications, transport, surveying, finance, energy networks, emergency response, agriculture and autonomous systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Elvidge
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Thermosphere Modelling for Satellite Drag, Collision Avoidance and Space Weather Resilience

Low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded. Scientific spacecraft, Earth observation missions, communication satellites and large commercial constellations all depend on accurate knowledge of where satellites are now and where they will be in the future. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Elvidge
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Ionospheric, Auroral and Ocean Clutter Models for Monostatic and Bistatic HF Sensing Systems

High-frequency (HF) sensing is one of the few technologies able to detect objects and characterise environments far beyond the horizon. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Elvidge
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Identifying high value compounds during a yeast fermentation of food waste

You will work on yeast strain development for use as a fortified strain in the fermentation industry with potential as a standalone product. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D.G Greetham
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Resilience for Digitalised Critical Infrastructure (ReDI)

We are looking for up to 5 fully funded PhD candidates (based at University of Strathclyde and University of Surrey), across a range of disciplines, to… Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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Resilience for Digitalised Critical Infrastructure (ReDI)

We are looking for up to 5 fully funded PhD candidates (based at University of Strathclyde and University of Surrey), across a range of disciplines, to… Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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Developing Next‑Generation Boron Compounds for BNCT Cancer Therapy

We invite applications for a PhD project focused on the design, synthesis and evaluation of novel boron-rich small molecules for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Jones, Dr J Coverdale, Prof J Parsons
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Faraday Institution PhD Studentship: Sustainable and Scalable Sodium-Ion Cathodes for Future Energy Storage

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship at Imperial College London in the Department of Chemical Engineering in collaboration with WE Soda. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Magda Titirici
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Building a differentiable AI model of apple tissues

This project aims to develop a fully differentiable, physics-based digital twin of apple tissue that links microstructural, biochemical, and mechanical processes to macroscopic fruit quality outcomes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Hussan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Topics in trustworthy machine learning and AI: Robustness, privacy and data heterogeneity

Machine learning and statistical algorithms are now implemented at a large scale in almost every aspect of our society, significantly impacting our daily lives through their performance. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M L Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Data-Physics Dual-Driven (Hybrid PINN) Modelling for Next-Generation Aerospace Structural Dynamics

About the Project. Are you passionate about the fusion of Artificial Intelligence and structural dynamics? Do you want to contribute to cutting-edge research that will transform aircraft structural health monitoring and real-time digital twins?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Wu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Recycling high-impact polypropylenes for the automotive sector

We seek an enthusiastic PhD candidate to help enable the circular economy for plastics within the automotive industry. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Shaver, Dr T McDonald
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EPSRC - Predicting the performance of recycled HDPE for sustainable bottle packaging

Recycled plastics are essential to reducing the environmental impact of packaging, but their wider use is limited by variability in composition, processing history, performance, and contamination. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T McDonald
 10 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Supramolecular Host Engineering for Enhanced CWA Capture and Neutralisation

Applications are sought for a fully funded PhD 3-year studentship position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham (UoB) in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A T Tarzia, Dr A Michalchuk
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Doctoral College PhD Scholarship- Kemmy Business School

Research proposals are welcome in any field aligned with the expertise and research interests of the Kemmy Business School Faculty. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  Business Research Programme