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We have 1,937 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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Watching a fungus fight back: mapping antimicrobial resistance in 3-D as it happens (KOEV_U27DTP)

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Primary Supervisor - Dr Trey Koev. The chemicals that protect our crops and the drugs that treat fungal infections come from the same family. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Koev
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced Ultrafast Thulium Fiber Lasers for Next-Generation Biomedical Imaging

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Supervisors. Dr Lin Xu, Dr Tonglei Chen. This project will develop advanced ultrafast thulium fibre lasers using in-house fabricated soft-glass fibres with engineered normal dispersion. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Xu
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Interstage acoustic liners for ultra-high bypass ratio aero-engines

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Dr Sergi Palleja Cabre and Dr Chaitanya Paruchuri. Future aeroengines are expected to use shorter nacelles to reduce weight and drag. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Palleja Cabre
 28 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cracking the carbohydrate code: how carbohydrate-binding modules control starch digestion (KHIMYAK_U27DTP)

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Primary Supervisor - Professor Yaroslav Khimyak. Why this matters. Starch is the principal source of dietary glucose, and the rate at which it is digested has major consequences for metabolic health. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Khimyak
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Functional genomics of sexually antagonistic selection (GRIESHOP_U27DTP)

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Primary Supervisor - Dr Karl Grieshop. Why do harmful genes persist in populations instead of being removed by natural selection? One answer lies in sexual antagonism. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Grieshop
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Post impact fatigue behaviour of titanium aerospace alloys

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Dr John Walker and Professor Philippa Reed. This projet will investigate how impact damage triggers fatigue cracking in titanium aerospace components, combining advanced materials science with real-world engineering challenges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Walker
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Where does Salmonella hide? Using Organ-on-Chip technology to uncover the secrets of persistent infection (LANGRIDGE_Q27DTP)

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Persistent asymptomatic infections remain an important but poorly understood public health challenge. Salmonella infections can become persistent, contributing to ongoing transmission, recurrent disease and potential prolonged antimicrobial exposure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Langridge
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unifying distributional and distribution-free uncertainty quantification for trustworthy medical decisions

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Supervisors. Dr. Nery Riquelme-Granada, Prof. Gabriela Czanner, Prof. Mahesan Niranjan. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Riquelme-Granada
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantifying tribofilm formation using dynamic pressure sliding and in-operando Raman

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Dr John Walker. This project combines tribology, advanced surface engineering and real-time Raman spectroscopy to reveal how protective tribofilms form and fail under extreme conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Walker
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sweet and sticky: The role of protein glycosylation in bacteria colonisation and adaptation to the gut (JUGE_Q27DTP)

Updated: 14 October 2026 
The accessory secretion (aSec) system is a protein export pathway that is uniquely present in Gram-positive bacteria and is dedicated to the secretion of large, glycosylated cell wall-anchored adhesins called serine-rich repeat proteins (SRRPs). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Juge
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of Advanced Materials for Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors in Fusion Energy Systems

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Fusion energy offers a pathway to low-carbon electricity generation, but its deployment depends on the development of electronic systems capable of operating reliably in demanding environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Dean
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Learning to communicate and collaborate: emergent multimodal communication in embodied agents

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Dr Daniela Mihai and Professor Jonathon Hare. Robots and embodied agents that collaborate need ways to share what they perceive, intend and need. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Mihai
 30 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Shaping the Future of Global Communications with Hollow Core Fibres

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Supervisors. Dr Ian Davidson, Prof. Francesco Poletti. Help create the next generation of hollow-core optical fibres for faster, more efficient communications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Davidson
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Can machines invent a visual language we can read? Emergence and interpretability of agent-made symbols

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Dr Daniela Mihai and Professor Jonathon Hare. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Mihai
 30 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Antibiotic discovery in Streptomyces bacteria (HUTCHINGS_J27DTP)

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Primary Supervisor - Professor Matt Hutchings. Antimicrobial resistance in disease-causing bacteria represents a significant threat to global health. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Hutchings
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)