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We have 3,359 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Dental Pulp Stem Cell–Advanced Biomaterial Constructs for Craniofacial Tissue Regeneration

  Research Group: Division of Dentistry
This laboratory-based project focuses on the regenerative potential of dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) for craniofacial tissue engineering. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Kushnerev, Prof J Yates, Prof J Gough
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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University of Bath LURS studentship: Superconducting AI Power Networks

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath is inviting applications for the following fully-funded PhD project. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Zeng, Prof X Pei
 4 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cell and Vector Engineering for Production of Next-generation Biopharmaceuticals

Biopharmaceuticals offer the most promising pathway to treatments for diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s and autoimmune disorders. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Brown
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship in Applied[R(1.1] Mathematics for Formulated Products

A fully-funded 3.5-year PhD studentship (covering UK home student fees and an annual stipend of £21,805) is available in Applied Mathematics for Formulated Products. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R J Dyson
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Development of a Human Cholinergic Co-culture Model to Investigate α-Synuclein-Induced Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's Disease Dementia and Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Neurodegenerative diseases represent one of the greatest biomedical challenges of the 21st century. Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) and Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) affect millions worldwide and remain without disease-modifying therapies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Pienaar
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Metamaterial Component Design for Terahertz Instruments (Suitable for Physics or RF/microwave Engineering)

A self-funded PhD position in Microwave to Submillimeter-wave (Terahertz) Component Design is available in the Birmingham Emerging Device Technology (EDT) Research Lab, one of the leading interdisciplinary research groups within the School of Engineering’s Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Bartlett
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Analysis of partial differential equations

This PhD project will investigate partial differential equations arising from kinetic models, with a particular focus on variational methods. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Duong
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mathematical biology and population dynamics

This PhD project will develop mathematical models to investigate population dynamics in biological systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Duong
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Professional Doctorate Opportunities at SIT Graduate Institute

School for International Training is a U.S.-accredited global institution with learning centers in more than 30 countries worldwide. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Professional Doctorate
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PhD Position: Machine Learning Discovery of Longevity Genes with Experimental Validation in Drosophila

We invite applications for a PhD position for a project that combines state‑of‑the‑art machine learning with experimental genetics to uncover the molecular drivers of ageing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Augustin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Discovering New Physics in Near-Fields — ERC ATLANTIS Project

  Research Group: Photonics & Nanotechnology
Two fully funded, 3.5 year PhD studentships will explore what happens when textbook assumptions about near-field waves are removed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Rodríguez Fortuño
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Role of nutrition, and gut function in human health and diseases (sarcopenia, frailty, diabetes and cardiovascular diseas); using metabolomics and genomics

Could what we eat reshape the crosstalk between our gut, muscles and heart as we age? This exciting PhD harnesses cutting-edge metabolomics to decode the nutrition-gut-muscle-heart axis, uncovering biomarkers of healthy ageing and novel targets to prevent age-related cardiovasucal and cardiometabolic disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Isanejad, Dr H Muhamad Ali, Dr U Alam, Dr VPV Pekovic-Vaughan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Beyond compliance: Risk culture and decision making in the boardroom

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Organizations invest heavily in governance frameworks and risk dashboards, yet major failures often stem from human behavior rather than missing procedures. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M de Vries
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Corporate Due Diligence through Contractual Commitments

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Corporate due diligence is at the core of responsible business conduct due to an increasing complexity of global supply chains and a changing regulatory framework in Europe and across the globe. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Levashova
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Corporate Governance: Boards, CEOs, and Compensation

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Expressions of interest are invited for part-time PhD projects in corporate governance, with a primary emphasis on boards, CEOs, and executive compensation. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Erkens
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Entrepreneurial Finance and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. The PhD project explores the startup and scaleup potential in The Netherlands by improving the alignment of critical resources to generate societal and financial returns for stakeholders. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr JA Andreoli
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Forward-Looking Betas and the CAPM

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Traditional models of asset pricing, such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), rely on historical data to estimate systematic risk (beta). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Breugem
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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From Supply Chains to Supply Ecosystems

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. One of the key characteristics of an ecosystem is that each member must create value for itself, but not at the expense of the larger ecosystem. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D van Gorp
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Implementing Artificial Intelligence into Public Sector Organizations

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Public sector organizations worldwide struggle to move AI initiatives beyond pilot projects. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Solaimani
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Intelligent Auditing in Practice: Designing, Testing and Embedding AI-Enabled Methods for High-Quality, Trusted Assurance

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. This PhD project pioneers next-generation audit methods that embed artificial intelligence and advanced analytics at the heart of the audit process, with the twin goals of raising audit quality and boosting efficiency. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J van Buuren
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating Supply Chain Resilience to Support the Transition from Fragility to Flexibility

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Globalization has encouraged firms to offshore production, resulting in extensive supply networks that deliver notable economic advantages. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Ahmadi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Researching forced labor in value chains through annual reports

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. If firms are involved in forced labor in the value chain, this may lead to challenges in the corporate reporting arena. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Orij
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Role of Generative AI in Employment Relationships

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Generative AI is increasingly used throughout the employee management cycle. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M De Ruiter
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Thinking Towards the Future: Long-Term Corporate Finance

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Nyenrode Business University offers a part-time PhD trajectory for professionals who want to advance research on long-term value creation and the integration of sustainability into financial decision-making. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof W Schramade
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Transformative Business Education for Sustainability Transitions

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. This PhD project explores how business education can catalyze sustainability transitions by fostering transformative learning and individual agency. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Chevrollier
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Welcome Back to the Office: Exploring Hybrid Working Among Knowledge Workers

All our projects, as well as the PhD itself at Nyenrode, are self-funded. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Peters
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Synthetic biology: protein engineering for carbon fixation

Scholarships are available for PhD candidates to conduct protein engineering and synthetic biology research projects in a multidisciplinary research team - the Lau research group at The University of Sydney (LauGroup.net). Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Y H Lau
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spatial AI: Understanding the world, art and humanities through Computer Vision, Image Processing & Deep Learning

  Research Group: Neural Artifact Lab
Understanding the world around us is a fundamental challenge for social and industrial impact. This PhD project fits within the scope of spatial reasoning, solving AI problems from theoretical to real-world applications from a vision/image perspective. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S James
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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AI-Assisted Modelling of Flow and Compaction of Refractory Metal Powders

  Research Group: School of Computer Science
Please note that the start date for this project is 1 February 2027. One fully funded PhD scholarship is available jointly in the School of Computer Science and the School of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Leeds in 2026/27. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Rabbani, Dr X Jia, Dr W P Goh
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Gaussian Risk Model and Its Applications in Finance

The Gaussian risk model is a foundational tool in risk assessment and management in the realm of finance. This proposal aims to delve into the theoretical foundations of the Gaussian risk model and explore its practical applications in the field. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Bai
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)