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We have 5,811 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Engineering Optical Fibres to See Inside Tissue

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the University of Bath for entry in October 2027. Overview of the Research. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SY Yerolatsitis, Prof T Birks
 10 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Smart biomaterials to combat infection and encrustation in long-term urinary catheterisation

Urinary catheters are among the most widely used medical devices in healthcare. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) remains one of the most common healthcare-associated infections worldwide. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Wylie
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Cognitive Intelligence in Self-Evolving Multi-Agent Systems PhD

We invite applications for a self-funded PhD to advance cognitive intelligence in self-evolving multi-agent systems, moving beyond conventional embodied AI towards human-inspired cognitive reasoning, adaptive collective intelligence and seamless human–autonomy collaboration. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Xing
 7 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Integrating Remote Sensing and Field Measurements to Monitor Amazon Forest Climate Risk

Context. Climate Change in Southern Amazonia. The Southern Amazon faces the greatest climatic threat of all Amazon regions. This region is drier and warmer than ‘core’ areas of the Amazon and has been subject to the most pronounced drying and warming trends. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Galbraith, Dr MA Adami, Prof E Gloor
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship: Happiness by Design: Computer Vision and Immersive Technologies for Consumer-Centric Food Evaluation

Project ID 2601 NSP. Type of studentship. PhD (4 years). Funding Source. Fully funded 4-year PhD (BBSRC Food Consortium Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award) and pladis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Ford, Dr L Wilkinson, Dr P Tennent, Dr A Jones
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Environmental Influences on Immune Function and Health in Wild Barbary Macaques

We are seeking candidates to apply for Liverpool John Moore’s’ Vice Chancellor PhD Scholarship. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Koyama, Dr PT Tkaczynski
 9 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Integrating machine learning and remote sensing to track pressures on migratory fish in UK rivers and estuaries

The University of Kent is proud to be part of the Advanced Research and Innovation in the Environmental Sciences (ARIES) Doctoral Training Partnership which is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Bicknell
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrating biodiversity, climate mitigation and livelihoods in Borneo’s largest community-led Nature-based Solution

The University of Kent is proud to be part of the Advanced Research and Innovation in the Environmental Sciences (ARIES) Doctoral Training Partnership which is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Struebig
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Generative AI for Recovering 4D Digital Hearts from Routine 2D Cardiac Imaging

Want to build the next generation of Medical AI? Join our team!. Project outline. Heart muscle deformation during each beat determines cardiac function and reveals how the heart adapts to physiological changes and ageing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Q Meng, Prof R Steeds
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Heterogeneous Integration of III-V Optoelectronic Membrane Devices

  Research Group: Semiconductor Materials & Devices
Applications are invited for a fully funded 3.5-year PhD studentship within the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Heffernan, Dr K Groom
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multimodal Learning and Vision-Language Models for Understanding Human Organ Proportions

AI meets the human body. Shape the future of Medical AI with us!. Project outline. The human body works as a system, and how organ size relates to height, weight and other organs determines the way they are assessed, matched and monitored in clinical practice. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Q Meng, Dr T Thomas
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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OPTIMAL - Oxidative Potential of Source-ApportionedParticulate Matter and its Toxicological, Immunological and Epigenetic Signatures in Human Lung Cell Models

  Research Group: Environmental Research Group
Air pollution contributes to more than 7 million premature deaths each year. Although particulate matter (PM) exposure is clearly associated with adverse health effects, the most harmful chemical components remain uncertain. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Mudway, Dr DG Green, Dr S Campbell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Testing classical nucleation theory through chemical and isotopic effects on heterogeneous ice nucleation

Ice nucleation is important in atmospheric clouds and hence influences weather and climate, yet our ability to predict whether a particular material will nucleate ice remains extremely limited (Knopf and Alpert, 2023). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T F Whale, Dr M D Tarn
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The sub-lethal impact of pesticides on foraging in bumblebees - linking landscape-scale behaviour change to molecular and physiological responses to understand the mechanism & mitigate its effects

The focus of the PhD is to understand the effects of pesticides on bees from a physiological perspective (differential gene-expression, metabolomics) and connecting this to behavioural changes in the field, by using a new landscape-scale tracking system, that allows us to track the bee as it forages, and record behaviour using an accelerometer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Smith, Dr S Campbell, Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Dr R Comont
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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An AI-Driven Discovery Platform for Inhaled Liposomes: High-Throughput Phenotyping of Mucus Penetration and Epithelial Cell Uptake in Human Airway Models

Respiratory infections kill more than four million people each year and are the leading infectious cause of death globally. In the UK, respiratory disease is the third leading cause of death, accounting for approximately 140,000 deaths annually and costing the NHS an estimated £11 billion per year [VERIFY. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Tian
 22 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of antiretroviral-containing silicone and hybrid personal lubricants for on-demand HIV prevention

Topically applied HIV prevention products offer an important opportunity to provide discrete, user-controlled protection against sexual transmission of HIV. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Malcolm
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship in Advanced Nonlinear Vibration Control for Turbomachinery Blades

Applications are invited for an exciting PhD studentship in Nonlinear Vibration and Control, leading to the award of a PhD degree from Imperial. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Renson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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3D peptide hydrogel matrices to study biofilm formation and development

Biofilms drive chronic infection, treatment failure and antimicrobial tolerance, yet current models rarely isolate how the properties of the surrounding three-dimensional (3D) matrix regulate biofilm formation and development. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Laverty
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship in Nonlinear Aeroelastic Model Identification Using Physics-Enhanced Machine Learning Approach

Applications are invited for an exciting PhD studentship in Machine Learning for Aeroelasticity and Dynamics, leading to the award of a PhD degree from Imperial. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Renson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Understanding Bacterial Envelope Damage and Repair on Nanoengineered Surfaces

Lead Supervisor. Dr Martyna Michalska, UCL Mechanical Engineering. Subsidiary Supervisor. Dr Leonardo Rios-Solis, UCL Biochemical Engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Michalska
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering Lipid Nanoparticles for Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Delivery

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have emerged as powerful delivery systems for pharmaceuticals, biologics, and nutraceutical ingredients. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Lamprou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advanced 3D Printed Microneedle Technologies for Precision Drug and Vaccine Delivery

Microneedle technologies offer a minimally invasive approach for delivering pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and biologics. This project will focus on the design, fabrication, and evaluation of innovative microneedle systems using 3D Printing Technologies for targeted and controlled drug delivery. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Lamprou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Optimising remote conservative and post-operative rehabilitation of traumatic knee injuries using Blood Flow Restriction Exercise in UK Defence service personnel (Ref RDFC26/HW/SER/HUGHES)

High rates of musculoskeletal injury (MSKI) are well documented in the UK Military. Lower limb injuries consistently account for the largest proportion of MSKI, with the knee joint representing the most commonly affected site. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Hughes, Dr J Andrushko
 14 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Personalised Medicines Through Direct Powder Extrusion (DPE) 3D Printing

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is transforming the development of personalised medicines. This project will investigate the use of Direct Powder Extrusion (DPE) technologies for the manufacture of tailored dosage forms with patient-specific doses and release characteristics. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Lamprou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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CRUK Newcastle Cancer Centre: Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme

The Newcastle Cancer Centre is participating in CRUK's new Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme, which is run in collaboration with Black in Cancer and the Windsor Fellowship. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Characterising the molecular pathology of POLG-related liver disease in Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome

This PhD project is focussed on investigating the mechanisms underpinning liver dysfunction in childhood POLG-related mitochondrial disease, also known as Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr LS Smith
 18 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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The investigation of novel interacting therapeutic combinations in the treatment of ovarian cancer

Better ways to treat Ovarian Cancer (OC) may already exist. To identify repurposed drug combinations for use in OC, research will evaluate the pharmacology of FDA approved drugs in combination with novel therapeutics to treat poor response OC. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Furlong
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Towards new antibacterial drugs to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria: identification and characterization of novel natural product antibiotics

Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to the average human lifespan. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A O'Neill
 31 May 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Broadening the spectrum of antibacterial drugs to tackle multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens

  Research Group: Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to average human lifespan. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A O'Neill, Dr M McPhillie
 31 May 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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How is genomic DNA packaged in the malaria parasite apicoplast organelle?

While it is common knowledge that DNA is the genetic material of all organisms, how this polymer, which is often 50 to 1000 times in length compared to the dimensions of the cell/nucleus, is organised to fit within a cell remains one of the major unanswered questions of cell biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Lahiri, Dr M Newton, Prof M P Williamson, Dr T Craggs
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)