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We have 590 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Mechanics-Informed Design of Reinforced Interventional Catheters

Updated: 25 June 2026 
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position in the area of reinforced flexible interventional catheter design and digital manufacturing at School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Zhang
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Shaping Collective Traffic Behaviour through Multi-Agent Learning-Based Control

Updated: 25 June 2026 
The next generation of mobility will be redefined by mixed autonomy — connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and human drivers sharing the same road. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KFC Chu
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Embodied Cooperative Agents

Updated: 25 June 2026 
Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) studies how multiple learning agents behave when they coexist in a shared environment. When several agents learn at the same time, open problems arise. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KFC Chu
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Efficient Reasoning and Decision-Making in AI Agents

Updated: 25 June 2026 
AI agents built on large models can now plan, use tools, and carry out tasks over many steps. They are, however, very inefficient. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CT Tang
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multimodal World Models for Reasoning about the Physical World

Updated: 25 June 2026 
Current AI systems are good at recognising and describing what they see, and large language models can reason fluently about the world in text. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CT Tang
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Discovery of Sustainable Nickel and Titanium Superalloys

Updated: 25 June 2026 
The relationship between processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties in nickel- and titanium-based alloys remains a fundamental scientific challenge. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Gu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South West, University of Exeter and University of Plymouth

Updated: 25 June 2026
The NIHR ARC South West invites applications for a portfolio of fully funded PhD studentships based at University of Exeter or University of Plymouth starting Autumn 2026. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  NIHR Funded
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NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South West, University of Exeter and University of Plymouth

Updated: 25 June 2026
The NIHR ARC South West invites applications for a portfolio of fully funded PhD studentships based at University of Exeter or University of Plymouth starting Autumn 2026. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  NIHR Funded
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The role of extracellular vesicles in head and neck cancer

Updated: 24 June 2026 
The incidence of head and neck cancer (HNC) is on the rise globally. Despite advances in HNC treatment and diagnosis, the mortality rate is high. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr RA Abu-Eid
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The effect of dental implant material on the release of extracellular vesicles from oral keratinocytes

Updated: 24 June 2026 
Despite the great successes that dental implants have achieved, stability of titanium based implants is now under scrutiny. Corrosion and titanium particle release might play a role in dental implant complications. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RA Abu-Eid , Prof W Palin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Studying novel neurodevelopmental diseases associated with genome instability

Updated: 24 June 2026 
Defective DNA repair is a major driver of genetic instability and cancer development. This PhD project, based in Professor Stewart’s laboratory, will investigate how cells detect and repair DNA damage, and how defects in these processes give rise to human disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Stewart
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Data-Driven Approaches to Understanding and Predicting Aircraft Icing Effects

Updated: 24 June 2026 
Aircraft icing is a well-recognised hazard that occurs when supercooled water droplets in the atmosphere freeze upon contact with aircraft surfaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Lin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Heat Transfer Enhancement in Helicoidal Heat Exchangers for Industrial Thermal Systems

Updated: 24 June 2026 
The proposed project focuses on the investigation, design and optimization of helicoidal heat exchangers for enhanced thermal performance in industrial heat transfer applications, particularly in the oil and gas sector. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Volkov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling effects of microclimate variability on climate-induced ranges shifts in Madagascar

Updated: 24 June 2026 
Anthropogenic climate change (ACC) is anticipated to significantly alter the future distribution of plant species in tropical regions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Brown
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mechanism-Guided Design of High-Entropy Ceramic Architectures for Hydrogen and Fusion Energy Systems

Updated: 24 June 2026 
The transition toward net-zero energy technologies requires materials capable of operating under increasingly aggressive environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Daniel
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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