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

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Digital Biomarkers for Mobility Decline and Falls in Dementia

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Prof Michael Hornberger (Applied Dementia Research, Clinical & Experimental Sciences) and Prof Liudi Jiang (Biomedical Engineering); Faculty of Engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Hornberger
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Metasurfaces for Machine Vision and Compact Photonics

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Supervisors. Prof Kevin MacDonald, Dr Xu Fang. This project will develop and demonstrate advanced bilayer metasurface optical elements addressing performance trade-offs and constraints (field of view vs. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering fitness in disease-resistant crops (GRANDELLIS_E27DTP)

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Primary Supervisor - Dr Carolina Grandellis. Engineering crop disease resistance to overcome the growth-defence trade-off. Developing crops that are both productive and resillient is one of the major challenges facing agriculture. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CG Grandellis
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How do fungi and bacteria communicate? Decoding the rules of cross-kingdom microbial interactions (BUSCAINO_Q27DTP)

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Microorganisms rarely live alone. Instead, fungi and bacteria form complex communities where they constantly communicate, compete and cooperate. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof AB Buscaino
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Time Crystals: A New State of Matter for Next-Generation Data Processing

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Supervisors. Prof Nikolay Zheludev, Prof Kevin MacDonald, Dr Eric Plum, Associate Prof Giorgio Adamo. Time crystals are an eagerly sought phase of matter with unique functionalities. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Zheludev
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ratiometric ion sensors for Raman microscopy

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Unlocking the chemistry that underpins cellular function at the molecular level represents a pivotal challenge to establishing a comprehensive understanding of biology. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Tomkinson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Role of non-canonical autophagy in liver lipid metabolism in response to unhealthy diets (BERAZA_Q27DTP)

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Obesity has epidemic proportions in the UK as more than 60% of adults are overweight and 33% have fatty liver. Poor dietary habits (western diets) are the main contributors to obesity and liver steatosis, where lipid accumulation becomes toxic for hepatocytes leading to cell death and consequent inflammation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Beraza
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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ECLIPSE - Engineering Control of Electronegativity in Hydrogen Plasmas through Surface and Magnetic-Field Design

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Applications are invited for a DPhil studentship in the area of Plasma Chemistry, available from October 2027, to work under the supervision of Professor Grant Ritchie in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Ritchie
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Rewilding the UK: Ecological drivers and captive breeding conditions for successful reintroduction of the Black-veined White butterfly

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Rewilding aims to restore biodiversity and ecological processes by enabling ecosystems to become more self-sustaining and function naturally. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FR Ratto, Dr M Lee
 10 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How do the connections between a cell and its neighbours control how a cell responds? (FAULKNER_J27DTP)

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Faulkner
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The role of plasma membrane organisation in tissue development

Updated: 13 October 2026 
What is the role of plasma membrane organisation in tissue formation?. The plasma membrane is a dynamic structure that surrounds every cell and acts as both a physical boundary and a signalling hub. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Schneider
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering Basidiomycota fungi for the biosynthesis of high-value natural products

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Background. Basidiomycota fungi are a rich reservoir of bioactive natural products, such as antibacterials, antifungals and biological control agents. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Alberti, Dr L Alkhalaf
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Where does RNA go in the cold? Visualing Coolair RNA inside Plant Cells (DING_J27DTP)

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Primary Supervisor - Professor Yiliang Ding. Plants cannot escape changes in their environment and must continually adjust their growth and development in response to temperature. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Ding
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How neurons sense tissue stiffness during maturation

Updated: 13 October 2026 
For decades, neuroscience has primarily focused on chemical signalling. More recently, however, it has become clear that mechanical cues, such as the stiffness of surrounding tissue,also play a crucial role in neuronal development. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr EK Kreysing, Prof D Köster
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nanosculpting antiferromagnets to explore novel electronic transport

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Electronic functionality from unconventional antiferromagnets. Can we sculpt antiferromagnetic materials into devices to reveal new physics and control their emergent behaviour? Antiferromagnets contain ordered magnetic moments that typically cancel one another. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MB Birch
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)