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We have 3,657 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Trustworthy Human-AV collaboration for nuclear transportation

About the studentship. Reference. 2627-OCT-CATE21. Closing date for applications. 3 June 2026. Start date. 1 October 2026. Transportation of nuclear material at Sellafield Ltd faces a critical scalability challenge, requiring operations to increase from monthly to daily while maintaining safety standards. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AM Hamoud
 28 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EPSRC supported EngD: Thermodynamics of Aerosols: Understanding VLE & Phase Transitions for Aerosolised Systems

Consumer products in the form of aerosols comprise product bases, with a range of physical and chemical properties blended with propellant(s) in a range of base. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Leeke
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unravelling the Role of Aspergillus in Chronic Airway Disease Exacerbations and Disease Progression

  Research Group: Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic
Background. Exacerbations are a major health burden of chronic airway disease such as COPD or bronchiectasis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CK Kosmidis, Dr A.M Mathioudakis, Dr M Bertuzzi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship in Control and Machine Learning Algorithms for Autonomous Vehicles

Applications are invited for a research studentship in the field of control, leading to the award of a PhD degree. The studentship is fully funded by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, covering tuition fees and providing a stipend at the UKRI rate. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Kohler
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Non-coding snoRNA Host Genes as novel therapeutic targets in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis

  Research Group: Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Atopic dermatitis (AD, also known as eczema) and psoriasis are very common chronic inflammatory skin diseases marked by abnormalities in the functioning of the outer layer of the skin, the epidermis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Vietri Rudan, Dr S Kurinna, Dr AAJ Al-Janabi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Assessing human carotid body, cardiovascular and respiratory function in diabetic patients with and without obstructive sleep apnoea

Patients with diabetes have impaired cardiovascular and respiratory responses to multiple stimuli including a fall in blood oxygen (hypoxia), a rise in blood carbon dioxide (hypercapnia) and a decrease in blood glucose (hypoglycaemia). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A H Holmes, Dr J Welch, Dr A Coney
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Identifying the importance of age, sex, ethnicity and obesity in establishing cardiovascular-respiratory reflex responses to heat exposure

One of the major threats to human health is climate change and its association with increased exposure to extreme heat. An important effect is an increase in the frequency, duration and intensity of heatwave exposure. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A H Holmes, Dr J Welch, Dr A Coney
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Environmentally sustainable creel fisheries (based at Heriot Watt Orkney campus)

  Research Group: Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
Marine regions around the world encounter similar ecological challenges linked to fishing activities, including those arising from fisheries that use passive or static gear such as traps. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Cerbule
 5 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship Digital Twin Development for Mechanical Fragmentation in Sustainable Plastics Recycling

Applications are invited for an exciting fully funded PhD studentship at Imperial College London in the interdisciplinary fields of Mechanics of Materials, Process Systems Engineering, and Sustainable Manufacturing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Charalambides
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Accelerating and derisking amorphous form development for low bioavailability drug candidates

*Please note this project is only open to UK applicants*. Are you seeking the opportunity for an industry demand-led PhD project at the interface of science and engineering, working in a cutting-edge research facility?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Robertson
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship - Centre for Doctoral Training in Process Industries: Net Zero - Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Wastewater-to-Resource Systems

This PhD project targets a key challenge in sustainable process engineering. translating microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) technology from lab-scale innovation to robust, industrial deployment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RL Law, Dr E Heidrich
 23 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI-Mediated Personalised Text Adaptation Strategies for Self-Regulated Learning

Project advert. Technological innovation fosters educational independence for those learners that embrace it. Recently, AI (artificial Intelligence) chatbots have had a disruptive effect on the education sector with two thirds of university students using AI in 2023. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof RW Ward, Dr MS Shardlow
 26 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Literacy in the Digital Age: How Children Learn from Multimedia Written Language

How children learn from reading and writing is rapidly changing in the digital age. Children now encounter written language through books, school materials, websites, social media, online videos, gaming environments, and multimodal digital platforms. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Hsiao
 28 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Advancing Functional MRS: Methodological Development for Dynamic Neurochemical Measurement

Project Overview. Functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fMRS) is an emerging neuroimaging approach that measures rapid, task‑evoked changes in brain metabolites. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Bell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Evaluating the effects of large language models on attitudes towards migrants in the UK

Project Overview. False narratives that fuel social and public opinion generated by large language models (Papageorgiou et al., 2024) move through social spaces faster than they can be mitigated (Kandel, 2020). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Cacase
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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