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Active noise control of automotive tyres (Ref: AAE-DOB-2518)

Loughborough University

Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

Automotive vehicles are becoming heavier with wider tyres to support this weight. Above a speed of around 30 miles per hour, the noise produced by the tyres is the dominant source. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D O'Boy, Dr M Martinez Garcia

10 January 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Airborne Intelligent Monitoring and Quantification of Greenhouse Gases (Ref: AAE-CL-2521)

Loughborough University

Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

Methane (CH₄) is the second most significant greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide (CO₂), with over 30 times the global warming potential over a 100-year period. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Liu

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Distributed Algorithms

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

A funded PhD studentship is available under the supervision of Peter Davies-Peck, part of the Network Engineering Science and Theory in Durham (NESTiD) group in the Department of Computer Science at Durham University, UK. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Davies-Peck

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Efficient and Robust Deep Learning based Perception for Autonomous Driving and Robotics

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Today, autonomous vehicle and robotics research is a continuously evolving field and spanning all areas of AI autonomy, including perception, behaviour prediction, motion planning, explainability and safety critical AI systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Agentic AI for Autonomous Things: Vision-Language-Action Models, Embodied Intelligence and Real-World Decision-Making

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Artificial intelligence is moving beyond passive prediction towards systems that can reason, plan, interact and act. This shift is driving rapid progress in agentic AI - i.e., AI systems that can interpret goals, make decisions, use tools, coordinate with humans and operate in changing real-world environments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Atapour-Abarghouei

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Unconstrained Object Understanding using Deep Learning for Computer Vision in X-ray Security Screening

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

X-ray security screening is widely used to maintain aviation/transport security, and its significance poses a particular interest in future automated screening systems that can be deployed for transportation and border security screening alike. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

What differs? - Deep Learning for Anomaly and Out of Distribution Detection in Computer Vision (Visual AI) Applications

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Anomaly detection, and the synonymous topics of novelty and out-of-distribution detection, addresses the computer vision ("visual AI") challenge of automatically identifying outliers within the scene or image based on their appearance, motion or behaviour characteristics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Addressing Racial Bias in Face Recognition Based on Deep Learning Enabled Computer Vision

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Facial recognition is one of the most academically studied and industrially developed areas within computer vision where we readily find associated applications deployed globally. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Quantum spin liquids in Ce pyrochlores

Queen Mary University of London

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are a state of matter predicted to be found in magnetic materials with strong quantum fluctuations. The spins in most magnetic materials form regular repeating patterns at sufficiently low temperature, but QSLs are very different. Read more

Supervisor: Dr O` Benton

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Efficient Neuromorphic Vision and Perception for Long-Term Robotic Autonomy

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Autonomous robots are increasingly deployed in industries such as precision agriculture, environmental monitoring, and logistics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Atapour-Abarghouei

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Domestication and environmental adaptation in livestock

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Biosciences

Research Group: Organisms and Environment

Project Description. Livestock species have an incredible history, having been recently domesticated from wildlife species such as the aurochs, mouflon, wild buffalo etc, and since then having been changed by early and modern farmers to fulfil an economic role supporting human societies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Orozco Ter Wengel, Dr F Hailer, Dr BWZ Zhang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Targeting retrosplenial cortex function to improve cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Biosciences

Research Group: Neuroscience

Project Description. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder and is associated with a range of motor and cognitive symptoms. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Lelos, Prof S Vann

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

In Situ Multimodal Imaging of Crystallisation in Biomineralising systems

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Condensed matter and materials physics

Mineralisation of organic matrices plays a key role in the formation of hard tissues in a wide range of biological systems leading to skeletal or shell formation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Kroger

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Lieb-Thirring inequalities for Generalized Indefinite Strings (Ref: MA/JE-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Lieb-Thirring inequalities provide upper bounds on the negative eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators in terms of the potential. Such inequalities have important applications in quantum mechanics, in particular for establishing stability of matter. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Eckhardt

1 February 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Electronic, thermal and structural properties of two-dimensional materials (Ref: MA/TAN-SF2/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Since the discovery of graphene, various two-dimensional (2D) materials have been the focus of intense research and important applications. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T Ala-Nissila

1 October 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Memristive reservoirs and artificial neurons for neuromorphic computing (Ref: PH/SS-SF2/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Physics

We invite applications for self-funded PhD projects developing memristive reservoirs and artificial neurons for next-generation neuromorphic computing. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Saveliev, Prof A Balanov

31 December 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Multi-Physics Dynamic Modelling and Physics-Informed AI for Particle-Based Long-Duration Energy Storage Systems

The University of Manchester

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

This PhD project focuses on the development of next-generation high-fidelity modelling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and physics-informed artificial intelligence frameworks for particle-based long-duration energy storage (LDES) systems operating under highly variable renewable energy conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Mahmoudi Larimi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Impact of fluids of different densities (Ref: MA/MM-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Mathematical Sciences

The impact of two bodies of liquid, such as droplets, is a phenomenon occurring widely in nature and in engineering applications, from waves breaking onto layers of marine biological matter to streams of different inks in additive manufacturing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Moore

31 July 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Mathematics Anxiety and arithmetic strategy flexibility in primary school children (Ref: LN/SR-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Mathematics Education Centre

A growing body of research suggests that emotional factors play a significant role in shaping how children learn and apply mathematical concepts. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Rossi, Dr J Eaves

1 April 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

How do we acquire number names in a second language? (Ref: LN/MJB-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Mathematics Education Centre

Learning the number system of a new language is more than memorising vocabulary, it is a window into how languages encode numerical concepts. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MJ Bisson

1 April 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Understanding the relationship between patterning and mathematics (Ref: LN/JE-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Mathematics Education Centre

Patterning refers to the ability to notice regularities in sequences (e.g. ABABAB, ABAABAAB, where the As and Bs might be colours or shapes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Eaves, Dr I Xenidou-Dervou

1 July 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Designing the teaching of problem-solving tactics in school mathematics (Ref: LN/CF-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Mathematics Education Centre

A project in this area will aim to improve our knowledge about effective teaching of problem solving in school mathematics. Research suggests that although expert problem solvers use a variety of domain-general problem-solving strategies (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Foster

30 April 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Computability and Constrained Equations in Free Semigroups (Ref: CO/JD-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Computer Science

Given a finite set A, and an associative binary operation o, a semigroup is a set which contains A and is closed under o. If |A| n, the free semigroup A+ is a particular example of a semigroup. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Day

1 January 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Luminescent Anion Receptors for High-Throughput Bioassays in Drug Discovery (Ref: CM/SB-SF2/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Chemistry

The aim of this PhD project is to synthesise luminescent molecules that bind reversibly to target biological anions, which are produced during pharmaceutically important enzyme reactions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Butler, Prof B Buckley

1 February 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Luminescent Molecular Probes to Detect Phosphate in UK Waterways (Ref: CM/SB-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Chemistry

A major unsolved challenge for environmental agencies is to monitor inorganic phosphate in water, to predict the breakout of harmful algae blooms that lead to aquatic ‘dead zones’. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Butler, Dr H Willcock

1 February 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Utilizing machine learning to decipher the mechanism of protein-DNA binding

The University of Manchester

Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic Sciences

Research Group: Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic Sciences

Transcriptional gene regulation, or the ability to control the timing and levels of gene expression through binding of transcription factors (TFs) to DNA, is a defining feature of life. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Lagator, Prof S Lovell, Prof M Rattray

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Developing Bio‑Inspired Adaptive Materials for Next‑Generation Neuromorphic Devices (Ref: CM/PR-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Chemistry

This project aims to design, study, and understand materials that mimic the behaviour of biological tissues, opening the door to electronics that can learn, adapt, and process information efficiently. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Roach, Dr E Hill

1 July 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Synthesis of Fluorinated Heterocycles (Ref: CM/MK-SF2/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Chemistry

This project will involve synthetic organic chemistry to prepare novel nitrogen heterocyclic compounds based (including pyridones, cinnolines or quinoxalines) using nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) of fluoroarenes to allow rapid construction of small molecules of interest as drug candidates as antibiotics, anti-cancer agents or against Neglected Tropical Diseases. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Weaver, Dr M Kimber

31 December 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Advanced Modelling of Waste Immobilisation Materials for Long‑Term Nuclear Waste Storage (Ref: CM/KJ-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Chemistry

Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel generates waste that contains long‑lived radioactive isotopes capable of remaining hazardous for thousands of years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Jolley

1 April 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Computational Modelling of Advanced Functional Materials (Ref: CM/FP-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Chemistry

Molecular materials have the promise of revolutionising electronics by providing low-cost and sustainable alternatives to silicon-based devices. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Plasser

30 April 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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