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FIBER-OPTIC HEALTH AND USAGE MONITORING SYSTEM: ADVANCED MATERIALS, PHOTONIC SENSING AND PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMS

Politecnico di Milano

Aerospace Engineering Programme

Open PhD positions. First call. 26/03/2026 (https://www.polimi.it/dottorato/futuri-dottorandi/ammissione/bandi-e-posizioni-aperte/ciclo-41/4-bando-aggiuntivo-2025-26#c31040). Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Bettini

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

End-of-Life Strategies for Diverse Onshore Wind Portfolios

University of Strathclyde

Engineering Hydrogen NetZero (EnerHy) CDT

PhD in the EnerHy CDT which is an EPSRC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) focusing on research and training in the areas of Renewable Energy and Hydrogen. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Carroll, Mr A Smith

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Modelling the impacts of climate change mitigation strategies on the water - carbon - food - biodiversity nexus

Imperial College London

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London, supervised by Dr. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Moustakis

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

Design and Development of Next-Generation Vascular Stents

University of Birmingham

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Group: Advanced Manufacturing Research Group

A PhD position is available for a highly motivated candidate to contribute to the development of an innovative class of vascular stents with improved clinical performance. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Essa, Dr A Abdelwahab

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

Offshore Wind O&M Costs focusing on Climate-Driven Changes in Metocean Patterns

University of Strathclyde

Engineering Hydrogen NetZero (EnerHy) CDT

PhD in the EnerHy CDT which is an EPSRC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) focusing on research and training in the areas of Renewable Energy and Hydrogen. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Carroll, Mr A Smith

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Accelerating the clinical introduction of novel antibiotic combinations effective against Gram-negative pathogens

University of Strathclyde

Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Strathclyde Minor Groove Binders (S-MGB) lead compounds have in vivo activity (MIC 0.2 µg/mL) against Gram-positive bacteria.[1-5] In 2015 our commercial partner, MGB Biopharma, completed the successful Phase I Clinical Trial (NCT02518607) of our lead candidate MGB-BP-3 for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infections. Read more

Supervisor: Dr FS Scott

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

Towards the development of a novel class of broad-spectrum anti-infective drugs

University of Strathclyde

Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Through exceptionally strong research collaborations at the interface of chemistry, biology, and medicine, we have applied innovative thinking to the field of (Minor Groove Binders) MGBs to develop a novel platform for drug discovery with the potential to treat an impressive range of diseases, including bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral infections. Read more

Supervisor: Dr FS Scott

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

Adaptive numerical algorithms for PDE problems with random inputs

University of Birmingham

School of Mathematics

PhD Studentship in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing . The project concerns the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) with uncertain inputs (e.g., material properties, external forces, geometry of the computational domain). Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Bespalov

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

Long-Term Risk Modelling for Nuclear Safety

University of Strathclyde

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Are you interested in using mathematics, data, and AI tools to solve real-world safety problems? This PhD scholarship offers the chance to work on challenging research with clear societal value. Read more

Supervisors: Prof E Patelli, Dr M D A De Angelis

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

Unravelling the chemo-mechanical degradation of concrete

Imperial College London

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Why? Concrete, an artificial rock, is the most abundant material humankind has ever created. With approximately 30 billion metric tonnes used each year, it plays a critical role in our infrastructure. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Korec

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

Safe Agentic/LLM Reasoning via Formal Verification

The University of Manchester

Department of Computer Science

The target is to explore novel synergies among natural language-based Human-AI interaction, nature-inspired optimization and exploration, the social impacts of Human-AI cooperation on team dynamics, and advanced machine learning in the engineering domain. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LC Cordeiro

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Studentship in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry

University of Edinburgh

School of Chemistry

Illuminating novel reactivity at main-group centres. Heavy carbene analogues, silylenes, germylenes, stannylenes, plumbylenes, and their group 13 relatives, should display dramatically enhanced reactivity in their triplet electronic states yet accessing and studying these species remains a fundamental challenge. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Cowley, Dr R Kong

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

Bayesian Deep Learning for cosmology with Euclid

Royal Holloway, University of London

Department of Physics

Research Group: Astronomy

This project will focus on the combination of cutting-edge Deep Learning and statistical methods to enable cosmological inference from next-generation facilities such as the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Spurio Mancini

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

Understanding the contribution of SHANK3 LLPS in autism and cancer

The University of Manchester

Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Research Group: Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine

In this exciting research project, you will investigate SHANK3, a key protein that facilitates communication and adaptation in brain cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr TZ Zacharchenko, Dr IB Barsukov, Prof S Kimber

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

Advancing Fully Homomorphic Encryption for privacy-preserving applications

Royal Holloway, University of London

Information Security Group

Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a type of privacy-enhancing encryption that enables computation directly on encrypted data without needing access to the decryption key or the underlying data itself. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Player, Prof K M Martin

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Integration of large-scale genetic and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data to understand fibrosis across different organs

University of Leicester

Department of Population Health Sciences

Second Supervisor. Professor Sue Francis, Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University of Nottingham. Additional Supervisors. Dr Richard Allen, University of Leicester / Dr Eleanor Cox, University of Nottingham. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Wain

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

Molecular Dynamic Simulation for modelling the corrosion inhibition mechanisms of film forming amine

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemistry

FFA (Film Forming Amines) have been used for decades as corrosion inhibitors in water/steam circuits. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Carbone

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

Micromechanical properties as a diagnostic marker for systemic sclerosis

University of Liverpool

School of Engineering

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease characterised by the clinical manifestation of scleroderma or ‘hard skin’ [1]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Akhtar

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

Data-Efficient and Transferable Machine Learning-Based Predictive Models for Catastrophic Risk Assessment in Offshore Wind Infrastructure

University of Surrey

School of Engineering

Offshore wind infrastructure underpins the UK’s Net Zero transition but faces extreme operational challenges. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Chatterjee, Prof S Bhattacharya

12 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Self-Powered Piezoelectric Hydrogels for Immunomodulation and Chronic Wound Regeneration

University of Bradford

Faculty of Life Sciences

Chronic wounds, particularly diabetic foot ulcers, affect millions of patients worldwide and remain one of the most difficult clinical challenges in healthcare. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Rajan Unnithan, Dr S Pentlavalli, Dr A Ramachandra Kurup Sasikala

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

Fully Funded PhD: Smart Monitoring for Safer Structures

University of Strathclyde

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Please note. The scholarship covers Home tuition fees only. Applicants classified as international must demonstrate the ability to fund the difference between Home and International tuition fees. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B B Bhowmik, Prof E Patelli

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

Universality in random growth processes

The University of Manchester

Department of Mathematics

A modern area of research within probability theory is the study of a class of models named after Kardar, Parisi and Zhang and referred to as KPZ. Read more

Supervisor: Dr W Fitzgerald

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

PhD position available in Experimental and Computational Organic Materials Discovery

Imperial College London

Department of Chemistry

A PhD position as part of a Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship is available for an October 2026 start date. Read more

Supervisor: Prof KJ Jelfs

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Translating Animal Immunothrombosis Signatures into Human Clinical Guidance: The Role of Venous Insufficiency and Stenosis

University of Bristol

Bristol Veterinary School

In human patients, venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of mortality, often driven by altered haemodynamics in the context of venous insufficiency and stenosis. Read more

Supervisor: Prof MJ Hezzell

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

Machine Learning-Guided Synthesis of Graphene Aerogels for Supercapacitors

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemical Engineering

Graphene aerogels are ultra-light and highly porous carbon materials with strong potential for high-power energy storage applications such as electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs). Read more

Supervisors: Dr MF Vasheghani Farahani, Prof I Kinloch

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

Towards more understanding of aggregation and scaling of calcium carbonate in the petroleum production facility

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

The scale deposition and aggregation of calcium carbonate in the production facility is challenging problem in the petroleum industry. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

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

Developing a regime map for the roller compaction process

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Roller compaction is a process used by many industries such as pharma, food and fertilizers. Roller compaction is a continuous dry granulation process where the powder particles compressed by two rotating rollers to produce a ribbon like shape compact. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

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

Improving the fertilizers granulation process

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Producing fertilizers with the required specification while minimizing the waste of the manufacturing process is challenging. This research aims to improve the current fertilizer production method by designing the products to achieve the required specifications such as strength, size and dissolution/disintegration time. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

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

Continuous Catalyst Manufacturing process towards more sustainability

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Many industries looking to improve the sustainability of their manufacturing lines to maximise resource efficiency while reducing the environmental impact. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AD Salman

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

Organic Semiconductor Synthesis for Quantum Materials

Durham University

Department of Chemistry

About the project. Synthetic organic chemistry gives us extraordinary control over molecular structure. We can precisely tune how molecules absorb light, transfer energy, and stabilise reactive states. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Gorman

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

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