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We have 3,188 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Advancing Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy in Children: Development of Age-appropriate Formulations Adaptable for Point-of-care Manufacturing by 3D Printing

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in children, such as heart failure, hypertension, and arrhythmias, require chronic treatment with drugs having potentially complicated physicochemical properties. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr GM Khalid
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advancing therapeutic options in surgical site infections and wound care: Engineering multi-drug eluting medical devices

Background. Despite improvements in aseptic procedures and antimicrobial prophylaxis, surgical site infections (SSIs) continue to be a major cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality globally. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr GM Khalid
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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(SATURN CDT)Enhancing strategic decision-making for new-build nuclear storage facilities via environmental life cycle assessment

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. UoM_Nuclear. This project is part-funded by the NDA Bursary scheme and will involve close collaboration with industrial partners at UKNNL and Sellafield Ltd. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Stamford, Mr A Banford
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(EPSRC) High-Entropy Coatings for Hydrogen Gas Turbines

  Research Group: Coatings and Ceramics
As the aviation and power generation sectors move towards decarbonisation, gas turbine manufacturers are developing hydrogen-fuelled engines. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Chen, Prof P Xiao
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced Materials Processing for Disposal Mixed Oxide Nuclear Wasteforms

  Research Group: Nuclear Materials
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has established the Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub (PuMaS) at the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Harrison, Prof J Turner
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bayesian Modeling of High Dimensional Structural Data

In many applications, such as biological sciences, social science, and engineering we encounter high-dimensional observations. Bayesian approach can provide a flexible modeling framework for underlying structures in high dimension such as underlying covariance structure, conditional dependency graphs etc. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Guha
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Porphyry systems: Ores, critical elements, and volcanic connections

The energy transition will require significant increases in the quantities of mined base metals and critical minerals to capture, transport, and store low-carbon energy. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Richardson, Dr M Hartley, Dr DN Neave
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing magnonic building blocks for neuromorphic computing

This PhD project will develop nanoscale devices which use magnons (collective excitations in magnetic order) as information carriers for ultra-efficient, compact, brain-inspired computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W Griggs
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Network Polymer Degradation in Exterior Coatings

With an estimated 14 billion tonnes of microplastics accumulated on the ocean floor, concern for the damage inflicted on marine ecosystems is growing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SM Morsch
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Predicting clad defect propagation of Zr-based alloys under oxidising conditions during dry fuel store

This PhD is embedded within a uniquely collaborative environment that brings together two of the UKs strongest nuclear materials teams, both based at the University of Manchester. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Frankel, Prof J Turner, Dr MM Maric
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sensorimotor integration in neuromorphic systems

  Research Group: Neuromorphic Systems
Humans navigate complex, dynamic environments every day throughout their lifespans. They recognise objects and other humans and can interact with the environment in a seemingly natural and trivial way. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Detorakis, Prof A van Schaik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Cardiff University School of English, Communication and Philosophy - PhD Opportunities

With its unique mix of disciplines, Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy offers an exciting range of specialised and innovative postgraduate programmes and a dynamic and highly successful research culture. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Arts Research Programme
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PhD Opportunity in Electrosynthesis for Medicinal and Organic Synthesis

Location. University of Greenwich, Kent, UK. Duration. 3 years, full-time. The Project. We are seeking an ambitious and talented PhD candidate to join the Lam Research Group at the University of Greenwich, working at the forefront of electrosynthesis, sustainable organic synthesis, and reaction innovation. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Lam
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding the evolution of structural variation of the drug metabolising gene CYP2D6

  Research Group: Genetics
The way our bodies process medicines is not uniform across individuals, and a significant part of that variation is written into our DNA. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Hollox, Dr FF Freund
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Molecular Simulation and Data-Driven Discovery of Smarter, Greener Formulations

This project pioneers formulation design by integrating statistical optimisation tools with advanced molecular simulations and experimental validation with industry partners, Unilever. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AF Finney, Prof S Maskell
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)