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Exploitation of Full-Duplex Capability in Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks at the Medium Access Control Layer

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

Full-duplex has the potential to double the capacity of point-to-point communication links, but these benefits can only be fully realised in communication networks through development of a suitable medium access control layer. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P D Mitchell

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

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Energy-harvesting based MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

A plethora of energy-efficient MAC protocols have been developed for wireless sensor networks based on the assumption of readily available (if somewhat limited) battery power. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P D Mitchell

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

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Intelligent X-ray computed tomography scanning for advanced manufacturing

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Joseph Lifton. This project will develop intelligent scanning strategies that overcome the limitations of conventional X-ray computed tomography (XCT), enabling inspection of next-generation engineering components. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Lifton

7 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Multifunctional Soft Smart Materials for Adaptive Sensing, Actuation, and Energy Harvesting in Loaded Body Interfaces for People with Disabilities

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Jinghua Tang. This PhD project develops multifunctional soft actuatable materials for integrated sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting in biomedical loaded-body interfaces. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Tang

24 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Bond graph model generation from molecular dynamics simulations

University of Auckland

Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Research Group: Gastrointestinal Research Group

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have transformed our understanding of disease risk, but translating genetic variation into mechanistic insight remains a major challenge. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JD Dowrick, Dr KT Tran

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

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AI-Driven Structural Biology for Next-Generation Therapeutics Targeting Cancer-Associated Thrombosis and Metastasis

University of Nottingham

School of Pharmacy

Cancer-associated thrombosis (CAT) is a major complication in oncology, contributing to poor outcomes and increased mortality. Elevated levels of von Willebrand factor (VWF) and activation of the contact system drive both thrombus formation and metastatic progression in aggressive cancers such as pancreatic and ovarian. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Emsley, Dr I Dreveny

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

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Novel analytical methods to detect particulate pollution

University of Edinburgh

School of Chemistry

A PhD studentship is available in the group of Prof Colin Campbell, Dr Maya Al Sid Cheikh and Professor Mark Miller, University of Edinburgh; School of Chemistry and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence. Read more

Supervisors: Prof CJ Campbell, Dr MA Al-Sid-Cheikh, Prof MM Miller

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

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Robust Low-Dimensional Representations for Noisy Real-World Data

University of Surrey

School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

The project is in close collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory and benefits from the scientific environment and resources provided by the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing CVSSP and the Institute for People-Centred AI at the University of Surrey. Read more

Supervisors: Prof G Carneiro, Dr ST Thomas

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

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Therapeutic resolution of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by natural products

University of Bradford

Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating cardiovascular disorder which, if left untreated, leads to heart failure and death. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Nasim, Prof C Wright

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

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Therapeutic resolution of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) by natural products

University of Bradford

Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a type of blood cancer where the patients do not have enough healthy blood cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Nasim, Dr M Najafzadeh

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

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Therapeutic resolution of BMPR2-mediated signalling defects in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

University of Bradford

Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an incurable and devastating disease and death occurs within 2.5 years of diagnosis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Nasim, Dr R Gopalan

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

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Re-purposing established drugs for the resolution of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

University of Bradford

Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating cardiovascular disorder which, if left untreated, leads to heart failure and death. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Nasim, Dr K Assi

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

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Computational and machine learning driven development of new polysialyltransferase (ST8SiaII) inhibitors against metastatic cancer

University of Bradford

Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Polysialic acid (polySia) is a carbohydrate polymer important for embryonic development. PolySia is absent in healthy adult tissues whereas overexpressed in several tumours. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Jha, Prof R Falconer

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

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Rebuilding bone: additive bio-manufacturing of functionalized nanoclay bone tissue engineering scaffolds

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Weiguang Wang. This project aims to transform the treatment of large bone defects by creating personalised, 3D-printed scaffolds that are strong, bioactive and clinically relevant. Read more

Supervisor: Dr W Wang

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Data driven fault and stability analysis with inverter based assets (wind, solar and BESS)

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)

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EPSRC DTP - Mechanical failure mechanisms at high pressure

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

The occurrence of earthquakes with hypocenters deeper than 60 km was recognised very early in the history of seismology. These deep earthquakes make up∼25 % of all earthquakes, are exclusively associated with convergent plate boundaries and locate within, or very close to, thcold subducting oceanic lithosphere. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Hunt, Dr L Maio

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

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Revealing the correlation between physiology and physical chemistry of microcalcification in connective tissue using AI supported tissue characterization.

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Healthcare Engineering

A fundamental component of human body is connective tissue which serves various structural and supportive functions including skin integrity, abdominal wall enforcement and bone formation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Chauhan, Dr R Kroger

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

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6G Wireless Communications for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in Challenging Environments

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

Future autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles will rely significantly on wireless connectivity to exchange information between other vehicles (V2V) and infrastructure (V2I). Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Grace

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

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Studying the role of tryptophan imbalance in the oncoviral tumour microenvironment in the context of epigenetic reprogramming

University of Limerick

School of Medicine

The School of Medicine at the University of Limerick invites applications for a PhD candidate to investigate the role of tryptophan imbalance in shaping the oncoviral tumour microenvironment and driving epigenetic reprogramming in cancer. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JS Stanley, Prof PM Murray

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

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Artificial Intelligence enabled Distributed Edge-Centric Cellular Networks

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

Today, wireless cellular networks rely heavily on the core network to deliver services. This introduces latency and other inefficiencies. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Grace

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

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Integrated High Altitude Platform: LEO Satellite Mega-Constellations for Next Generation Non-Terrestrial Networks

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Communication Technologies

LEO satellite mega constellations promise to revolutionise wireless connectivity in many areas of the world. However, they have a fundamental drawback in that conventional cellular user equipment cannot be used directly. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Grace

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

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PhD Position (f/m/div) in Computer Vision - WeGaze: Large-Space Gaze Analysis via Multi-camera System for Social Interactions

The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI‑IS)

Optics & Sensing Laboratory (OSLab)

The Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI‑IS) conducts research to advance intelligent systems that perceive, learn, and interact. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Polikovsky, Dr K Kitagawa

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

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Design and Testing of Sustainable Processes to Produce Bio-Toluene

University of Leeds

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemistry

This proposal addresses the need for process solvents and basic aromatic feedstocks. Drug products, and their manufacture, involve large amounts of these, which contribute greatly to the drug’s carbon footprint. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Blacker, Prof N Kapur, Dr K R Ward

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

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CDT-GIF: BU-3-4 Optimising Stamping Die Geometries to Eliminate Sheet Metal Scrap

University of Bath

Department of Mechanical Engineering

This PhD is one of a number of projects hosted by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Green Industrial Futures (CDT-GIF). We are offering pioneering research projects that will enable PhD researchers to explore key technologies and solutions that will support UK industry to reach net zero. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Loukaides

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

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What role for the voluntary and community sector in promoting community resilience?

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

The recently published UK Government Resilience Framework (Cabinet Office 2022) renews a commitment to a “whole-of-society” approach where strengthened partnerships with the voluntary and community sector (VCS) are seen as an important way of protecting communities. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Coates

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

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Valuing green and blue urban landscapes

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

During this prolonged period of neo-liberal development our discourse in the West has become fragmented between a growing concern for climate change/sustainability and a continued need to promote intensive growth and prioritise the needs of capital. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Garside

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

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We have 3,657 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,657 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Exploitation of Full-Duplex Capability in Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks at the Medium Access Control Layer

Energy-harvesting based MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

Intelligent X-ray computed tomography scanning for advanced manufacturing

Multifunctional Soft Smart Materials for Adaptive Sensing, Actuation, and Energy Harvesting in Loaded Body Interfaces for People with Disabilities

Bond graph model generation from molecular dynamics simulations

AI-Driven Structural Biology for Next-Generation Therapeutics Targeting Cancer-Associated Thrombosis and Metastasis

Novel analytical methods to detect particulate pollution

Robust Low-Dimensional Representations for Noisy Real-World Data

Therapeutic resolution of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by natural products

Therapeutic resolution of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) by natural products

Therapeutic resolution of BMPR2-mediated signalling defects in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Re-purposing established drugs for the resolution of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Computational and machine learning driven development of new polysialyltransferase (ST8SiaII) inhibitors against metastatic cancer

Rebuilding bone: additive bio-manufacturing of functionalized nanoclay bone tissue engineering scaffolds

Thermo-Mechanical Constitutive Modelling of Concrete under Multiaxial loading

Projective Cities: MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design

Predicting Failure in HVDC Interconnections for Offshore Wind Farms

Reliability Centred Maintenance for HVDC systems

Data driven fault and stability analysis with inverter based assets (wind, solar and BESS)

EPSRC DTP - Mechanical failure mechanisms at high pressure

Revealing the correlation between physiology and physical chemistry of microcalcification in connective tissue using AI supported tissue characterization.

6G Wireless Communications for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in Challenging Environments

Studying the role of tryptophan imbalance in the oncoviral tumour microenvironment in the context of epigenetic reprogramming

Artificial Intelligence enabled Distributed Edge-Centric Cellular Networks

Integrated High Altitude Platform: LEO Satellite Mega-Constellations for Next Generation Non-Terrestrial Networks

PhD Position (f/m/div) in Computer Vision - WeGaze: Large-Space Gaze Analysis via Multi-camera System for Social Interactions

Design and Testing of Sustainable Processes to Produce Bio-Toluene

CDT-GIF: BU-3-4 Optimising Stamping Die Geometries to Eliminate Sheet Metal Scrap

What role for the voluntary and community sector in promoting community resilience?

Valuing green and blue urban landscapes

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