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We have 1,937 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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More data, less energy: multicore fibre amplifiers and components for future submarine networks

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Supervisors. Dr Yongmin Jung and Dr Sijing Liang. The internet’s next big leap could happen beneath the oceans. Meta’s planned petabit-scale cable signals a new era for multicore fibres. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Jung
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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van der Waals semiconducting ferroelectrics for programmable on-chip optoelectronics

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Supervisor. Dr Soumya Sarkar. This PhD project explores van der Waals semiconducting ferroelectrics for programmable, energy-efficient optoelectronic devices. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Sarkar
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Trustworthy AI for personalised disease risk prediction using genetic and clinical data

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Supervisors. Dr Gabriela Czanner and Professor Hanieh Yaghootkar. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Czanner
 17 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Laser-based fabrication of microfluidic devices for clinical diagnostic testing

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
The project explores the development of microfluidics-based sensors or diagnostic devices that are affordable, user-friendly and provide and effective testing strategy (widely-adopted during COVID-19 for informed decision-making) for rapid testing at the point-of-care which could include a hospital bedside or a care/nursing home, or in an ambulance or at home. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Sones
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Continuous affective control for generative AI

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Supervisor. Dr Zhiwu Huang. How can AI create images that express emotion as naturally and flexibly as people do? This PhD will develop next-generation generative AI that enables continuous, reliable control of emotional expression in images. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Huang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nuclear-spin control of translation and rotation in levitated optomechanics

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Supervisor. Professor Hendrik Ulbricht. ion with experimental researchers working on levitated optomechanics and NMR. You will build skills in quantum and classical dynamics, numerical modelling and magnetic-resonance methods, helping guide future experiments in quantum metrology and information processing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Ulbricht
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Membrane Technologies for Selective Rare Earth Metal Recovery and Recycling

Durham University
Department of Chemistry
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Rare earth metals are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and modern electronics, but separating and recovering them remains energy-intensive and chemically demanding. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Borsley
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Discovery chemistry for singlet fission materials to retrofit silicon solar cells

Durham University
Department of Chemistry
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Background. Silicon solar cells generate most of the world’s solar electricity, yet they waste much of the energy in blue and green sunlight as heat. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Gorman
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering quantum measurements to test the Zeno effect in levitated mechanics

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Supervisor. Professor Hendrik Ulbricht. The quantum Zeno effect suggests repeated measurements can slow a system’s evolution. Could this be tested with a levitated nanoparticle? You will develop and calibrate measurements, model their effects on motion, and investigate how measurement changes its state. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Ulbricht
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Next-generation catalysts for CO2 to methanol conversion

Durham University
Department of Chemistry
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Background. The chemicals industry depends on fossil feedstocks and accounts for up to 7% of global CO. 2. emissions. Methanol is a versatile chemical feedstock that can be converted into the raw materials for producing plastics, paints, fine chemicals, and liquid aviation fuel. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Morris
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Large-scale structure of Earth’s magnetosphere

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Supervisors. Professor Robert Fear and Dr Imogen Gingell. ‎Earth’s magnetosphere is a dynamic and fascinating environment. Its behaviour depends on its interaction with the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Fear
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-driven design of solar photothermal materials for sustainable recovery of lithium and critical materials

Durham University
Department of Engineering
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Lithium and other critical materials are essential for batteries, electric vehicles and renewable energy, but recovering them today often relies on vast evaporation ponds or energy-hungry chemical processing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Keshavarz Hedayati
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Human-centered security and privacy for autonomous vehicles

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Supervisors. Dr Weijia He. How can autonomous vehicles earn and maintain people’s trust? This PhD explores the security, privacy, and human factors challenges of AI-enabled transport, focusing on interactions between drivers, pedestrians, and autonomous vehicles. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W He
 30 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Flexible Valve Control for Disruptive, High-Efficiency Clean-Fuelled Power Generators

Durham University
Department of Engineering
Updated: 19 October 2026 
The global transition to net-zero demands radically new approaches to power generation. High-power, compact engines fuelled by ammonia, hydrogen, and methanol have the potential to deliver clean, reliable electricity for remote communities, off-grid infrastructure, and resilient backup systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Smallbone
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Wafer-scale co-designed metasurface-PIC platform for free-space optical I/O and sensing

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Updated: 19 October 2026 
Supervisors. Professor Callum Littlejohns, Dr Shengqi Yin, Dr Ramsey Selim and Dr A. Emre Kaplan. Precise control of light between photonic chips and free space is central to optical communication and sensing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Littlejohns
 2 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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