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We have 3,657 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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AI assisted prediction of aircraft icing and its impacts on aerodynamic performance

Aircraft icing may occur during the flight when supercooled water droplets within the cloud impinge on the surface where temperature is below freezing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Lin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A framework for construction waste minimisation in lean projects – a life cycle approach

Construction waste can take many forms including holding excess inventory of materials, unnecessary movements of construction operatives and vehicles to/from/within a site, idle time between operations, defective work etc. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Papadopoulou, Dr S Ahmed
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A detailed understanding of the effects of perturbing the aggregation properties of Pol II on genome-wide dynamics of transcription

Exploring nuclear topology by tracking Pol2. Transcription is central to all life, but many things about it are unclear. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Hebenstreit
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D.

An astrophysics Ph.D. centered on phenomena beyond the Earth and on the development of the technologies that will enable the next major strides in the field. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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On the simulation of advanced computer networks

  Research Group: University of Bristol High Performance Computing Group
The High Performance Computing (HPC) services of today provide the computational density to perform groundbreaking science. These services facilitate the distribution of a problem space across numerous compute units, yielding performance improvements through parallelising the execution of a workload. Read more
 Supervisor: Mr JJ Jones
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Parameterising wakes for oceanographic models (Ref: AURA26-CL2)

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Lloyd
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Point-of-Care Electrochemical Biosensors for Rapid Bacterial Detection

Rapid detection of bacterial contamination is critical across healthcare, agriculture, and industrial settings. Conventional microbiological culture methods remain time-consuming and laboratory-bound. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr YL Fu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Exploiting peptide design in linking hydrogel and spread film properties in the development of novel antibacterial films

  Research Group: Division of Pharmacy and Optometry
This project combines expertise in pharmacy and biotechnology to tune polypeptide/surfactant film properties through the design of novel peptides characterised using advanced physical characterisation techniques and relate the film properties to those of hydrogels. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Campbell, Prof A Saiani, Prof A Miller
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mechano-Chemical Activation of Incinerator Bottom Ash for Use as a Cement Substitute

Incineration of municipal solid waste (MSW) generates approximately 3 million tonnes of incinerator bottom ash (IBA) each year in the UK. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Unluer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multimodal Deep Learning based AI for UAV (Drones) Detection and Tracking

This PhD will aim at advanced deep-learning based Artificial Intelligence designs and development for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones or swarms) detection and tracking using multimodal sensing, spatiotemporal analysis, and vision–language models. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Shum
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Deep Learning Based Machine Vision/Robotics for Space-Informed Applications

This project aims at deep learning based machine vision and/or robotics methods to facilitate space-related applications. There is a wide range of projects within this scope. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Shum
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Banking & Finance PhD Programme at Nanyang Business School (NBS)

The NBS Banking & Finance PhD programme provides solid training to PhD students for the investigation of issues relating to corporate finance, asset pricing, actuarial science, and insurance and risk analytics. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Information Systems PhD Programme at Nanyang Business School (NBS)

The NBS Information Systems (IS) PhD programme focuses on the management and organisational issues of information technology. It aims to provide PhD candidates with world-class training for a career in Information Systems (IS) research and education. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Leadership, Management & Organization PhD Programme at Nanyang Business School (NBS)

The NBS Leadership, Management & Organisation (LMO) PhD programme is designed for students who wish to study and conduct research on Organisational Behaviour (OB) and Human Resource Management (HRM). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Marketing PhD Programme at Nanyang Business School (NBS)

The NBS Marketing (MKT) PhD Programme has two main tracks, namely Consumer Behaviour and Quantitative Modelling. In Consumer Behaviour, the focus is on studying the psychological and social factors that influence consumers’ decision-making processes through experiments, surveys, and qualitative methods. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Operations Management PhD Programme at Nanyang Business School (NBS)

The NBS Operations Management (OM) PhD Programme focuses on training and developing research expertise, as well as fostering independent and innovative thinking in the broad area of operations management. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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Strategy, International Business & Entrepreneurship PhD Programme at Nanyang Business School (NBS)

The NBS Strategy, International Business & Entrepreneurship (SIE) PhD programme is designed to provide rigorous training in theoretical foundations and research methodologies. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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PhD in Theoretical Biophysics

PhD in Theoretical Biophysics. The Universality in Biology Group [https://clee.bg-research.cc.ic.ac.uk/index.html] led by Dr Chiu Fan Lee at Imperial College London, invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in theoretical biophysics, starting in Autumn 2026 or early 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C F Lee
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN)

Join the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN)

Join the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN)

Join the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN)

Join the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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Infant oral health and food choices: supporting parents making right choices

  Research Group: Division of Dentistry
This PhD will investigate how early-life food choices and oral hygiene behaviours shape infant oral health, and design actionable strategies to reduce preventable dental disease in early childhood. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GK Kitsaras, Prof T Walsh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Evaluation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes for cardiotoxicity testing

  Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences
Evaluation of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes (hiPSC-CMs) for cardiotoxicity testing Potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias such as Torsades des Pointes (TdP) are linked to adverse side-effects of drugs intended as potential treatments for a variety of clinical disorders. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr T Nasim, Prof MR Boyett
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploring chemoprevention: Investigating the impact of novel Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) on breast cells and onset of tumours using a Body-on-a-chip model

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics
Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are a group of chemicals that can alter the normal functioning of the body’s hormonal system and can have harmful effects. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Swaroop
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploring the role of interferon stimulated genes (ISGs) in stem cells of serous ovarian cancer

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of mortality in women due to gynaecological cancers. High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) accounts for 70-80% of patients with EOC. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Swaroop
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Nanoparticle-reinforced coatings for leading edge protection of offshore wind turbine blades (Ref: AURA26-IMF2)

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience, a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Martin-Fabiani
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Smart Droplets: Using Organic Chemistry to Control Emulsion Stability

Background. Emulsions are mixtures of two liquids that do not normally mix, such as oil and water. They are found everywhere in daily life, such as foods like milk and mayonnaise, cosmetics, medicines, and even fuels. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S F Fielden
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Chemical recycling and life cycle assessment of next-generation thermoplastic composites for wind turbine blade manufacture (Ref: AURA26-SSY2)

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience, a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Saremi-Yarahmadi
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Single-turbine scale quantification of wake turbulence (Ref: AURA26-CK2)

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Keylock, Dr J Su
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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