We have 3,359 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Discipline

Discipline

All disciplines

Location

Location

All locations

Institution

Institution

All Institutions

PhD Type

PhD Type

All PhD Types

Funding

Funding

All Funding

Subject

Funding Type

PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,359 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

More details

Advanced CFD, Multiphysics Modelling, and AI for Energetics Processing

This project will develop advanced computational and experimental tools to support the safe, efficient, and scalable manufacture of materials critical to UK and European security, with a particular focus on resonant acoustic mixing (RAM) - a relatively novel and increasingly important class of process equipment attracting growing industrial interest across multiple sectors. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Windows-Yule
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
More details

Stabilising the Corneal Stem Cell Niche: LaNt α31 as a Regulator of Epithelial Repair and Regeneration

Discover how a little‑known laminin‑related protein, LaNt α31, shapes the human limbal stem cell niche. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Hamill, Dr C Zihni, Dr M Morgan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Super resolution analysis of basement membrane remodelling and microenvironment signalling in pancreatic cancer.

Using cutting‑edge super‑resolution imaging and cell‑microenvironment models, this project explores how the ECM shapes tumour growth and could reveal new ways to target cancer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Hamill, Prof T Zech, Prof B Greenhalf
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Synthesis, Characterisation and Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Agents against Polymicrobial Biofilms.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major global health threat, driven in part by the persistence of polymicrobial biofilms that exhibit high tolerance to antimicrobial treatments and immune defences. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A R Rahman, Dr L Cox
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

How can spatial skills improve mathematics learning? (Ref: LN/IC-SF1/2026)

Difficulties in learning mathematics emerge early in education and are robust over time. The number of students not reaching basic levels of mathematics achievement remains a major societal challenge, at a time when societies are increasingly demanding mathematics skills due to scientific and industrial progress. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Coolen
 1 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

BBSRC-Unilever (UniDLA) programme: Investigating the Role of Post Translational Modification in Modulating Enzyme Stability and Activity

This project aims to investigate the effect of post-translational modifications (PTMs) – particularly glycosylation on protein structure, function, and stability. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Chetwynd, Prof C E Eyers, Prof P Eyers
 20 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
More details

The development of young children’s understanding of multi-digit numbers (Ref: LN/JB-SF1/2026)

Once children have become proficient in using small numbers, they are faced with new challenges as soon as numbers get bigger. One of these challenges concerns the place-value structure of multi-digit numbers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Bahnmüller
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

How do the languages that we speak affect numerical processing and mathematics achievement? (Ref: LN/IXD-SF1/2026)

A growing body of research suggests that different aspects of language influence the way we think about, represent, and apply numbers and mathematical concepts. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Xenidou-Dervou, Dr J Bahnmüller
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Intelligent Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) (Ref: CO/LG-SF1/2026)

Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) is an emerging research area and has been attracting great attention in recent years. VANET is a special case of MANET (Mobile Ad hoc Network) and is a key part of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) framework. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Guan
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Artificial Intelligence Empowered Electric Vehicle Motor Drive System

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Electric vehicle development has been a hot topic around the world. This PhD programme will develop artificial intelligence based design and control methods to optimize eletromagnetic performance and sustainablity of electric vehicle motor drive system. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Zhao
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Modelling the Dynamic Development of Expertise: Integrating Practice, Ability, and Individual Differences

Understanding how human expertise develops remains a central question across psychology, education, and cognitive science. Competing theoretical perspectives have emphasised either the dominant role of deliberate practice or the importance of individual differences such as intelligence. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Vaci, Prof M Bilalic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Improving Detection and Intervention for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Dementia Using NLP and Clinical Screening

Dementia is a progressive neurocognitive condition that substantially reduces quality of life and life expectancy, and is frequently experienced as deeply isolating. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Vaci, Dr Kirsty Harkness
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Investigating the Mechanisms of Early Executive Function Development

The Topic. Executive functions (EF)—the goal-directed thinking skills that underpin learning—develop rapidly in early childhood. Yet, the toddler years remain the "dark ages" of cognitive development. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Blakey
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

PhD Programmes at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

In the last few years, through our five faculties and 8 competence centres, we have invested significantly in implementing and boosting our research activities. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Italy PhD Programme
More details

Developing an in silico method for restoration of endodontically treated human molar teeth.

The aim of the project is to understand how individual traits like tooth shape and material properties affect the success of various restorations approaches of molar teeth. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RR Readioff, Dr A Sharp, Dr EM Moawad, Prof FJ Jarad
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Multi-arm and Constrained Manipulation

Robotics applications in surgical, space, scientific, and nuclear domains often demand dexterous manipulation in constrained spaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Marinho
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Linking Retinal Structure and Visual Function Using OCT and Virtual Reality

The human visual system depends on the precise interplay between retinal structure and neural processing to support high-acuity vision. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Thomas, Dr Z Tu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

New generation metallo-antimicrobials

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health concern worldwide. According to the latest statistics, bacterial AMR was responsible for 4.71 million deaths in 2021. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Suntharalingam, Dr JH Hodgkinson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Development of bioengineered vascular model for functional vascular genomics

Second Supervisor. Dr Tom Webb, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester. ‘Omics’ technologies such as transcriptomics, proteomics and epigenomics analyse biological molecules on a large scale, providing comprehensive insights. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Shepherd
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

New synthetic antibodies for circadian research

Did you know that camels and llamas have a unique type of antibody that can be a powerful tool for science? These are nanobodies, tiny, highly stable, single-domain. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Rosato, Prof C P Kyriacou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

New Approaches to Investigate Substrate Binding and Reaction Mechanism of CO2-reducing Enzymes

Second Supervisor. Dr Emma Hesketh, Leicester Institute for Structural and Chemical Biology, University of Leicester. Global warming driven by rising levels of greenhouse gases, especially CO₂, is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PR Macia
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Cognitive Ageing and Language Comprehension: Insights from Eye-Tracking and EEG

With populations living longer worldwide, understanding how healthy ageing affects cognition is a pressing challenge. Reading is a vital skill, central to independence and wellbeing. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Paterson, Dr A Pagán
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Genome control by cohesin ligands

Second Supervisor. Professor Peijun Zhang, Nuffield Department of Medicine University of Oxford. The human genome is metres long but packed into cells only a few micrometres in diameter. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Panne
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Modifying recombination in plants

In eukaryotes, chromosomes recombine during meiosis to create novel combinations of alleles that may be selected for in the next generation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Higgins, Dr C May
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Evolutionary mechanisms of pathogens – from commensality to virulence

Clinically relevant pathogens evolve through a complex interplay of within-host evolution (including host and antibiotic selective pressure and interactions with other microorganisms), transmission dynamics, and metapopulation processes between hosts. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FF Freund, Dr S Beleza
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Pin-ing it down: Understanding the Enigmatic Role of Pin1 in Health and Disease

Second Supervisor. Dr Gareth Hall, Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology & School of Biological and Biomedical Science, University of Leicester. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RD Doveston, Prof S Macip
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Structure and dynamics of the intrinsically disordered regions of the RNA binding protein Sam68: implication for RNA binding and phosphorylation.

A large proportion of the human proteome is composed of unstructured regions, termed intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Dominguez, Prof A Hudson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Genomic instability and mutation during inflammation-induced initiation of cholangiocarcinoma

Second Supervisor. Prof. Sheela Jayaraman, Health and Medical Sciences/BDI/Medicine/ Translation Medical Sciences/Centre Cancer Science, University of Nottingham. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Jarman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Decoding Myeloid Cell Regulation of Cancer Metastasis and Therapeutic Response

This project aims to decode the diverse roles of myeloid cells within tumour microenvironments, particularly in pancreatic cancer. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Mieglo, Prof M Schmid
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Intelligent Medium Access Control for Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks

  Research Group: Communication Technologies
Most research in underwater acoustic communication deals with the physical layer, with primitive and inflexible multiple access, despite the medium access control layer playing a crucial role in providing efficient communication. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P D Mitchell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only