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

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

More details

Evaluating defect detectability for iteratively reconstructed industrial X-ray computed tomography data

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Professor Thomas Blumensath, Dr Richard Boardman and Dr Joseph Lifton. About the project. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Blumensath
 29 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Engineering Nature’s Peptide Chemistry: Structure, Mechanism and Biocatalysis of LenY

  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
Updated: 9 October 2026 
Nature has evolved enzymes that perform chemistry difficult to reproduce synthetically. LenY is one such enzyme, installing unusual macroamidine crosslinks into ribosomal peptides to generate highly constrained cyclic products. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Kwon, Prof A Hudson
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Understanding pathways to healthy lung ageing by integrating genomics and the environment

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Why do some people maintain healthy lungs into old age while others experience rapid decline? This project will study how genetically regulated biological pathways interact with environmental exposures to shape lung ageing, ultimately informing strategies to promote lifelong lung health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CJ John, Dr SC Cai
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Beyond Killing: How Antibiotics Trigger Metabolites That Reshape Bacterial Communities

  Research Group: Microbiology and Infection
Updated: 9 October 2026 
Second Supervisor. Dr Lijiang Song, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Jenul
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Development of Information Entropic Based Methods for Digital Security

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Physics and will be supervised by Dr Melvin Vopson and Dr Sergi Simon. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Vopson, Dr S Simon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Mechanistic Insights into Haem Sensing by the Circadian Clock

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Haem is a small organo-transition-metal compound that plays a crucial role in various aspects of cellular biology. Traditionally, its function was thought to be limited to haemoproteins, where it serves as a tightly bound prosthetic group. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Hudson, Dr H Kwon
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Resolving the Associations Between Multicellular Ecosystems and Aggressive Molecular and Evolutionary Tumour States

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Second Supervisor. Professor Dean Fennell, Leicester Cancer Research Centre. Why do some tumours become more aggressive or respond differently to treatment? The answer may lie not only in tumour cells, but also in the immune and stromal cells around them. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Hu
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details
Last chance to apply

GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Decoding the grammar of plasmid evolution: a hundred years of antibiotic resistance

Updated: 9 October 2026 
This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in September 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof ZI Iqbal
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Global variation in maltase-glucoamylase copy number and starch digestion in humans

Updated: 9 October 2026 
This project will investigate whether variation in MGAM gene copy number contributes to differences in starch digestion and whether its effects depend on variation in the amylase genes. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Hollox, Dr R Badge
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Modifying recombination in plants

  Research Group: Genetics
Updated: 9 October 2026 
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 A May
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Systems Biology of Airway Mucus Clearance: An Integrated Experimental and Computational Approach

  Research Group: Respiratory Sciences
Updated: 9 October 2026 
Phlegm lines our airways, traps dust and germs and is essential to keep our lungs healthy. Coughing creates airflow that pushes phlegm out. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Gaillard, Dr E Abo-Serie
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Deep equilibrium machine learning models for the efficient reconstruction of X-ray tomographic images

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Professor Thomas Blumensath and Dr Richard Boardman. About the project. In this project you will develop advanced machine learning tools to convert real X-ray measurement data into artefact free 3D images. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Blumensath
 29 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Understanding bacterial evolution using improved models of genomic diversity

  Research Group: Genetics
Updated: 9 October 2026 
Bacteria play important roles in human health and disease. Unlike plants and animals, bacteria reproduce, mutate and can exchange genetic material rapidly, generating substantial genetic diversity. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FF Freund, Dr S Beleza
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Decoding How Therapeutic Antibodies Remodel Lymphocyte Membranes: A Biophysical Approach to Immune Cell Function

  Research Group: Cancer Sciences
Updated: 9 October 2026 
Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) targeting B cell surface antigens have revolutionised treatment of autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, and B cell malignancies including lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Dyer, Prof A Hudson
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

UKRI AI Centre of Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing

Updated: 9 October 2026
The UKRI AI Centre of Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible NLP is dedicated to addressing the increasing necessity for an ethically grounded approach in AI technologies. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme