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We have 5,888 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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A study of rolling contact fatigue in electric vehicles (EVs)

Supervisor. Professor Ling Wang. This PhD project investigates how electrical currents damage rolling-element bearings in electric vehicles (EVs), reducing fatigue life and EV reliability. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L. Wang
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Foundational AI

Department. Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London. Primary supervisor. Dr Sattar Vakili. Study mode. Full-time. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof SV Vakili
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Chip Design

Department. Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London. Duration of study. Full time – 4 years. Application deadline. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr XY Yue
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Leading edge protection of turbine blades by design

  Research Group: National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS)
Supervisory team. Professor Robert Wood & Dr Charles Burson-Thomas. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R J K Wood
 29 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Decoding Chemical Origins: Bayesian Inference from NMR Fingerprints

Supervisor. Dr. Christian Bengs. Can we determine where a chemical came from using its spectroscopic fingerprint? Even chemically identical compounds can exhibit subtle spectral differences arising from variations in isotopic composition, providing clues about their origins. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CB Bengs
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Sustainable High-Voltage Insulation Materials for Next-Generation HVDC Cable Insulation

Supervisors. Dr Orestis Vryonis, Prof Paul Lewin. This project will develop recyclable insulation materials for next-generation power transmission cables, offering a sustainable alternative to non-recyclable counterparts. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Vryonis
 9 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the rules of life: mechanisms of gene regulation in bacteria

  Research Group: BBSRC MIBTP
In all lifeforms DNA is transcribed to create RNA templates for protein synthesis. This is known as the central dogma of molecular biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof DC Grainger, Prof S J W Busby
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the pandemic microbe Vibrio cholerae

  Research Group: BBSRC MIBTP
Understanding the rules of species evolution is a fundamental question in biology. The emergence, spread and demise of harmful organisms, which can cause pandemics, is particularly important. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof DC Grainger, Dr A Lovering
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Design of Smart Multifunctional Metamaterials for Next-Generation Aircraft

Supervisor. Professor Michele Meo. Smart multifunctional metamaterials could transform aviation by absorbing impacts, reducing cabin noise and enhancing ultrasonic and thermal-wave imaging of hidden damage. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Meo
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Water lubricated machine bearings

  Research Group: National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS)
Supervisory team. Professor Robert Wood & Professor Julian Wharton. This project will develop high-speed hybrid bearing technologies capable of operating under lubricated, starved and boundary lubrication conditions, where friction, wear and failure risks are greatest. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R J K Wood
 29 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Understanding multiple antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria

  Research Group: BBSRC MIBTP
Project Outline. We are offering two possible projects to study antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Project 1. Understanding multiple antibiotic resistance in the ESKAPE pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof DC Grainger, Prof J Blair
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Materials and Devices for Neuromorphic Computing Applications

Supervisor. Professor Dimitra Georgiadou. Artificial intelligence is transforming society but comes with a growing energy and carbon cost. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Georgiadou
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Heterogeneously Integrated TFLN-on-SiN Platform for Ultra-High-Speed Photonics

Supervisors. Prof Callum Littlejohn, Dr A. Emre Kaplan, Dr Shengqi Yin, Dr Ramsey Selim. Combining low-loss optical routing with high-speed modulation requires complementary photonic materials. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Littlejohns
 2 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Intelligent Maritime Situational Awareness and Risk Assessment for Autonomous Shipping

Supervisor. Dr Huanhuan Li. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Li
 20 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Simplified Coherent Optical Technologies for Next-Generation Passive Optical Networks

Supervisors. Professor Periklis Petropoulos, Dr Hilmi Othman. Coherent optical transmission is emerging as a key technology for beyond-50G passive optical networks. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Petropoulos
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Dynamic Risk Intelligence for Safe Autonomous Shipping under Changing Operational Conditions

Supervisor. Dr Huanhuan Li. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Li
 10 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Worms on a Chip: Automated C. elegans Biosensing for Rapid Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics

PROJECT SUMMARY. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing still relies on culture-based methods that take 24-72 h, forcing clinicians to prescribe empirically and accelerating the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GB Bolognesi, Prof N T K Thanh
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multimodal LLMs for Argument and Evidence Understanding

Supervisors. Dr Rafael Mestre, Prof Stuart E. Middleton. This project will explore how multimodal large language models (LLMs) can understand arguments across text, audio, images, and video. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Mestre
 1 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Scholarship Project: Modelling, experimentation and sustainability analysis of metal recovery from waste streams (batteries and waste electrical and electronic eqeuipment (WEEE))

This PhD project will investigate sustainable and energetically efficient methods for recovering valuable metals from waste streams, including batteries and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Shah
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hybrid Additive–Subtractive Manufacturing of Lightweight Alloys with Ultrasonically Assisted Robotic Machining

Supervisors. Dr Xuan Li, Dr Dikai Guan. This project aims to develop a hybrid manufacturing technology, integrating metal additive manufacturing with ultrasonically assisted robotic machining to improve the quality and precision of lightweight alloys, including thin-walled structures and complex-shaped aerospace parts. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Li
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Data-Driven Modelling and Intelligent Management for Modern Electrical Power Systems

Supervisor. Dr Huajie Yi. This project aims to develop data-driven asset criticality ranking and maintenance optimisation methods. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Yi
 28 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Digital Transformations in the Cultural and Creative Industries: Navigating Creative Digital Spaces

  Research Group: Centre for Research on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Please note. This project does not come with dedicated funding and so is mainly for self-funded students. Outstanding applicants who receive an early offer may be eligible to apply for a University of Bath doctoral scholarship, which is highly competitive. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AC Chen, Dr D Defazio
 30 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Risk-Aware Decision-Making under Uncertainty for Autonomous Navigation

Supervisor. Dr Huanhuan Li. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Li
 10 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Acoustic Mode Detection using Large Microphone Arrays

Supervisors. Dr Jack Lawrence, Dr Elias Arcondoulis. Characterising the sound fields measured both inside and outside of aeroengines is essential to support the understanding, prediction and mitigation of future noisy designs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Lawrence
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrating genomic, trait-based and ecological approaches to understand speciation in snapdragons

  Research Group: Speciation Group
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated PhD student to investigate the evolution of reproductive isolation and barriers to gene flow between coexisting species of Antirrhinum (snapdragons). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Stankowski
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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High-Speed and Avalanche Photodetectors on Silicon Photonics

  Research Group: Photonic Systems Circuits & Sensors Group
Project supervisor(s). Dr Qiang Li & Professor David Thomson. Future Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure and data centres will require highly sensitive, energy-efficient optical interconnects operating at unprecedented data rates. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr QL Li
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discovering New Physics in Near-Fields — ERC ATLANTIS Project

  Research Group: Photonics & Nanotechnology
Two fully funded, 3.5 year PhD studentships will explore what happens when textbook assumptions about near-field waves are removed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Rodríguez Fortuño
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Modulating immune responses in cancer and inflammation by rewiring receptor signalling via phosphatase recruitment

Signalling through immunoreceptor tyrosine activation motifs (ITAMs) underpins a broad range of immune activation processes, from pathogen defence to allergic inflammation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RA Fernandes, Prof T Dong
 2 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Fast multi-wavelength variability of accreting compact objects

Introduction. As matter falls onto compact objects like black holes and neutron stars, due to the presence of turbulence, matter emits a huge amount of strongly variable radiation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F V Vincentelli
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Eye tracking and clinical applications

Eye tracking technologies have improved significantly and costs of eye trackers have reduced significantly. Eye tracking is therefore being applied to clinical scenarios involving a range of ocular and neurological conditions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Arblaster, Dr G Maconachie
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only