Don't miss our weekly PhD newsletter | Sign up now Don't miss our weekly PhD newsletter | Sign up now

Search PhDs

Discipline

Discipline

All disciplines

Location

Location

All locations

Institution

Institution

All Institutions

PhD Type

PhD Type

All PhD Types

Funding

Funding

All Funding


PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,651 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

More details

FILET, Food Innovation with Live-cell Engineering Technologies

The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath is inviting applications for the following fully-funded PhD project, expected to commence in September 2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PSC Silva Couto
 28 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Unified Theory for Reinforcement Learning

The main issue addressed in reinforcement learning is to establish a probability statistical model that progressively approximates the actual system based on past observations and learning of parameters, and simultaneously obtain the optimal decision algorithm under the so-far learned model. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Liu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

PhD position examining temporal development of distributed volcanic fields - University of Auckland, New Zealand

We seek candidates for a PhD position examining the temporal evolution of volcanic fields. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Muirhead
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Peak Fair Trade? Reimagining the future of the Fair Trade movement (Ref: RDFC26/SC/NBS/PRICE)

Newcastle Business School and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office in Brussels are delighted to offer a Collaborative Doctoral Research Studentship which will conceptualize and support the strategic planning of a new future for the Fair Tarde movement. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Price, Dr HK Kopnina
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
More details

Understanding the Impact of a Team-Based Sport Weight Loss Intervention on Men’s Health: Evaluation of MAN v FAT (Ref: SSEHS/GH26)

Men’s health is a major public health concern in the UK, with mental and physical health challenges disproportionately affecting men. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Hale, Dr E Stamp, Dr J Barker
 1 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Human-Inspired Cognitive Control for Autonomous Robotic Manufacturing (Ref: SF-JO-2026)

The ‘what’. This project will develop cognitive control architectures that enable robots to adaptively plan and execute complex manipulation tasks involving deformable materials. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Oyekan
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Multi-Fidelity Digital Twins and Machine Learning for the Scale-Up of Flow Processes (Ref: SF-JO-2026/4)

The ‘what’. This PhD will develop multi-fidelity digital twin frameworks, integrating physics-based models and machine learning, to enable reliable scale-up of flow processes (e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Oyekan
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous (De)(Re)Manufacturing of High-Value Products (Ref: SF-JO-2026/2)

The ‘what’. This PhD will develop reinforcement learning (RL) methods to enable robots to autonomously disassemble, repair, and remanufacture high-value products such as aerospace components, automotive systems, and electronics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Oyekan
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Reinforcement Learning Swarm Systems for Autonomous Manufacturing in Unstructured Environments (Ref: SF-JO-2026/3)

The ‘what’. This PhD will develop reinforcement learning-driven swarm robotic systems that enable multiple robots to collaborate autonomously in unstructured and dynamic manufacturing environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Oyekan
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Mathematical and Computational Modelling of Wave-Driven Propulsion

A fully funded PhD studentship is available as part of the ERC Starting Grant SurFSUP (Surfing on Free Surfaces by Undulating Propulsion), led by Dr Graham Benham in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UCL. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Benham
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
More details

Multistatic ISAR for space domain awareness

Space is crucial for a large number of services and operations, which affect our daily life. Communication, sensing, positioning is provided via satellites, which need to operate continuously from space. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M M Martorella
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
More details
Last chance to apply

MusicFutures: Performers' Rights, Personality, and AI

This fully funded PhD studentship, supported by the AHRC MusicFutures Creative Cluster at the University of Liverpool, involves working with the MusicFutures research team and 27 industry partners to examine legal and policy challenges facing performers in the digital music ecosystem. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Jacques, Dr G Jenkins
 22 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

Corporate Due Diligence through Contractual Commitments

Corporate due diligence is at the core of responsible business conduct due to an increasing complexity of global supply chains and a changing regulatory framework in Europe and across the globe. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Levashova
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
More details

Mitigating Synthesisability Loss in 3D Generative Models

Can AI design molecules that are both truly novel and actually makeable? This PhD will combine 3D generative modelling, structural informatics, and chemical insight to tackle a central challenge in modern drug discovery, training researchers at the interface of AI, synthesis, and automation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Bradley, Dr G Pizzuto, Dr JW Ward
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
More details

SYNERGY PLAGUE: Reconstructing the environmental and societal drivers of plague outbreaks in Eurasia between 1300 and 1900

The PhD studentship will fund one PhD project studying the environmental and socio-demographic contexts and impacts of plague outbreaks, on a trans-regional scale, around, roughly, c.1400-1700. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Slavin
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Filtering Results