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

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EastBio: From microbial cargo to host immunity: decoding bacterial extracellular vesicle-mediated signalling in the human gut

Updated: 7 October 2026 
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Mukhopadhya, Dr W Houssen, Dr T Vogwill
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Metasurface technologies for physical AI: machine learning-enabled nanophotonics for consumer electronics

Updated: 7 October 2026 
Supervisors. Dr Xu Fang and Dr Eric Plum. This project will develop next-generation metasurface technologies for Physical AI, using nanostructured optical hardware to integrate sensing and information processing closer to the physical world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Fang
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reliable detection of cognitive and affective states from biomedical signals

Updated: 7 October 2026 
Supervisors. Dr Christoph Tremmel, Dr Nathan Huneke and Professor Stefan Bleeck. Biomedical signals such as electroencephalography (EEG) are widely used to human cognition, physiology, and brain-computer interfaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Tremmel
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Deciphering hidden meanings from nonverbal behaviours: a multi-method and multi-level approach to investigating multimodal integration during indirect communication

Updated: 7 October 2026 
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Effective communication is not just about understanding what is said. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Chu, Dr B Mathias
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of high-performance miniaturised ultrasonic devices for precision minimally invasive surgery

Updated: 7 October 2026 
Supervisors. Dr Xuan Li, Dr Andrew Hamilton and Dr Felix Langfeldt. This project, in the field of ultrasonic surgery, focuses on the development of cutting-edge miniature ultrasonic devices targeted for bone surgery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Li
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Dynamic electromagnetic metasurfaces for advanced wave engineering

Updated: 7 October 2026 
Supervisor. Dr Sajjd Taravati. Imagine surfaces that reprogram how electromagnetic waves behave in real time, steering, amplifying and even shifting their frequency on demand. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr #s Taravati
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: The role of colour in food recognition, attention and behavioural choice

Updated: 7 October 2026 
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Hesse, Prof A Sahraie
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cybersecurity for brain–computer interfaces: protecting neural data inside the implant

Updated: 7 October 2026 
Supervisor. Dr Majid Zamani. A brain implant cannot be given a new password. Neural data reveals intention and identity, and once stolen it cannot be reset. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Zamani
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hunting for black holes in the galaxy

Updated: 7 October 2026 
Supervisor. Professor Poshak Gandhi. How are black holes born in supernova explosions? In this project, you will take a leading role in analysing data from a world-leading study of the Milky Way's black hole population, investigating their space densities, kinematics and growth rates. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Gandhi
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: A synbio approach to generate artificial molecular muscles

Updated: 7 October 2026 
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. “Molecular muscles” is a term referring to molecules that can contract and stretch under a chemical signal. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Houssen, Prof M Jaspars
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Market failure or market adaptation? rethinking cybercrime and cybersecurity markets

Updated: 7 October 2026 
Supervisors. Professor Jeff Yan and Dr Monica Beeder. This interdisciplinary project investigates when cybersecurity and cybercrime markets fail, adapt or transform in response to disruption. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof JY Yan
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Transforming Lives PHD Scholarship Public Practice: Infrastructures and capacities for spatial practice within the changing local state

Updated: 7 October 2026 
This collaborative doctoral project examines the changing relationship between places, local government and the public good in the UK at a moment of significant transformation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AWH Wakeford Holder, Dr GV Vodicka, Ms PA Agrawal, Dr J Udall
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Early Detection of Distributed File-less Malware Using Vision Transformers (VC2644)

Updated: 7 October 2026 
University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is seeking to attract a PhD candidate of outstanding ability and commitment to join its vibrant and growing programme of internationally excellent research at its London Campus. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Lee, Dr D Javaheri, Dr M Thankappan, Dr M Hassanu
 28 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Wearable sensing for early detection of mobility decline in older people with comorbidities

Updated: 7 October 2026 
Supervisors. Professor Liudi Jiang and Professor Michael Hornberger. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L. Jiang
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Stacked Intelligent Metasurface (SIM) for Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS)

Updated: 7 October 2026 
Supervisor. Dr Chao Xu. This project will explore the combination of Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces (SIM) and Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) in the context of Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network (SAGIN) applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CX Xu
 1 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)