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We have 3,657 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Language and Communication Studies at UEA

We focus on deepening understanding of human cultures and communities, including their linguistic, historical, and literary transformations, through our ground-breaking, interdisciplinary research, which crosses the border between Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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Business PhDs at a leading university

Norwich Business School is one of the top business schools in the UK, but what really makes us the ideal place to research and study for PhD?. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme
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EPSRC: Spin-lattice dynamics in advanced magnetic materials

  Research Group: Advanced Materials
Advanced magnetic materials provide a versatile platform for exploring emergent spin phenomena and developing next-generation technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Strungaru, Prof T Thomson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Modelling and optimisation of sustainable saloplastics

Saloplastics are salt complexes of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes, that can be processed like thermoplastics, and used as membranes and coatings in a wide range of applications. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Mulheran, Dr K Johnston, Dr S T R V Velasquez
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Applications of Electrokinetic Stabilisation to Treat Subsidence in Low-rise Buildings

Fine-grained soils pose significant challenges to the construction industry in the UK and globally. These soils are known for their problematic characteristics such as shrink-swell and compressibility behaviours, which can cause subsidence and excessive settlement to buildings’ foundations. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E N Ngezahayo, Prof I Jefferson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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MSc by Research: Cell migration in epithelial tissues

It is an important question to answer how cells move in a crowded environment.  In this project, we’ll use the vertex model (a widely used computational framework for cell-based studies of epithelial tissue mechanics) to study motion of a small patch of motile cells in otherwise inert environment. . Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Sknepnek
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Deciphering the ubiquitin codes that regulate protein degradation

Ubiquitin signalling, which involves the posttranslational modification (PTM) of proteins with ubiquitin, regulates almost every aspect of eukaryotic biology. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Kulathu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Mechanisms of cell size regulation

The tremendous diversity of cell shapes and sizes found in living organisms is fascinating. For instance, cell size differs enormously in the human body with myocytes being about a million-fold larger than red blood cells. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Januschke, Dr D H Murray
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Heart failure and fatal epilepsy caused by unbranched glycogen

The accumulation and precipitation of unbranched glycogen in human tissues as toxic polyglucosan bodies (PB) is the cause of cardiomyopathy… Read more
 Supervisors: Prof Sir Philip Cohen, Dr K Swatek
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Greasing plant cell signalling – the role of S-acylation in plant receptor cytoplasmic kinase signalling during immune responses

Protein S-acylation is a reversible fatty acid-based post-translational modification of proteins. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Hemsley, Dr J Bos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Reporting on destruction – developing plant-based assays for PROTAC degrader activity

Protein Targeting Chimera (PROTAC) degraders are small molecules able to recruit a ubiquitin ligase to a protein of interest and promote degradation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Hemsley, Prof A Ciulli, Dr H Drost
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Trimming the fat - Identification of de-S-acylating enzymes from plants

Protein S-acylation is a reversible fatty acid-based post-translational modification of proteins. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Hemsley, Dr J Bos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Role and mechanism of the bacterial Type VI secretion system

Many species of bacteria use a contractile nanomachine known as the Type VI secretion system (T6SS) to deliver a wide range of toxic proteins, known as ‘effectors’, directly into neighbouring cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Coulthurst
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Identifying microbiota responsible for longevity and health

Gut microbiome is the community of microbes living together in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. They provide specific functions to the animal host such as digestion of cellulose and protection from invading pathogens. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Singh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Characterisation of human induced pluripotent stem cell derived kidney organoid system for use in drug discovery

Only 5% of all drugs tested in animal models are approved for human applications. Most of these failures are due to unexpected toxicity or lack of efficacy. The poor translation from small mammal studies to humans often causes this challenge. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PD Davies
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Human heart organoids for drug discovery in heart failure

Study of heart failure and heart attack is extremely difficult. Moreover, only 5% of all drugs tested in animal models are approved for human applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PD Davies
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Investigating Glycogen-Dependent Regulation of Microglia Inflammatory Responses

Microglia are the resident immune cells of the central nervous system, responsible for responding to infection and damage in a protective manner. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Lloyd
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Exploring Bacillus biocontrol of Phytophthora raspberry root rot disease

Domestic crop production, increasingly reliant on reduced fertiliser and agrochemical inputs whilst also achieving high yields, is necessary to maintain a high level of food security in the UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Holmes, Prof N Stanley-Wall
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Investigation of mitochondrial biology and neurodegeneration

Phosphorylation and ubiquitylation are reversible signalling events and there is significant interest in in their interplay in the regulation… Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Muqit
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Targeting ‘Undruggable’ Oncoproteins via Induced Proximity

Many well-established cancer drivers, such as K-Ras and β-catenin, have long been considered ‘undruggable’, as traditional drug development approaches have failed to effectively inhibit their activity. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Sapkota, Dr S Virdee
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Functional mechanisms and inhibition of biomedically important calcium channels

Ion channels are key components in every cell, bridging cell and organellar membranes for the traversal of charged species. Calcium channels are of particular physiological importance because of the central role calcium plays in cell signalling and cell death. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof U Zachariae, Dr R Sknepnek
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: DNA Replication Coupled Mechanisms that control cell fate transitions

DNA replication is required for successful cell fate transitions across diverse physiological, experimental, and pathological contexts… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Alabert
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Optimizing plant cell wall glycan extraction to support plant health and biotechnology research

Plant cell wall glycans are a major component of plant biomass, essential for plant physiology, development, and protection against environmental stress and disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Ndeh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Exploring temperature sensing pathways in barley

Mean global temperatures have risen by 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and could climb by another 4°C by 2100. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Balcerowicz
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Why are inhibitors of the protein kinase IRAK4 failing in Clinical Trials?

Hyperactivation of the Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) signalling pathway is a major cause of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, suggesting that specific inhibitors of this pathway may have therapeutic potential for the treatment of diseases such as asthma, arthritis, colitis, lupus, psoriasis, and sepsis. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Sir Philip Cohen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Conserved function of gut microbiome in mouse, fruit fly and Caenorhabditis elegans

Gut microbiome is the community of microbes living together in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. They provide specific functions to the animal host such as digestion of cellulose and protection from invading pathogens. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Singh, Dr J Januschke
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Systems-level approaches to understanding mechanisms of cellular senescence and aging

Age-associated physiological decline is characterized by loss of resilience towards stress and injury. Understanding mechanisms of resilience is a global challenge due to the demographic shift towards aging populations. Cellular senescence is a clinically important phenotype that is both pro-aging and tumor suppressive. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Ly
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Regulation of Kinetochore function by PLK1

Accurate partition of the duplicated genome during cell division is crucial for cellular viability and organismal development. Chromosome mis-segregation is a major source of aneuploidy and it is a hallmark of cancer, while in oocytes represents the major source of miscarriages and genetic disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F G Pelisch
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Using Machine Learning to enhance Perovskite Solar Cell performance

This PhD project develops physics-based and machine-learning-enhanced models to optimise perovskite and perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Richardson
 1 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Faculty of Sports, Masaryk University

The doctoral Sports Sciences programme aims to broaden your expertise in the field of kinanthropology, fostering the development of independent and innovative scientific activities within kinanthropological research. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Social Sciences Research Programme

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