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

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Programmable silicon photonic circuits

Updated: 6 October 2026 
Supervisors. Professor David Thomson and Professor Goran Mashanovich. This project develops reliable, efficient programmable silicon photonic integrated circuits that can be reconfigured for multiple applications, including communications, sensing, and LiDAR. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Thomson
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pure mathematics for computational optimization: structure, algorithms and efficiency

Updated: 6 October 2026 
Supervisor. Dr Andersen Ang. This PhD project uses ideas from pure mathematics to create faster and more reliable optimization algorithms for machine learning, engineering and data science. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Ang
 31 May 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Flat optical fibre platform for next-generation transformer winding vibration monitoring

Updated: 6 October 2026 
Supervisors. Professor Suleiman Sharkh, Dr Gholamreza Shayeganrad and Professor Chris Holmes. About the project. This project develops a novel flat optical‑fibre sensor for precise, continuous monitoring of transformer winding vibration. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Sharkh
 19 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Rough around the edges: turbulence and drag over complex surfaces

Updated: 6 October 2026 
Main supervisor. Professor Bharath Ganapathisubramani. This PhD project will investigate how roughness geometry alters turbulent boundary layers and drag. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Ganapathisubramani
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Teaching AI How Proteins Move: Experiment-Guided AI for Predictive Molecular Science (in collaboration with Exciting Instruments Ltd.) (C3.5-MPS-Craggs)

Updated: 6 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Craggs, Prof H Lu
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Molecular mechanisms of RNA–Protein interactions and their dysregulation in human disease

Updated: 6 October 2026 
Project Summary. Cells employ RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) to control gene expression during development and stress. Many of these proteins contain intrinsically disordered regions and undergo dynamic regulation through post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Prischi
 25 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Chemical and mechanical guidance in collective cell migration (S3.5-MPS-Ucar)

Updated: 6 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Can Ucar, Dr K Campbell
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multiscale mechanics of cytoskeletal networks and genome integrity during cell division (S3.5-MPS-Peters)

Updated: 6 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Peters, Dr A Pyne
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deterministic Telecom C-band Quantum Light Sources for Quantum Networks: Automated Metrology, Spectroscopy, and Real-World Network Deployment (in collaboration with Aegiq Ltd.) (C3.5-MPS-Wilson)

Updated: 6 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Wilson, Dr A Brash
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring and explaining vibrational control of photo-reactivity using a combination of quantum chemistry, quantum dynamics, and machine-learning (S3.5-MPS-Meijer)

Updated: 6 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof AJHM Meijer, Dr JG Hill
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Topological photonics with integrated atomically thin van der Waals materials for efficient quantum optical processing (S3.5-MPS-Krizhanovskii)

Updated: 6 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Krizhanovskii, Prof A Tartakovskii
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum breaking of scale symmetry and the geometry of axio-dilaton theories (S3.5-MPS-van de Bruck)

Updated: 6 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C van de Bruck
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Next Generation Photonic Integrated Circuit Chips for Quantum Technology (in collaboration with Wave Photonics and Quantopticon Ltd.) (C3.5-MPS-Faruque)

Updated: 6 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I I Faruque, Prof L Wilson
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Photonic Biodesign for Next-Gen Passive Cooling via Polymer Nanostructure Control (S3.5-MPS-Parnell)

Updated: 6 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Parnell, Dr AJ Nedoma
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Accounting PhD Programme at Nanyang Business School (NBS)

Updated: 6 October 2026
The NBS Accounting PhD programme provides rigorous training for PhD students to investigate issues related to auditing, financial accounting, and managerial accounting. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Business Research Programme