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We have 3,359 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Exploring the role of Digital Twins in resilience and reliability of Intelligent 6G networks

  Research Group: Communication Technologies
Digital Twin (DT) is a promising technology for the new immersive digital life with a variety of applications in areas such as Industry 4.0, aviation and healthcare. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Ahmadi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Woodland management, invertebrates and the rewilding-management debate

Proposed supervisory team. Dr Alvin Helden. Dr Steve Allain. Summary of the research project. In this project you will work collaboratively with the Wilderness Foundation to assess the invertebrate biodiversity of Mann Wood, an ancient semi-natural woodland with a history of coppicing with standards management. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Helden
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Individualised Utility Based Decision Modelling for Personalised Clinical Decisions

Traditional cost‑effectiveness models underpin healthcare resource allocation by estimating population‑average outcomes and utilities associated with treatments. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Marshall, Dr R McDonald
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Liposomal Antibiotic for Improved Treatment of Respiratory Infection

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major global risk to human health by causing death, disability, longer hospitalisations, and increased healthcare costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Kett, Prof M Tunney
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Fully funded PhD studentships at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistics and Operational Research in Partnership with Industry (STOR-i)

If you would like to solve real-life problems using statistics and operational research to have positive impact on business, the economy or society, then consider applying to the STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training to start in October 2026. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Mapping and mitigating the imperfection spin resonances at the EIC's rapid cycling synchrotron

This project sits at the intersection of particle physics, accelerator science and computational modelling, and would be of interest to anyone wanting to use computer simulations to understand the behaviour of fundamental particles and to contribute to the design of the machines we use to probe the nature of matter. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Apsimon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The role of PPFIA1 (Liprin-α1) in pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer (PDAC) remains a lethal disease with a 5-year survival rate of ~10%. PDAC progression is associated with profound changes in the extracellular matrix (ECM) that surround and support tumour cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PA Atherton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Ph.D. Position in RNA/Protein Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to study Genetic Compensation

  Research Group: Stainier lab
A highly motivated candidate is invited to join new projects to address fundamental questions in Genetic Compensation and Transcriptional Adaptation at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim (near Frankfurt, Germany), Department of Developmental Genetics (Stainier lab). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Stainier
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of a Femtosecond Pump–Probe Microscope for Ultrafast Optical Studies

This PhD project aims to design and build a femtosecond pump–probe microscope capable of monitoring photoluminescence (PL), reflection, and transmittance with sub-picosecond temporal resolution and micron-scale spatial precision. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Kaplan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nanoplasmonic Semiconductor Light Detector — Device Design, Fabrication & Optimisation

This PhD focuses on developing a working photodetector that uses a nanoplasmonic semiconductor composite as the active material. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Kaplan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Photonic Time–Space Correlator (PhoTiSC) for Ultra-Fast 3D Imaging & Time-Resolved Microscopy

Capture when and where each photon lands—build the instrument that makes it possible. Project Overview. This PhD project focuses on developing the Photonic Time–Space Correlator (PhoTiSC)—a novel instrument that can measure both the arrival time and position of photons with exceptional precision. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Kaplan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Student - Intranasal treatment and imaging of neurological disorders using nanoparticles

  Research Group: Nanostructured Functional Materials
As a flagship research center in nanoscience and nanotechnology, our mission is to open and explore new frontiers of knowledge at the nanoscale, and bring value to society in the form of new understanding, capabilities and innovation, while inspiring and providing broad training to the next generations of researchers. Read more
 Supervisor: Mrs TP Pañella
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multiphysics modeling of degradation in next-generation thermal barrier coatings

Supervisory Team. Dr. Isha Gupta. This project investigates the failure mechanics of next-generation thermal barrier coatings produced by suspension plasma spray and solution precursor plasma spray, an area where computational modelling remains largely unexplored. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Gupta
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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15 fully funded PhD positions in molecular technologies and systems medicine

15 fully funded PhD positions in molecular technologies and systems medicine. Enabling and empowering free-minded scientific creativity in modern molecular medicine. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Austria PhD Programme
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Cardiovascular development: Understanding how biomechanical forces regulate heart valve morphogenesis in the embryo

  Research Group: Chow Group
The Project. In the developing embryo, the heart begins as a simple, straight tube that pumps blood inefficiently. As the embryo grows, the heart twists and grows and morphs into a four-chambered organ with intricate cardiac structures. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Chow
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bio-Hybrid Metal-Organic Frameworks for Programmable Cellular Interfaces

Background and Rationale. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline, porous, and highly modular materials capable of hosting small molecules, ions, and biomolecules. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof E Valsami-Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Opportunities in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (MACS)

We have a strong and vibrant PhD research community within MACS, with opportunities across Mathematics, Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, and Computer Science. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  4 Year PhD Programme
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Developing Next-Generation Attack Surface Mapping Techniques

EPSRC Doctoral Landscape (DLA) PhD Opportunity. Developing Next-Generation Attack Surface Mapping Techniques. We invite applications for a fully funded PhD studentship at Lancaster University in collaboration with SP Electricity North West (SP ENWL). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof N Race, Dr EA Austin, Dr X Ma
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Generation of THz radiation beams and its applications

John Adams Institute (JAI) for Accelerator Science offers a PhD opportunity in the area of advanced instrumentation, in particular, development of beyond state-of-the-art non-invasive THz generators in modern accelerator facilities based on coherent Cherenkov diffraction radiation mechanism. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Karataev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Higgs boson production measurement during the LHC Run 3 with the ATLAS detector

The long-established RHUL ATLAS group is renowned for its expertise in physics (Higgs, top quark and exotic signatures involving electrons), statistical methods as well as trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Teixeira-Dias
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Searching for exotics signatures (Dark Matter/Extra Dimensions)

The long-established RHUL ATLAS group is renowned for its expertise in physics (Higgs, top quark and exotic signatures involving electrons), statistical methods and plays a leading role internationally in the ATLAS trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Berry
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Searching for Lepton Flavour Violation using top quark events in the ATLAS detector at the LHC

The long-established RHUL ATLAS group is renowned for its expertise in physics (Higgs, top quark and exotic signatures involving electrons), statistical methods as well as trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof V Boisvert
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Searching for Dark Matter with the Lux-Zeplin Detector

The Centre for Particle Physics at Royal Holloway is offering a PhD opportunity on the LZ experiment for direct detection of dark matter. The nature of dark matter is one of the most fundamental open questions in physics, and the LZ experiment is at the forefront of technology designed to pursue this question. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Kaboth
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Machine learning for studying supernovae

Supernovae are the explosive deaths of certain types of star at the ends of their lives. They play an important role in the Universe, being the key distributors of heavy elements. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Maund
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of novel statistical methods and application to searches for New Physics using the ATLAS detector at the LHC

The long-established RHUL ATLAS group has extensive expertise in physics (Higgs, top quark and exotic signatures involving electrons), statistical methods, as well as trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Cowan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Searching for Charge-Parity Violation in Neutrino Oscillations

The Centre for Particle Physics at Royal Holloway is offering a PhD opportunity on the T2K and DUNE long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Kaboth
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Particle accelerator simulations for new particle physics experiments

Particle colliders are incredibly complex and expensive devices to design, construct, operate and maintain. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Gibson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Targeting drugs to the intestinal lymphatic system for improved treatment of autoimmune conditions, cancer and HIV

Intestinal system plays an important role in the pathophysiology of a number of diseases, including autoimmune conditions, cancer and HIV. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Gershkovich, Dr G Mantovani
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Continuous Expression and Purification of Recombinant Lactoferrin in Pichia pastoris (Precision Fermentation)

Help pioneer the next generation of sustainable biomanufacturing by developing a fully continuous precision-fermentation platform for producing and purifying recombinant lactoferrin in Pichia pastoris. Read more
 Supervisor: Mr LG Gerstweiler
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Model-Based Control for Continuous Multi-Column Chromatography Systems

Adelaide University, School of Chemical Engineering, Biomanufacturing Research Group. Read more
 Supervisor: Mr LG Gerstweiler
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)