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We have 5,885 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Enhancing systemic oncolytic virus delivery and efficacy in Paediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas using nanoparticle virus encapsulation and focused ultrasound

Paediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas (PDHGG) are aggressive childhood brain tumours with devastating prognosis (1). Immunotherapy for these patients is gathering momentum (2). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Harris
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Turning the Malaria Parasite’s Protein Degradation Machinery Against It -Professor Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas, co-supervised with Laura Itzhaki (Department of Pharmacology)

Professor Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas. Can we turn the malaria parasite’s own protein-degradation machinery against it?. Malaria remains one of the world’s most important infectious diseases, and the continuing emergence of drug resistance creates an urgent need for new interventions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Artavanis-Tsakonas
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Reducing medical testing burden with AI (S3.5-COM-Newman-Griffis)

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 D Newman-Griffis, Dr M Parakkal Unni
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding how ARID1A shapes chromatin structure, composition, and function

ARID1A is a defining subunit of the BAF chromatin remodelling complex, one of the SWI/SNF family of remodellers in human cells. The ARID1A gene is frequently mutated in cancer (Harrod et al., 2020) ARID1A plays a key role in localising BAF to regulatory elements, especially enhancers. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Downs
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding replication stress at human telomeres

Human telomeres are composed of repetitive DNA bound by a protein complex called shelterin, forming a nucleoprotein cap that prevents the natural chromosome ends from fusing together in response to DNA repair. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Douglas
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating mechanisms of cell-to-cell spread of persistent viruses – Professor Colin Crump

Professor Colin Crump. Herpesviruses and polyomaviruses are examples of highly successful viruses that can establish life-long infections with periodic shedding of infectious virus enabling transmission to new host. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Crump
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Physics-Informed Symbolic Distillation for Domain-Specific Vision Applications (S3.5-COM-dos Santos)

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 JAS Alex dos Santos, Dr RG Bryant
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Neurosymbolic World Models for Robotic Manipulation (S3.5-COM-Valentino)

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 Valentino, Dr A G Ghalamzan
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Physics-based inverse photonic design using the resonant-state expansion and machine learning

Electromagnetic resonances underpin a wide range of modern photonic technologies, including optical sensors, nanophotonic devices, integrated photonics and high-quality-factor resonators. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr EM Muljarov
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Research Studentship in Control and Neuroscience-Model-based prediction and control of seizure-like events

Research Studentship in Control and Neuroscience. 3.5-year D.Phil. studentship. Project. Model-based prediction and control of seizure-like events. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TB Burghi
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Learning Human Behaviour for Embodied AI: Personalised Digital Tennis Opponents from Demonstration and Real-World Interaction (in collaboration with RallyMatics Ltd.) (C3.5-COM-Peng2)

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 B Peng, Dr LC Cao
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum-Enhanced Hardware Tokens (S3.5-COM-Delavar)

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 Delavar, Dr P Gope
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Scholarship Project: Photocatalytic routes for sustainable chemical transformations

Photocatalysis offers a powerful route to use light energy to drive chemical transformations under mild conditions, potentially replacing energy-intensive thermal processes and enabling more sustainable pathways to fuels and value-added chemicals. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Eslava
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Scholarship Project: Photovoltaic–electrocatalytic integrated devices for solar fuels and chemicals

Converting sunlight directly into fuels and chemicals offers a sustainable route to store renewable energy and decarbonise chemical production. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Eslava
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BioSCaPe PhD programme

Bioscience South Cambridge doctoral training Partnership (BioSCaPe) is a transformative PhD programme designed to create the bioscience leaders of tomorrow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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BioSCaPe PhD programme

Bioscience South Cambridge doctoral training Partnership (BioSCaPe) is a transformative PhD programme designed to create the bioscience leaders of tomorrow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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BioSCaPe PhD programme

Bioscience South Cambridge doctoral training Partnership (BioSCaPe) is a transformative PhD programme designed to create the bioscience leaders of tomorrow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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BioSCaPe PhD programme

Bioscience South Cambridge doctoral training Partnership (BioSCaPe) is a transformative PhD programme designed to create the bioscience leaders of tomorrow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Babraham Institute PhD Student Opportunities 2027

Begin your academic career with us at the Babraham Institute! We are looking for the scientific pioneers of the future. At the Babraham Institute we carry out world-leading innovative research into the molecular mechanisms that underlie normal cellular processes and functions. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Queen Mary University of London: Barts Charity Doctoral Training Programme

Fully Funded Four Year PhD Studentships in Biomedical Research. Queen Mary University of London is a Russell Group University located in East London. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Comparative innate immune sensing of zoonotic viruses – Professor Brian Ferguson

The Department of Pathology has an excellent reputation in pure biological and biomedical research and is offering fully funded* studentships from October 2027 to work with one of the Research Group Leaders in this large and vibrant Department. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Ferguson
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering plant cell walls beyond the digestive range of a pest’s bacterial symbiont

Most herbivorous insects cannot digest a leaf unaided. Pectin, the polysaccharide that cements plant cell walls together, is a particular obstacle, and many beetles overcome it by carrying bacteria that supply the enzymes they lack. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H S Salem, Dr AB Berasategui
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering plant cell walls beyond the digestive range of a pest’s bacterial symbiont

Most herbivorous insects cannot digest a leaf unaided. Pectin, the polysaccharide that cements plant cell walls together, is a particular obstacle, and many beetles overcome it by carrying bacteria that supply the enzymes they lack. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H S Salem, Dr AB Berasategui
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Dynamic Magnetic Field Control of Three-Dimensional Reconfigurable Smart Optical Materials

To cultivate research talents with global leadership, interdisciplinary innovation capabilities, and international research collaboration capabilities… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr XW Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Geometric diodes for RF energy harvesting and integrated circuits

Supervisor. Professor Kees De Groot. Geometric diodes are electronic components with a non-linear current-voltage characteristics which is caused by an asymmetric geometric restriction. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K De Groot
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Closing the gap: neuromorphic silicon for non-invasive communication BCIs

Supervisor. Dr Majid Zamani. Electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain–computer interfaces are held back less by the sensors than by the computing behind them. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Zamani
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Responsibility gaps and AI safety in multiagent systems

Supervisor. Dr Vahid Yazdanpanah. This project will develop computational methods to detect responsibility gaps, attribute collective failures, and support safer oversight of multiagent systems under uncertainty and partial observability. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Yazdanpanah
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI4Ed: Multi-Agent Systems for Collaborative Human–AI Writing and Feedback (S3.5-COM-Yuan)

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 Z Yuan, Dr B Peng
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Computational design and characterisation of lattice metamaterials

Supervisor. Dr Elena Sitnikova. This PhD project will develop advanced computational methods to characterise and design lattice metamaterials with tailored mechanical properties. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Sitnikova
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reinforcement Learning from Human and AI Feedback (S3.5-COM-Peng1)

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 B Peng, Dr Z Yuan
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)