PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

PhD Scholarship: Sunlight-Backscatter Communication for Maintenance-Free Environmental Sensing

University of Auckland

School of Computer Science

With wildfires costing New Zealand an estimated $142 million in a single year, this project will address a key part of that challenge. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Xu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD in Medical AI: Multimodal Learning, Generative AI, Foundation Models, Digital Twins, VLMs and LLMs

University of Birmingham

School of Computer Science

Do you want to shape the future of healthcare with cutting-edge AI? Join us to develop the next generation of trustworthy and clinically deployable Medical AI. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Q Meng

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on Nucleation in Solid-State Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys

Monash University

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Host. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University. Location. Clayton campus, Melbourne, Australia. Duration. Read more

Supervisor: Prof CR Hutchinson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on Design of Microalloyed Green Steels

Monash University

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Host. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University. Location. Clayton campus, Melbourne, Australia. Duration. Read more

Supervisors: Prof CR Hutchinson, Dr YX Wu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on Phase Transformations in Advanced Steel Design

Monash University

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Host. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University. Location. Clayton campus, Melbourne, Australia. Duration. Read more

Supervisors: Dr YX Wu, Prof CR Hutchinson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance development of Sustainable Electrochemical Flow Technologies

University of Birmingham

School of Chemistry

A competition-funded PhD studentship is available in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham to develop and apply nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging to advance electrochemical flow technologies, such as redox flow batteries, multivalent metal ion batteries and/or capacitive deionisation. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M M Britton

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Regulation of bacterial adherence to human cells by ZDHHC5-mediated S-acylation of cell surface proteins.

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

This project will investigate the role of ZDHHC5, a cell surface-localised protein S-acyltransferase, in regulating cell adhesion and bacterial adherence to human cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Collins, Dr L Green

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Molecular Quantum Dynamics of Isomerising molecules

University of Aberdeen

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Law, Dr P A Henderson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Frustrated Hydrogen Bonds for Functional Materials

University of Aberdeen

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Supervisors: Dr S Fop, Prof A McLaughlin, Prof A Donnadio

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Computational Design and Study of Peptide-Like Foldamers for Supramolecular and Medicinal Chemistry

University of Aberdeen

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Supervisors: Dr L Trembleau, Prof H Deng

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Design and synthesis of liquid crystal molecules exhibiting new nematic phases

University of Aberdeen

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Supervisors: Dr R Walker, Prof J M D Storey

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Synthesis and Investigation of Novel Electrolytes for Application in Next Generation Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

University of Aberdeen

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Supervisors: Prof A McLaughlin, Dr S Fop

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Discovery of novel pharmaceuticals from marine and desert microorganisms

University of Aberdeen

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Supervisors: Prof M Jaspars, Dr R Ebel

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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MAPS - Machine-learning Assisted Prioritisation of natural product Scaffolds

University of Aberdeen

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Supervisors: Prof H Deng, Dr L Trembleau

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Development of novel phosphide and sulfide catalysts for sustainable hydrogenation processes

University of Aberdeen

School of Natural and Computing Sciences

Supervisors: Dr A McCue, Dr I Graca

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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From patience to peril: how do C. difficile spores decide when it's safe to germinate?

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Materials and Biological Physics

Background. Clostridioides difficile is the leading cause of healthcare-associated infections and is notoriously difficult to treat. Read more

Supervisors: Dr W Durham, Dr R Fagan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Leveraging sequencing technologies to advance identification of bacterial pathogens

University of Liverpool

Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

This four-year PhD project aims to advance sequencing-based bioinformatics methods for identification and characterisation of bacterial pathogens in diverse clinical and surveillance samples. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Wan, Prof N Williams, Prof S Paterson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Investigate the role of NHSL1 in vesicle trafficking and receptor recycling promoting cancer cell invasion using CRISPR-Cas9, microfluidics, and advanced live cell imaging.

King’s College London

Health Schools

Cancer is a devastating disease. more than one in three people in the UK will develop cancer in their lifetime. Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer related deaths. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Krause

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Using a novel anal epithelial cell culture model to better understand the human papillomavirus lifecycle and anal cancer progression

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Macdonald, Prof A Whitehouse

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Interacting dark energy models in light of cosmological data

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Applied Mathematics

The current cosmological standard model, the LCDM model, comes under scrutiny from recent cosmological observations. on the one hand, the expansion rate today, as measured from early time and late time probes does not agree. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C van de Bruck

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Coarse Geometry of Groups and Spaces

University of Birmingham

School of Mathematics

The algebraic properties of groups are intricately linked with the geometric properties of the spaces they act on. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D H Hume

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Computational modelling of two-dimensional graphene-based materials

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Light Matter Interations

Graphene is a novel material with outstanding electronic and mechanical properties. Chemical modification of graphene gives rise to new materials, such as graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide, with properties very distinct from graphene and with possible applications in photocatalysis and batteries. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Martsinovich

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Design and synthesis of mesoporous zeolite catalysts for the conversion of sugars into biofuels and high-value chemicals

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Materials Chemistry

Developing sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels is one of the major challenges in modern chemistry. A promising approach is to convert renewable biomass into transportation fuels and value-added chemicals. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Conte

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Virtual Reality-based Decision Support System For Change Detection in Forest Environment Using Mobile & Drone-based Digital Twin

University College London

Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering

Ref. 2531ad1496. UCL Department / Division. Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering. Location of position. Bloomsbury, London. Read more

Supervisor: Dr RN Nueville

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fully funded PhD Positions in Business and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)

Erasmus Research Institute of Management

Four-year fully funded projects with possible extension and state-of-the-art facilities. Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) is the joint research institute of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Netherlands PhD Programme

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Fully funded PhD Positions in Business and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Netherlands PhD Programme

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Cultural Currents in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century: Continuities between 'Victorian' and the 'Modernist' Literature (Ref: SSH26-SF-SP-EN)

Loughborough University

School of Arts, English and Drama

This PhD project provides an opportunity to investigate and challenge the boundaries and definitions of ‘Victorian’ and ‘modernist’ literature across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Parker

1 February 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Regulation of chromatin organisation by cytoskeleton regulators in non-small cell lung cancer

The University of Manchester

Division of Molecular and Cellular Function

Overview. This project will explore recently discovered mechano-sensitive cancer cell signalling pathways and seeks to understand the mechanisms by which force is transmitted from the tumour microenvironment into the nucleus to control tumour growth. Read more

Supervisors: Dr AB Byron, Prof A Malliri, Dr S Knight

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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We have 3,675 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,675 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Quantum Technology Engineering

Research at UEA Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

PhD Scholarship: Sunlight-Backscatter Communication for Maintenance-Free Environmental Sensing

PhD in Medical AI: Multimodal Learning, Generative AI, Foundation Models, Digital Twins, VLMs and LLMs

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on Nucleation in Solid-State Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on Design of Microalloyed Green Steels

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on Phase Transformations in Advanced Steel Design

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance development of Sustainable Electrochemical Flow Technologies

Regulation of bacterial adherence to human cells by ZDHHC5-mediated S-acylation of cell surface proteins.

Molecular Quantum Dynamics of Isomerising molecules

Frustrated Hydrogen Bonds for Functional Materials

Computational Design and Study of Peptide-Like Foldamers for Supramolecular and Medicinal Chemistry

Design and synthesis of liquid crystal molecules exhibiting new nematic phases

Synthesis and Investigation of Novel Electrolytes for Application in Next Generation Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Discovery of novel pharmaceuticals from marine and desert microorganisms

MAPS - Machine-learning Assisted Prioritisation of natural product Scaffolds

Development of novel phosphide and sulfide catalysts for sustainable hydrogenation processes

From patience to peril: how do C. difficile spores decide when it's safe to germinate?

Leveraging sequencing technologies to advance identification of bacterial pathogens

Investigate the role of NHSL1 in vesicle trafficking and receptor recycling promoting cancer cell invasion using CRISPR-Cas9, microfluidics, and advanced live cell imaging.

Using a novel anal epithelial cell culture model to better understand the human papillomavirus lifecycle and anal cancer progression

Interacting dark energy models in light of cosmological data

Coarse Geometry of Groups and Spaces

Computational modelling of two-dimensional graphene-based materials

Design and synthesis of mesoporous zeolite catalysts for the conversion of sugars into biofuels and high-value chemicals

Virtual Reality-based Decision Support System For Change Detection in Forest Environment Using Mobile & Drone-based Digital Twin

Fully funded PhD Positions in Business and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)

Fully funded PhD Positions in Business and Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)

Cultural Currents in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century: Continuities between 'Victorian' and the 'Modernist' Literature (Ref: SSH26-SF-SP-EN)

Regulation of chromatin organisation by cytoskeleton regulators in non-small cell lung cancer

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