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

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How maternal immune systems evolved to support the placenta

Updated: 30 September 2026 
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Margarida Cardoso Moreira. Project background and description. How can the immune system evolve to accept a genetically mismatched tissue? That is the challenge posed by the evolution of the placenta. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Cardoso Moreira
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Geometric classification of complex differential equations

Updated: 30 September 2026 
Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Physics and will be supervised by Dr Thomas Kecker and Dr Andrew Burbanks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Kecker, Dr A Burbanks
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Engineering plant cells circuitries for multiparametric high-throughput platforms for weed control (EngCiWeCo)

Updated: 30 September 2026 
Rationale and Importance. Developing physiologically relevant screening platforms for weed-control compounds in adult plants is slow, low-throughput, and requires large chemical inputs. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Devoto, Prof RM Mott
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Genetic mechanisms of metabolic rate control in birds and mammals

Updated: 30 September 2026 
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Katya Osipova. Project background and description. Metabolic rate, the speed at which organisms extract energy from nutrients, is a fundamental and universal property of life. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Osipova Osipova
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrated spatial transmission modelling to support targeted surveillance and intervention strategies for Guinea worm eradication

Updated: 30 September 2026 
Guinea worm eradication is at a historic threshold. If achieved, dracunculiasis would become only the second human disease ever eradicated, after smallpox. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Walker, Dr OE Eneanya, Dr MD Delea
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Define quiescence-associated metabolic programmes in a non-respiring eukaryote and its respiring relative

Updated: 30 September 2026 
A 2027 Crick-King's College London Joint PhD project with Jurg Bahler (Crick) and Snezhana Oliferenko (KCL). Project background and description. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Bähler, Dr S Oliferenko
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Trustworthy Agentic Large Language Models for Privacy-Preserving Intrusion Detection

Updated: 30 September 2026 
Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Physics and will be supervised by Dr Rahim Taheri, Prof. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Taheri, Dr I Jordanov, Dr M Ghahremani
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Computational modelling of cell morphology in the spatial organisation of cancer

Updated: 30 September 2026 
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Josh Bull. Project background and description. The tumour microenvironment is a complex ecosystem, driven not just by the uncontrolled growth of cancerous cells, but also by their interactions with immune cells, vasculature, stroma, and the surrounding tissue architecture. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Bull Bull
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Function and flexibility of neural circuits for instinctive behaviours

Updated: 30 September 2026 
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Jonny Kohl. Project background and description. Our goal is to understand how physiological states shape information processing in the brain. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Kohl
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Agentic Federated Large Language Models for Autonomous Cyber Threat Hunting

Updated: 30 September 2026 
Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Physics and will be supervised by Dr Rahim Taheri, Professor Ivan Jordanov and Dr Sajad Homayoun (Aalborg University). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Taheri, Dr I Jordanov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Defining the role of protein glutathionylation in proteostasis and cellular stress adaptation

Updated: 30 September 2026 
Protein glutathionylation is a reversible post-translational modification in which glutathione is added to protein cysteine residues. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Thalassinos, Dr JL Labbadia, Dr JL Langridge, Dr DCS Cooper-Shepherd
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Visual Coding of Objects During Free Movement

Updated: 30 September 2026 
When an object moves across a visual field, its cause is ambiguous. the motion could be self-generated by observer locomotion, or externally driven by an independent object. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Saleem, Dr GL Lopes, Prof AL Landau, Dr AE Erskine
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pre-Implementation Evaluation of AI-Supported Menopause Group Consultations

Updated: 30 September 2026 
Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Physics and will be supervised by Dr Taiwo Adedeji and Dr Elisavet Andrikopoulou. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Adedeji, Dr E Andrikopoulou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Taylor-adaptive Simulators for Active Space Debris Removal

Updated: 30 September 2026 
The amount of debris orbiting Earth is increasing, creating a growing risk to operational spacecraft and the long-term sustainability of the space environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Smith, Dr M Nair, Dr L Costi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanically Induced Gene Regulatory Networks Driving Neural Crest Lineage Switching

Updated: 30 September 2026 
A 2027 Crick-University College London Joint PhD project with James Briscoe (Crick) and Roberto Mayor (UCL). Please note. to apply to this project, candidates must be eligible for home tuition fee status. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Briscoe, Dr Mayor Mayor
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)