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We have 5,885 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Exploring Low-Iridium-Loading Ink Formulations for PEM Water Electrolyser Manufacturing (S3.5-CMB-Johnstone-Hack)

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 J Hack, Prof R Smith
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How does radiation affect our DNA, and why does it matter more now than ever? (S3.5-CMB-Pyne)

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 Pyne, Dr R Peters, Prof H Bryant
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Scholarship project: Application of CFD, Machine Learning, and Shape Optimization to flow chemistry applications

This project applies modelling and simulation to investigate impinging-jet mixers, a key technology in pharmaceutical manufacturing where precise mixing governs product quality and consistency. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof O Matar
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing new strategies for analysing local structure in alloys using a multi-dataset approach (S3.5-CMB-Owen)

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 LO Owen, Prof K Christofidou
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing advanced cementitious sealing materials for deep borehole disposal of high-level nuclear waste (S3.5-CMB-Travis)

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 K P Travis, Prof B Walkley
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decarbonisation of heating in the chemical industry with new green refrigerants (S3.5-CMB-Gopinath)

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: Dr S Gopinath
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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IN-SIGHT PhD Programme 2026/2027

How does a fundamental biological discovery become a medicine that changes lives? If that question excites you, IN-SIGHT is the PhD programme for you. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  MRC Doctoral Landscape Award
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Bio-Inspired Self-Assembling Systems: From Local Interactions to Functional Robots

  Research Group: Sheffield Biomedical Robotics Lab
Biological systems develop organised structures through interactions among many small components. Can we use comparable principles to create robotic systems that assemble themselves, change shape and acquire useful functions?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Miyashita
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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SPIDER: Serifluidic Processing In Disruptive Engineering Robotics (S3.5-CMB-Holland)

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 C Holland, Prof I Todd
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Translational Biomaterials for Women’s Health: Developing Novel Polymer Patches for Pelvic Fistula Repair (S3.5-CMB-Hearnden)

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 V Hearnden, Prof F Claeyssens, Dr H Colley
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Assisted Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment and Circularity Benchmarking for Next-Generation Vehicles (in collaboration with Chery Car: Omoda & Jaecoo UK Limited) (C3.5-CMB-Meng)

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 F Meng, Prof I Todd
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Computational Design and Additive Manufacturing of Nickel-Based Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloys for Aerospace Dynamic High-Temperature Service (S3.5-CMB-Christofidou)

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 K Christofidou, Prof I Todd
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Microbial extracellular vesicles as vaccine candidates (S3.5-CMB-Karunakaran)

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 E Karunakaran, Dr S Ebbens
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI for Resilient Self-Assembling Robotic Matter: Strengths, Vulnerabilities and Defense

  Research Group: Sheffield Biomedical Robotics Lab
What happens when a robot can rebuild its body after damage? Resilient modular machines could continue functioning despite losing parts or connections, but their ability to recover also raises a security question. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Miyashita
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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An vitro vascularised tumour-on-a-chip model for cancer drug screening (S3.5-CMB-Claeyssens)

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 F Claeyssens, Prof H Bryant, Dr N Green
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ferroelectric domain engineering in a novel family of Tungsten Bronze Oxides for new Class-I dielectrics (S3.5-CMB-Sinclair)

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 Sinclair, Prof I M Reaney
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Magnetically Controlled Miniature Robots for In-Brain Microsurgery

  Research Group: Sheffield Biomedical Robotics Lab
Can a robot approximately the size of a grain of rice navigate within an intracranial environment and perform precisely controlled microsurgical actions? This project will investigate miniature robotic technology for future minimally invasive interventions inside the brain, bringing together robot design, magnetic actuation and control. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Miyashita
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Solid-State Molecular Organometallic Catalysis: Using Single Crystals for Efficient and Sustainable Catalysis

The generation of transition-metal complexes that are low coordinate and of low-electron count, is a central concept in organometallic chemistry. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A S Weller
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing an in-vitro 3D musculoskeletal model for the drug development pipeline (S3.5-CMB-Green)

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 N Green, Prof F Claeyssens
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Edmond and Lily Safra PhD Studentship in Parkinson's Disease

Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship funded by the Edmond J. Safra Foundation within Dr Cynthia Sandor’s group in the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CS Sandor
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Beyond GLP-1: Designing Stable Formulations for Next-Generation Peptide Medicines for Metabolic Health (S3.5-CMB-Wong)

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 TS Wong, Dr K Tee
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EDHEC Executive PhD in Business Management

The EDHEC Executive PhD in Business Management is a part-time executive doctoral programme designed for experienced professionals who seek to address complex business challenges through rigorous, practice-relevant research while continuing their careers. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Programme
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Novel Catalytic Routes for the Hydrothermal Co-Conversion of Captured CO₂ and Biomass-Derived Molecules (S3.5-CMB-McGregor)

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 J McGregor, Prof P Styring
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tissue damage, regeneration and stem cell perturbation by parasitic worms

Group Leader. Dr Maria Duque Correa (Duque Correa Group). Research Summary. The Duque-Correa Group's research includes infectious diseases, host-pathogen interaction and immunology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MA Duque-Correa
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hungry Acini: How mechanics and metabolism destabilise 3D mammary epithelia during tumour initiation

  Research Group: Division of Molecular and Cellular Function
High mammographic density is an important risk factor for breast cancer and is associated with a stiffer mechanical environment around mammary epithelial cells. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J.R.D Davis, Dr S Woolner, Dr A Gilmore
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Does perforin-2 form pores in two orientations?

Perforin-2 (Mpeg1) is an ancient pore-forming protein of the membrane attack complex perforin/cholesterol-dependent cytolysin (MACPF/CDC) family with essential roles in immunity. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Kozic
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) fully funded ESRC studentships, starting October 2027

The White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) is an established partnership of the Universities of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan, Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam and York. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) fully funded ESRC studentships, starting October 2027

The White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) is an established partnership of the Universities of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan, Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam and York. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) fully funded ESRC studentships, starting October 2027

The White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) is an established partnership of the Universities of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan, Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam and York. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) fully funded ESRC studentships, starting October 2027

The White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) is an established partnership of the Universities of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan, Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam and York. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership