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Lancaster University PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 24 Lancaster University PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Decoding Carbon Disorder for High-Performance Graphene Conductive Additives

Project description. Lancaster University is pleased to offer a fully funded PhD studentship as part of the Faraday Institution PhD Training Programme, focused on understanding the structure-property relationships of graphene-based conductive carbons for next-generation battery electrodes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr XH Hua
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme INTERNATIONAL Studentship 2027

NorthWestBio (NWB) is a doctoral landscape award (DLA) led by the University of Glasgow in partnership with Lancaster University, Queen's University Belfast, and the University of Strathclyde. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Engineering Doctorate (EngD) – University of Strathclyde in partnership with BAE Systems

Traditionally, welding and inspection of high-integrity joints are carried out as separate processes, meaning defects may only be identified after welding has been completed. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Embedded Edge-Intelligence for Contact-State Estimation

An embedded edge-intelligence framework for real-time contact-state estimation in constrained nuclear maintenance and decommissioning tasks. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Shared Autonomy for Resilient Nuclear Decommissioning

Develop a shared-autonomy teleoperation framework built on tele-visual-tactile fusion for contact-rich nuclear decommissioning tasks. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Control-Aware Active Perception for Underwater Inspection

Develop autonomous underwater inspection systems that combine control of the vehicle with structural assessment to obtain reliable, uncertainty-aware integrity maps. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Cheneler
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Optimising OSPC Anodes and Current Collector Interfaces for High-Performance, Next-Generation Anode-Free Cells

Background. The energy crisis and climate emergency demand novel ways to store energy from renewable sources and achieve net-zero carbon emissions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Mercer
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Department of Psychology

This programme presents the opportunity to join our international and interdisciplinary research community working within the fields of developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience and neurocognition or social processes. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Social Sciences Research Programme
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High-Fidelity Exascale-Enabled Infrastructure for analysing the impact of wind farm wakes on wind/sea interactions

OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND. The extraction of energy from the wind yields the formation of low-speed regions (wakes) behind wind farms (WFs). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Campobasso, Dr E Belikov, Mr A Jackson, Dr W Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Novel Compound Semiconductor Devices for Digital Cryo-Electronics

Huge resources, both nationally and internationally, are being deployed for the development of quantum computing. While there are several different quantum computing platforms, one of the leading ones is based on superconducting qubits, because solid state solutions are more scalable. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Hayne
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Terahertz magnetic recording

Lancaster University is pleased to offer a PhD studentship supported by Green Future Fellowship project. Terahertz magnetic recording for green data storage technology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Mikhaylovskiy
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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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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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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Development of a Low-Level RF (LLRF) System for Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Control of a Superconducting RF Cavity

Project Background. The superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities made of bulk niobium (Nb) are used in charged particle accelerators for more than 50 years. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Marks
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)