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Cardiff University PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 100 Cardiff University PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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At Cardiff University, we believe that what can be achieved together is greater than what we can achieve alone. We are committed to bringing together the brightest minds to find real-life solutions to the world’s most challenging problems. Join a community of open-minded thinkers, where everyone is empowered to reach their full potential, personally and academically. <p>As one of the UK’s leading academic institutions, our world-class research and teaching is open, collaborative and interdisciplinary, putting our students at the forefront of their fields and society’s biggest challenges.</p> <p>Our postgraduate research students are a model example of the power of community in action, whether they are pushing forward the boundaries of human knowledge through ground-breaking research, or taking their expertise out into the world, our postgraduate students are making a meaningful difference.</p> <p>We’re also a member of the prestigious Russell Group of the UK’s leading universities.</p>

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CyberInvent: Where Cybersecurity Research Meets Real-World Impact

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics
  Research Group: Cybersecurity, Privacy and HCC Research Section
Considering doing a PhD in cyber security, but don’t want to spend three years working on something nobody outside academia ever sees?. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P R Burnap
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mapping the Developing Brain: Linking Structure and Function through Imaging

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Psychology
This PhD project explores how young children’s brain develops during the first five years of life and how this shapes thinking, language, and self-control. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Cercignani, Dr M Palombo
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Chronic pain, sensory hypersensitivity and neurodiversity: why are they linked?

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Psychology
Chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia, dysmenorrhea and back pain affect millions of people and severely disrupt daily life. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Sumner
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pain as neurobiological surprise: Using human brain imaging and animal studies to advance new concepts in persistent pain.

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Psychology
We experience surprise when our best guess about the immediate future turns out to be wrong. This can be dangerous. it might mean tripping on an unexpectedly loose stone, or underestimating the temperature of a saucepan and burning your hand. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GT Tackley, Dr J Davies
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Search for quantization of space-time with photon counting interferometry

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy
This project brings together precision laser interferometry and single photon detection quantum technology for the first time and applies this innovative concept to test the hypothesis that space-time is quantized. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Grote
 30 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Adaptive Virtual-Reality Exergaming for Physical and Cognitive Health in Older Adults

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Healthcare Sciences
Can virtual reality help older adults maintain physical and cognitive function? This project will develop and test SPIN‑VR, an interactive exercise game that combines movement, cognitive challenges and wearable sensors. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MAA Al-Amri, Dr AV Voinescu, Prof N Vaughan
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Medication adherence in young people with first episode psychosis: a longitudinal mixed-methods biopsychosocial study of decision making.

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Healthcare Sciences
Antipsychotic medication can reduce or resolve psychotic symptoms and help prevent relapse, but adherence remains challenging, particularly for young people with first episode psychosis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Roberts, Dr N Bennett, Dr S Sullivan
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mapping Cerebellar Network Dysfunction in Episodic Ataxia Using Human Organoids

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Biosciences
  Research Group: Biomedicine
This project investigates how mutations in the KCNA1 gene cause Episodic Ataxia Type 1 (EA1), a rare neurological disorder characterised by impaired motor coordination. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Syed
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From Multi-OMICs to mechanism: understanding the links between protein turnover and therapy resistance in glioblastoma stem cells

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Biosciences
  Research Group: Biomedicine
How do glioblastoma stem cells evade therapy and drive tumour recurrence? This project will address this question by investigating how FGF2-FGFR1 signalling regulates protein homeostasis in these highly aggressive cells. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Siebzehnrubl, Dr J Licchesi
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Gene-diet interaction and psychiatric risk: A study based of FADS 2 and dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Biosciences
  Research Group: Neuroscience
Mental Health. nature or nurture? For psychiatric disorders the answer is both, explaining how we need to know the molecular mechanisms. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Harwood, Dr KD Dec, Dr N Clifton, Dr TL Lancaster
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Defining CD200 Function and the Therapeutic Potential of Targeting the CD200 immune checkpoint in Prostate Cancer

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Biosciences
  Research Group: Biomedicine
Prostate cancer remains a leading cause of cancer mortality, particularly in metastatic disease where treatment options are limited. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Pearson, Dr G Patel, Dr C Perks
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Linking structure, function and genomics at single cell resolution: an integrative approach to understanding inherited heart disease

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Biosciences
  Research Group: Biomedicine
This project addresses a research priority for patients with the inherited heart condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), by investigating how the same mutation can result in widely different phenotypes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr EF Fowler, Dr D Petrik, Dr S Harmer, Dr Y Zhou
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pain as neurobiological surprise: Using human brain imaging and animal studies to advance new concepts in persistent pain.

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Psychology
Background. ------------. Human tissue damage does not always lead to pain. There are circumstances in which damage-responsive (nociceptive) "pain" pathways are active and yet minimal, or no pain is felt. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GT Tackley, Dr J Davies, Dr CL Lawrenson, Prof P Sumner
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Neural Dynamics of Perceptual Decision-Making During Robot-Mediated Motor Learning

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Engineering
Summary. How does the brain make decisions while we are moving and learning?. This PhD project will combine EEG, virtual reality and robotic platforms to investigate how perceptual decisions unfold during active movement and how these neural processes change through motor learning. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SHZ Zhou
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discovery of New Treatments for Parkinson’s disease

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Summary. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurological disease in the world. Current PD therapies and medical interventions are very limited and only address the symptoms of this disease highlighting the need for new and effective treatments for this disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Mehellou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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