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University of Southampton PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 344 University of Southampton PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Faculty of Social Sciences

Immerse yourself in your specialty in a faculty that shares your passion for researching the social world. At the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Social Sciences, whether you’re driven by a desire to shape policy or advance theoretical understanding, we’ll empower you to become the expert in your field. An internationally recognised faculty, we bring together brilliant minds to address global social challenges through innovation and partnership across the social science disciplines and beyond. Join our exciting research community and you’ll benefit from our flexible programmes, inclusive, collaborative ethos and track record of influencing real-world change.

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University of Southampton Business School

Shape the future of business and take your place among the next generation of leaders driving change in academia, industry and policy. At the University of Southampton Business School, you'll collaborate with world-renowned specialists tackling today’s most pressing challenges, from AI’s transformational potential to innovation and sustainability. Join exceptional scholars at a Russell Group university ranked top 100 worldwide (QS World Rankings 2026), with six of our academics among the top 2% of scientists globally. Our flexible doctoral programmes adapt to your research vision while providing comprehensive support and professional development opportunities, in an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives fuel discovery. Our graduates become the researchers, consultants, professors, and policy makers working on tomorrow’s business and societal challenges. Ready to join the next wave of business leaders?

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Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Make new discoveries in a research community that’s tackling today’s biggest issues, from the health of the planet to human wellbeing and societal change. At the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences – ranked among the world’s best in Earth and Marine Sciences (QS World Rankings 2024) – you’ll contribute to research at the leading edge of your specialism. Join an inclusive community that champions your ambitions and celebrates your successes, with access to world-class facilities ranging from research vessels to one-of-a-kind analytic instruments. Here your research can shape the future through our cross-disciplinary collaborations, global networks, industrial partnerships, and enterprise and policy initiatives.

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Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Dive deep into your specialism in a faculty where curiosity, creativity and social impact meet. At the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, researchers are forging new paths of enquiry to understand the things that make us human. If your passion lies in art and design, literature and language, music, archaeology, history, film or philosophy, you’ll be supported to navigate the challenges of PhD research in our inclusive postgraduate community. With flexible programmes, expert supervision, professional training and development and exceptional facilities, you’ll have everything you need to inquire, create and innovate.

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Faculty of Medicine

Take your place in a faculty where exciting advances happen, from breakthroughs in biomedical science to pioneering drug trials. At the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Medicine, discoveries move swiftly from bench to bedside, powered by our close partnership with University Hospital Southampton. We’re seeking talented researchers who are ready for the rigours and rewards of medical research in this dynamic environment. In return, you’ll have access to flagship facilities that bridge the gap between lab and clinic, such as the Centre for Cancer Immunology and NIHR Clinical Research Facility. A supportive, interdisciplinary community, flexible programmes and tailored training will ensure you thrive during your research journey and beyond.

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Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Make your mark at the leading edge of science and engineering research. At the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, we’re studying stars as they explode, inscribing the human genome into crystals, shaping the future of human interaction with AI, helping build brighter liveable cities, and using chemistry for sustainable manufacturing. We’re looking for innovators, critical thinkers and curious minds to join us in driving new discoveries, with real opportunities for impact through our links with industry and governments and our enterprise initiatives. In return you’ll benefit from multi-million-pound research facilities, the expertise of leading specialists and a supportive, inclusive research community.

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University of Southampton

Join one of the world’s leading universities. With over 150 years of history, we are a founding member of the Russell Group, and consistently placed in the top 100 universities in the world by the QS World University Rankings. 92 per cent of our research output was assessed in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) as being world-leading and internationally excellent, confirming our status as one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities. This international outlook and reputation attract staff from across the world, with over 25 per cent coming from outside the UK. Innovative thinking and pioneering research are at the heart of our culture; our people are finding solutions for some of the biggest challenges that our planet is facing, pursuing environmental sustainability, and making a difference to the world. We stand for exploration and curiosity, interdisciplinary thinking, inventive education and cutting-edge facilities to catalyse change.

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PhD Studentship in the Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality & Law

University of Southampton
Faculty of Social Sciences
Southampton University Law School invites applicants for a fully funded PhD studentship within the Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality and Law, commencing in September 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Pearson, Dr J Atkinson
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Active Room Acoustics with Microphone and Loudspeaker Arrays (with L-Acoustics)

University of Southampton
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures
Array-Based Architectures for Sustainable Active Acoustics Systems. Project Summary. What if a concert hall could change its acoustics electronically, adapting from speech to chamber music or a symphony, without requiring extensive architectural modifications?. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof F Fazi, Prof P Nelson
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-guided phage engineering for clinical care in military operations

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisors. Dr Franklin Nobrega f.nobrega@soton.ac.uk. Dr Peter Weigele Weigele@neb.com. Prof Nicole Stoesser. Dr Kevin Chau. Dr Katie Hopkins. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Nobrega
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Plankton biodiversity response to marine heatwaves

University of Southampton
NERC IGNITE Doctoral Landscape Award
Project Overview. Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent under climate change, yet their impact on marine phytoplankton, the base of the food web and a key driver of the ocean carbon sink, is poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Henson, Dr FM Mattei, Dr A Hickman, Dr C Ostle
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Incident coherent (laser) mitigation through bio-derived photoluminescent Quantum Dots.

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisors. Prof Eugen Stulz est@soton.ac.uk. Dr Sandra WIlks S.A.Wilks@soton.ac.uk. Prof Xunli Zhang, XL.Zhang@soton.ac.uk. Project title. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Stulz
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Materials and structures for Multispectral Window and Screening Applications

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisors. Prof Otto Muskens O.Muskens@soton.ac.uk. Project title. Materials and structures for Multispectral Window and Screening Applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof O L Muskens
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Wide-Area Ocean Environmental Inference Using Networks of Uncrewed Maritime Systems

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisors. Prof Paul White. TBC. Project title. Wide-Area Ocean Environmental Inference Using Networks of Uncrewed Maritime Systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P White
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Characterisation of Under-Ice Environments

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisors. Professor Jon Bull. Project title. Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Characterisation of Under-Ice Environments. Project Description. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Bull
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multilayer Metasurfaces for Compact Quantum Imaging

University of Southampton
EPSRC Quantum Technology Engineering
Supervisors. Dr Xu Fang x.fang@soton.ac.uk. Dr Peter Horak peh@orc.soton.ac.uk. Closing Date. 31st of July 2027 (31st of March for international applicants). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Fang
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Manufacture of photonic and quantum technologies via ultra-precision diamond machining

University of Southampton
EPSRC Quantum Technology Engineering
Supervisors. Prof James Gates gates@soton.ac.uk. Dr Paul Gow p.gow@soton.ac.uk. Closing Date. 31st of July 2027 (31st of March for international applicants). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Gates
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrated Photonic Ultra-High-Q Ring Resonators

University of Southampton
EPSRC Quantum Technology Engineering
Supervisors. Prof James Gates gates@soton.ac.uk. Prof Chris Holmes Christopher.Holmes@southampton.ac.uk. Closing Date. 31st of July 2027 (31st of March for international candidates). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Gates
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reconfigurable Quantum Photonic Chips for Quantum Computing and Networks

University of Southampton
EPSRC Quantum Technology Engineering
Supervisors. Tanmoy Mukhopadhyay T.Mukhopadhyay@soton.ac.uk. Susmita Naskar S.Naskar@soton.ac.uk. Closing Date. 31st of July 2027 (31st of March for international applicants). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Mukhopadhyay
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hybrid quantum–classical stochastic optimisation for future energy systems under uncertainty

University of Southampton
EPSRC Quantum Technology Engineering
Supervisors. Dr Hongyu Zhang hongyu.zhang@soton.ac.uk. Closing Date. 31st of July 2027 (31st of March for international applicants). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr HZ Zhang
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Lanthanide coordination complexes as single-photon emitters for quantum photonics

University of Southampton
EPSRC Quantum Technology Engineering
Supervisors. Richard Knighton R.C.Knighton@soton.ac.uk. Dr Patrick Ledingham P.Ledingham@soton.ac.uk. Closing Date. 31st of July 2027 (31st of March for international applicants). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Knighton
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Wideband all-fibre polarisation-entangled photon pair sources for enhanced versatility in quantum optical experiments and quantum information processing.

University of Southampton
EPSRC Quantum Technology Engineering
Supervisors. Dr Morten Ibsen mi@orc.soton.ac.uk. Closing Date. 31st of July 2027 (31st of March for international applicants). Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and the position will be considered filled when a suitable candidate has been identified. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Ibsen
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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