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Astronomy (fully funded) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 7 Astronomy (fully funded) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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Studying the filamentary sub-structure of star-forming clouds in our Galaxy

In the early 2010's, a new era of star formation research was sparked when observations from the Herschel Space Observatory revealed that Galactic molecular clouds are universally permeated by elongated filamentary structures. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Williams
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(UoM - Tokyo) Understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies in the early universe

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched in 2021 has provided new insights of early universe. Galaxies detected by JWST show that massive and very compact galaxies were formed just after a few hundred million years from the Big Bang. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Conselice, Assoc Prof M Fujii
 28 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(UoM - Tokyo) Probing the early Universe with Simon Observatory

Simons Observatory (SO) is a new Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Observatory located in the high Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Brown, Prof N Kusaka
 28 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deep learning for black hole tomography

The Biomedical and Astronomical Signal Processing (BASP) laboratory at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh (HWU), headed by Professor Yves Wiaux is recruiting a PhD student for research on deep learning for black hole imaging. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Yves Wiaux
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Machine learning for extreme scale computational imaging in radio astronomy

The Biomedical and Astronomical Signal Processing (BASP) laboratory at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh (HWU), headed by Professor Yves Wiaux is recruiting a PhD student for research on deep learning for extreme-scale computational imaging in radio astronomy. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Yves Wiaux
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing Large Arrays of Superconducting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Future Astronomy Instrumentation

The Cardiff Astronomy Instrumentation Group (AIG) is one of the world leaders in Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) development. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Doyle, Dr P Barry
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unravelling Galaxy Evolution: Molecular Gas, Star Formation, and Feedback Mechanisms from the KILOGAS survey

  Research Group: Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and Technology
Galaxies are key building blocks of our universe, but we still do not fully understand the physical processes that govern their evolution. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Davis, Dr MW Smith
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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