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SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 12 SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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EASTBIO SRUC Are happy chickens healthier?

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Are you interested in animal behaviour, welfare, physiology, and sustainable livestock production? This exciting PhD at SRUC will investigate one of the most important emerging questions in animal welfare science. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Bombail
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Sea lice and wild salmonids: understanding infection risk, connectivity and genomic resistance across Scotland’s coastal waters

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Lepeophtheirus salmonis (sea lice) are one of the most significant challenges facing both salmon aquaculture and the conservation of wild Atlantic salmon. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Landeryou
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC From Field to Fibre: genomics-led breeding of flax for a resilient Scottish linen industry (CASE)

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Linen is one of Europe’s oldest and most sustainable fabrics, yet almost all of it now comes from a narrow band of northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Sharma
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Beyond the average fish: personality as a predictor of resilience and welfare

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Like humans and other animals, fish have personalities and differ in how they behave. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Prentice, Dr A Boerlage, Prof M Haskell
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Understanding and Addressing Rural Hedgehog Population Declines (CASE)

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Hedgehogs have been voted as Britain’s favourite mammal, yet populations in the UK and Western Europe have been declining at an alarming rate over recent decades. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Littlewood
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC The effect of microbubbles on bacteria associated with meat spoilage

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Microbubbles are tiny gas-filled structures with a gaseous core and an outer shell. The gas within the microbubble can vary, although the gas is at least as dense as air. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N McEwan
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC WARM-LIVESTOCK: Welfare and Adipose Research for Managing Livestock Temperature

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
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Why do some newborn farm animals survive the cold, while others struggle to stay warm? The first hours and days of life are one of the most challenging periods for livestock. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Suchacki
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC One tick, many hosts: understanding and predicting One Health risks from tick-borne diseases in a changing Scotland.

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Ticks are the second most important vectors of disease worldwide after mosquitoes, and tick-borne diseases are an increasing challenge for animal and human health across Europe. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Eze
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio SRUC Understanding rumen mycobiome interactions via defined microbial communities

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
The gut microbiome enables ruminants such as cows to efficiently degrade plant material. This digestion process is critical to ruminant health and performance in farming, including GHG emissions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J van Munster
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Evaluation of Therapeutic Bacteriophages for Targeted Control of Escherichia coli Associated with Post-Weaning Diarrhoea in a Porcine Fermentation Model

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
The global pig industry is significantly affected by post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD), a polymicrobial disease that commonly occurs following the transition from sow’s milk to solid feed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Nale
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC PAWS: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospital-Acquired Infections with Innovative Diagnostics and Surveillance in Veterinary Practice

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
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This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to tackle one of the most important challenges in veterinary medicine. the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in clinical practice. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Soutter
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Developing welfare impact assessments for wild and functionally wild animals

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Human activity can impact on wild animals, or those living in a wild state, both directly (e.g. through population management activities, translocations or reintroductions etc.) or indirectly (e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Dwyer
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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