PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in Cardiff

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

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PhD Scholarship in Computer Science & Informatics

Cardiff University
School of Computer Science & Informatics

Funding Type

PhD Type

Computing PhD Programme

PhD Research Programmes describe the opportunities for postgraduate research within a University department. You may often be asked to submit your own research project proposal as part of your application, although predefined research projects may also be available.

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.

Apply now for a funded 3 year PhD scholarship, starting in October 2020. Overseas applicants must self-fund the difference between Home/EU and Overseas fees.

Cooperative catalysts for the conversion of sustainable feedstocks

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Chemistry

Prof D Wass

Application Deadline: 31 August 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

This project is based in the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) and will explore new homogeneous catalysts in which multiple active sites work cooperatively to convert sustainable feedstocks into more valuable products.

Predictive Maintenance for Large Vehicles Fleets using Edge Computing Techniques (KESS2 Scholarship, eligibility criteria apply)

Cardiff University
School of Computer Science & Informatics

Dr C Perera, Prof O F Rana

Application Deadline: 21 February 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship 2 East (KESS2 East). See https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/doctoral-training-initiatives/knowledge-economy-skills-scholarships-kess2.

Establishing the Battery Mineral Potential of Wales

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Prof W Maier, Prof T Blenkinsop

Application Deadline: 7 February 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The UK is facing an unprecedented energy challenge with the recent announcement that all combustion engines (petrol & diesel engines) will be progressively phased out by 2030, and replaced with electric vehicles.

Semantic Web Technologies and Linked Data for Internet of Things (Self-Funded Only)

Cardiff University
School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Complex Systems

Prof O F Rana, Dr C Perera

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The ultimate goal of Semantic Web is to make the machine to understand the Internet data. To enable the encoding of semantics with the data, well-known technologies are RDF (Resource Description Framework) and OWL(Web Ontology Language).

Edge Computing for Internet of Things (Self-Funded Students Only)

Cardiff University
School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Complex Systems

Prof O F Rana, Dr C Perera

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This project has two different research themes. (1) Edge Computing; (2) Data Science. (1) Edge Computing is the notion of performing computation close to the data generation source, by significantly reducing data communication latency and ensuring that private data is maintained closer to the data generation source.

Privacy and Security by Design for Internet of Things (Self-Funded Students Only)

Cardiff University
School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Complex Systems

Prof O F Rana, Dr C Perera

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The design process for Internet of Things (IoT) applications is more complicated than for desktop, mobile, or web-based platforms.

Internet of Things Infrastructure for Sustainable Wildlife Conservation (Self-Funded Students Only)

Cardiff University
School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Complex Systems

Prof O F Rana, Dr C Perera

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This project will investigate the design and development of an end-to-end, distributed, Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure to support sustainable wildlife conservation.

Adaptive Service Composition Techniques and Algorithms for Internet of Things (Self-Funded Students Only)

Cardiff University
School of Computer Science & Informatics

Research Group: Complex Systems

Prof O F Rana, Dr C Perera

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Service composition is a collection of services where, many smaller services are combined together to a larger service. Service composition is the problem of aggregating services in such a way that given (functional and not functional) requirements are satisfied.