We have 25 Electrical Engineering (selection) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Background. The ability of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) materials to carry large current densities with little or no resistance makes them attractive for providing large rotor magnetic fields in high-power density superconducting electrical machines. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MA Ainslie

30 August 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Last chance to apply

Electronic and Electrical Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC and Swansea University PhD Scholarship: Wireless power transfer system for medical implant devices

Swansea University School of Aerospace, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Funding providers: EPSRC and Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering. Subject areas: Electronic and electrical engineering, physics and biomedical engineering. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Ali

24 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

More Details

Heterogeneously Integrated Smart Tag for Autonomous Nanomaterial Sensing and Drug Delivery Monitoring (HIS-SAND)

King’s College London School of Natural & Mathematical Sciences

The NHS's ambitious goal to reach net zero by 2040, with an 80% reduction target by 2028-2032, underscores the challenge of mitigating the carbon footprint in areas like patient monitoring and drug delivery. Read more

Supervisors: Dr CS Song, Prof M Thanou, Dr KX Xu

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

AI Supported Electric Vehicle Safety Enhancement

King’s College London Department of Engineering

Electric vehicles (EV) are drawing increasing attention nowadays. However, it must be admitted that the EV-related technologies are not mature at all. Read more

Supervisors: Dr YH Hu, Dr CS Song

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Experimental reactive fluid mechanics for aerospace applications

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Department of Mechanical Engineering

From the sustained effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels for transportation, new research challenges emerge in reactive fluid mechanics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof E Robert

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Stress grading with novel 2D materials in cable systems rated at transmission voltages

The University of Manchester Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

A key pre-breakdown phenomenon in polymer is electrical treeing, which are microscale tree-like hollow channels growing within the solid insulating material. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Chen, Prof I Kinloch

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Last chance to apply

Lin Anderson Foundation PhD Studentship in Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology

Queen’s University Belfast School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

The Lin Anderson Foundation and School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queen’s University Belfast, will jointly fund an international PhD studentship which will support and have a real impact on the area of micro-engineering in Queen’s as well as provide the successful student with the opportunity to carry out industry-relevant research at the University. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Shakeel, Dr DM McNeill

28 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Multi-physics investigation of spray in a crossflow

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Understanding the dynamics of particles (solid and liquid) in a crossflow is essential for many scientific investigations and engineering applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr KP Pandey

30 March 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Ph.D in Engineering focusing on carrier selective-contacts for photovoltaics

University of Melbourne Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

About the position. Solar photovoltaic devices are a rapidly growing contributor to global renewable energy production. Continued growth requires a constant injection of new ideas and advancements. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Bullock

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Ph.D in Engineering focusing on two-dimensional material optoelectronic devices

University of Melbourne Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

About the position. The growing library of two-dimensional (2D) materials has opened a broad optoelectronic application space spanning the ultra-violet to terahertz region. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Bullock

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

RNP-1 - Ray-tracing simulation environment for RHS-based integrated communication and sensing networks

Ranplan Wireless Central

Ranplan Group AB (RNP), is seeking to appoint a high-calibre doctoral candidate to join the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network ‘joInt wireless commuNicaTion and sEnsinG by hologRaphic surfAce TranscEivers’ (INTEGRATE). Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Zhang

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Last chance to apply

EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership 2024/25: Electronic & Electrical Engineering

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Becoming an innovator in the School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds!. For 2024/25 entry, we are offering you the opportunity to join our thriving community of leading researchers within the School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering. Read more

Supervisor: Ms L Moyles

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

More Details

Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing Studies with the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO)

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

Neutrinos are the most abundant massive particle in the universe. Since their discovery, neutrinos played an important role in many areas of physics. Read more

Supervisors: Prof CA Andreopoulos, Prof XL Lu

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Model Based Deep Learning for Low-light Computational Imaging: Application to Robust Multimodal 3D Imaging

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

This project aims to design new computational algorithms at the interface of statistical modelling, optimization and deep learning to solve multimodal inverse problems for 3D imaging. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Halimi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Robust Computational Methods for High-Dimensional Imaging

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

This project aims to develop new computational algorithms to optimize the acquisition and processing of single-photon data and enable fast imaging in extreme conditions using statistical and learning based approaches. The project is funded for 3.5 years for international students and a ~£17K annual stipend. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Halimi, Prof S McLaughlin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Integrated Nonlinear Photonics

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Advances in fabrication techniques has enabled efficient nonlinear interactions in nanophotonic waveguides with very low pump excitations. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Saleh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

AI control of an electromagnetic eddy current particle separator for ore enrichment

Griffith University School of Engineering and Built Environment

There has been significant interest in the dry separation of conducting particles using a rotating magnetic drum [1, 2]. In 2023 the principal supervisors took delivery of a purpose built machine to separate conducting particles from non-conducting material using magnetic fields. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H E Espinosa

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

IoT techniques for disaster prediction and mitigation

Brunel University London Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

IoT techniques can be applied in many fields, including disaster prediction and mitigation by early warning systems. Due to the climate changes, torrential rain and unseasonable high temperature become more common and these could be a trigger of hazards, such as flooding and landslides. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Itagaki

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

More Details

Fundamental Electromagnetics: Foundational Theories of Electricity and Magnetism relating to Charged Particle Interactions

University of Liverpool Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Applications are invited for a self-funded PhD. Charged particle dynamics (also known as charged particle optics) is concerned with the interactions of charged particles (e.g., electrons, protons, ions) within an electric and/or magnetic field. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Maher

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

More Details

Last chance to apply

Terahertz frequency devices for future communication systems

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

High data throughput wireless communication systems are central to our lives and livelihoods. Data traffic is increasing exponentially, with the fastest-growing part of this increase being on wireless channels, as mobile users increasingly make use of online services. Read more

Supervisors: Prof G Davies, Dr J Freeman, Prof E Linfield

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

More Details

Last chance to apply

Real-time gas sensing using terahertz quantum-cascade lasers

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

This project will develop fast detection systems to provide the first real-time gas sensing in the terahertz (THz) band of the electromagnetic spectrum. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Valavanis, Dr D Stone

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

More Details

Last chance to apply

Lead-free materials for electrostatic energy storage

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemical and Process Engineering

This multidisciplinary project spans materials science, chemistry and physics to develop lead-free environmental friendly materials for enhanced electrostatic energy storage. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Z Lu, Prof A J Bell

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

More Details

Last chance to apply

Instrumented Medical Implant Design

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Do you have an interest electronics / robotics / sensors? Would you like to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to realise a revolutionary step in orthopaedic surgery?. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Freear, Dr D Cowell

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

More Details

Last chance to apply

Control of terahertz lasers with sound

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Applicants are sought for a funded PhD position investigating the acoustic control of terahertz frequency quantum cascade lasers (THz QCLs). Read more

Supervisors: Prof J E Cunningham, Dr P Dean

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

More Details

Last chance to apply

Carrier transport modelling in group-IV SiGeSn quantum well semiconductor lasers

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Large-scale optoelectronics integration is limited by inability of conventional group-IV semiconductors (silicon and germanium) to be efficient light emitters, because of their indirect bandgap. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Z Ikonic, Prof R Kelsall, Dr D Indjin

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

More Details

We have 25 Electrical Engineering (selection) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Electrical Engineering (selection) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 25 Electrical Engineering (selection) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Select your nearest city

Do you want hassle-free information and advice?