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University of Sheffield PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 177 University of Sheffield PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Targeting the mRNA Export Pathway to Overcome Immune Evasion in Hypoxic Head and Neck Cancer

University of Sheffield
School of Clinical Dentistry
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the seventh most common cancer worldwide, with approximately 800,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Bolland
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EngD: Multi-scale analytical modelling of turning processes for digital optimisation of chip geometry for improved recyclability

University of Sheffield
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Machining, Assembly, and Digital Engineering for Manufacturing
Machining is a key part of subtractive manufacturing which is used by almost all industries to shape components and remove unwanted material. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Priest, Dr F Freeman
 19 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Paraspeckle condensates in cell health, stress and disease – what can structural studies tell us?

University of Sheffield
School of Medicine and Population Health
About the project. Biomolecular condensates are crucial organisers of cellular biochemistry and hence physiology. The paraspeckle is a stress-responsive nuclear condensate dysregulated in human diseases such as cancer, neurodegeneration and infectious diseases. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Shelkovnikova, Dr I Lahiri, Prof A Whitehouse
 20 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrating Health and Social Care Economics

University of Sheffield
School of Medicine and Population Health
About the project. This PhD is an opportunity to advance your skills in econometrics to support the integration of health economics and social care economics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Pennington, Dr M Hernandez, Prof A Wailoo
 17 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the Role of Self-Poisoning in Polymer Crystallisation

University of Sheffield
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
The polymer crystallisation process is critical not only to the manufacturing of many thermoplastics in determining their mechanical and other physical properties, but also their mechanical recycling where degradation of properties is currently a major issue. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr XZ Zeng
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing a non-coding RNA predictive biomarker in bladder cancer

University of Sheffield
School of Medicine and Population Health
Muscle invasive bladder cancer can be classified into gene expression subtypes that can help guide chemo- and immunotherapy choices. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Griffin, Dr D Bose, Dr I Sudbery
 17 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(SATURN CDT) High-throughput Discovery of Multi-component alloys for Fusion Coatings

University of Sheffield
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. In the UKAEA Materials roadmap, one of the near-term goals is to produce functional graded coatings that can be applied to the structural materials to protect them from corrosion resistance and tritium permeation [1]. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof N Morley, Prof R Goodall
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(SATURN CDT) Developing advanced cementitious sealing materials for deep borehole disposal of high-level nuclear waste

University of Sheffield
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. Deep borehole disposal (DBD) is rapidly emerging as a credible and potentially superior alternative to a mined & engineered deep geological repository, or GDF (geological disposal facility) as it is known in the UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K P Travis, Dr B Walkley, Prof F Gibb, Mr J Beswick
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(SATURN CDT) Robust Structural Validation of Plutonium and Minor Actinide Wasteforms: Bridging Parametric Asymmetry through Bond Valence Analysis and Spectroscopy

University of Sheffield
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. Background and hypothesis  . The United Kingdom holds the world's largest inventory of separated civil plutonium, alongside significant quantities of minor actinide and fission product wastes from decades of nuclear power generation and reprocessing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Reeves-McLaren, Dr LB Blackburn, Dr M Baker
 1 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Apathy in MND

University of Sheffield
School of Medicine and Population Health
Award Type. PhD Studentship. Department. Neuroscience. Location. University of Sheffield. Supervisor(s). Dr Liam Knox & Wider Supervisory Team. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Knox, Prof C McDermott, Dr A Griffiths
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Resilient Federated Learning for Autonomous Systems under Distribution Shifts

University of Sheffield
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  Research Group: Machine Learning
Applications are sought for a fully funded PhD studentship position in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Esnaola, Dr M J Jones
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Does peroxisome biogenesis regulate hypoxic triple negative breast cancer survival?

University of Sheffield
School of Clinical Dentistry
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive breast cancer subtype, characterised by the absence of targetable hormone receptors and poor prognosis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Bolland, Dr S Hunt
 5 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(SATURN CDT) The use of local contact impedance spectroscopy to monitor radiation damage in ceramics and glasses

University of Sheffield
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
We are offering an exciting PhD opportunity to develop and validate a novel rapid, non-destructive technique for detecting and quantifying radiation-induced defects in ceramics, glasses, and other functional materials. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Dean, Dr C Thorpe, Prof D Sinclair, Prof R Hand
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Women's political engagement in Francophone West Africa (1945-60)

University of Sheffield
School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities
The School of History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities is looking to recruit a fully-funded PhD candidate to work on women’s political engagement in West Africa from the end of the Second World War through decolonisation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S.F Frank
 15 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing Novel Tools for the Analysis of Local Order using Total Scattering Data (TScat)

University of Sheffield
EPSRC CDT in Developing National Capability for Materials 4.0, with the Henry Royce Institute
This project is part of cohort 3 of the EPSRC CDT in Developing National Capability for Materials 4.0, with the Henry Royce Institute. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr LO Owen, Prof K Christofidou, Dr G Perez, Dr A Belozerov
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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