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Lipid profiling of microalgae for nutraceutical applications

Project Description. This project focuses on comprehensive lipid profiling of microalgae to identify high-value compounds for nutraceutical applications. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Lee Lee, Assoc Prof CWS Choo , Dr Charanjit Kaur
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Highly-Active Metal Complexes for Low Temperature Thermocatalytic Ammonia Production

Ammonia is a critical chemical feedstock and energy carrier, central to global agriculture and increasingly important in the emerging hydrogen economy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Chong, Dr Joshua Zheyan Soo Soo
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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GEMS: Toward Distribution-Robust Medical Imaging Models in the Wild

While deep learning has shown remarkable performance in medical imaging benchmarks, translating these results to real-world clinical deployment remains challenging. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr LCH Lim
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Financial Modelling and Economic Assessment of Emerging Low-Carbon Industrial Systems

This project focuses on developing financial and economic modelling frameworks to evaluate emerging low-carbon energy systems in industrial applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Chong
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Enhanced recovery and purification of lipophilic bioactives from microalgae

This project aims to develop advanced techniques to boost the recovery and purification of lipophilic bioactives from microalgae. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof Chan Chan, Dr Wail Gourich, Dr Siti Adiiba
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Dynamic Behaviour and Engineering Optimisation of PEM Water Electrolysers under Real-World Conditions with AI Support

Green hydrogen is widely recognised as a cornerstone of the global transition toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, owing to its clean energy potential. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Chong, Dr Joshua Zheyan Soo Soo, Dr Yeoh Chin Vern Yeoh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design and Optimization of Concentrated Photovoltaic-Thermal Systems for Solar Hydrogen Production

Green hydrogen production through solar-powered water electrolysis represents a critical pathway toward achieving global decarbonisation targets. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Chong
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Data-Driven Modelling for Low-Carbon Industrial Energy Systems

This project focuses on the development of advanced modelling approaches to support the design and optimisation of emerging low-carbon energy systems in industrial applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Chong
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Living with Floods Across Generations: Memory, imagination, and young people’s place-based understandings of risk

Floods leave more than watermarks on walls; they become embedded in the social memory of communities, shaping how risk is understood and acted upon over time. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Cloke
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multimodal Generative AI for Brain Disease Diagnosis

This exciting project aims to develop innovative multimodal generative AI to enable earlier, more accurate detection of brain diseases from a combination of brain imaging and molecular omic data. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Z Qiu, Prof W Shu
 13 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Drug metabolism - prediction, detection, and isolation

Electrosynthesis (ES) is a green methodology for preparing and interpreting drug metabolites linked to toxicology. ES describes the synthesis of chemical compounds in an electrochemical cell. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Leveraging Precision Medicine to Predict an Adverse Drug Reaction

The tragedy of adverse drug reaction (ADRs) is synonymous with thalidomide yet in the context of mental health (MH) patients, intolerable side effects of psychiatric medication, leading to poor concordance, with the likelihood of further deterioration and possible involuntary treatment, is emerging as a very serious health issue. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Heat demand characterisation for heat pump retrofit

Utilising heat pump technology is one of the main recognised solutions for transition to cleaner heat in the UK (DESNZ, 2023). By switching from natural gas boilers to electrical heat pump technologies, questions of performance (e.g., efficiency, comfort expectations, lifespan) are raised. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Shahrestani, Prof S Smith
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling the Impact of Air Conditioning Demand on the Future UK Electricity System

The UK electricity system is currently undergoing significant transformation as the country moves towards a low-carbon and more sustainable energy future. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Autonomous technologies in structural health monitoring for sustainable lightweight structures

Description of Project. Join our diverse and inclusive team to transform the future of aviation as part of the UK’s EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Net Zero Aviation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Kundu, Dr C A Featherston
 19 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development and optimisation of ultra-efficient and power dense ice protection system for future aircraft systems

This PhD project lies within the discipline of atmospheric icing science, specifically at the intersection of aircraft systems design, thermal management, and artificial intelligence/machine learning. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Vincent, Dr FE Embuena
 17 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Decoding Vaccine Evasion in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

The Project. Addressing a Global Health Emergency. Global cases of gonorrhoea are rising sharply, complicated by a crisis of multidrug resistance (MDR) within the causative organism, Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Green, Prof G Stafford
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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4 Year GTA - Metal Complexes as Nucleic Acid Delivery Vehicles for Cancer Stem Cell Therapy

Open to UK applicants only. The School of Chemistry has fully-funded Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) studentships available for UK applicants, starting in September 2026. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Suntharalingam, Dr F Ortu
 22 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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4 Year GTA - Chemical Speciation of Aluminium in Novel Electrolytes; The Drive Towards Sustainable Abundant Energy Storage

Open to UK applicants only. The School of Chemistry has fully-funded Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) studentships available for UK applicants, starting in September 2026. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Ryder, Dr S Kilpatrick
 22 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Machine Learning Enhanced Muon Imaging for Nuclear Waste Monitoring and Safeguards

  Research Group: Nuclear Physics
This PhD explores the use of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) to enhance muography (muon-based) monitoring of radioactive waste disposal sites. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Shenton-Taylor, Prof DT Doherty
 12 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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4 Year GTA - Accessing deuterated amine-based pharmaceuticals through new approaches to hydrogen isotope exchange

Open to UK applicants only. The School of Chemistry has fully-funded Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) studentships available for UK applicants, starting in September 2026. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Pulis, Dr K Suntharalingam
 22 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Feedback conversations that improve prescribing practices: a sociomaterial study in the UK and Australia – PhD (Funded)

The University of Exeter’s Department of Health & Community Sciences is inviting applications for a PhD studentship funded by the Association of the Study of Medical Education to commence on 21 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Mattick
 1 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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4 year GTA - Novel sensors/assays for healthcare applications

Open to UK applicants only. The School of Chemistry has fully-funded Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) studentships available for UK applicants, starting in September 2026. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S A Piletsky, Dr S Kilpatrick
 22 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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JAMT: Uncovering the regulation of an orphan G protein-coupled receptor: Role in Prostate Cancer Progression

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related death in men, and the number of cases is expected to double by 2040. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Murray, Prof I McEwan
 14 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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4 Year GTA - Rare Earth Materials for Reprocessing and Spintronics

Open to UK applicants only. The School of Chemistry has fully-funded Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) studentships available for UK applicants, starting in September 2026. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Ortu, Dr J Yang
 22 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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JAMT: Systems level analysis of androgen receptor signalling and supraphysiological testosterone therapy in prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is driven by signalling through the androgen receptor (AR), and advanced disease is treated by suppressing testosterone production and action. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I McEwan, Dr E Collie-Duguid, Dr E Ullner
 14 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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4 Year GTA - Bio-Derived Carbonate Materials for Circular Chemical Manufacturing: Titanium Complexes for CO2 Valorisation

Open to UK applicants only. The School of Chemistry has fully-funded Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) studentships available for UK applicants, starting in September 2026. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Kilpatrick, Prof S Bull
 22 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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QG-CANE (Quantum Gravity for detection of CAvities from Nuclear Explosions)

Nuclear explosions are forbidden by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), with on-site inspection (OSI) forming the final verification regime for determining breaches. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Boddice
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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JAMT: Breaching the Barrier: Uncovering the role of YKL-40 in immune cell exclusion in lung cancer

PhD opportunity. 3D imaging, human lung cancer and the immune-matrix environment. This project will combine advanced 3D microscopy, human lung cancer tissue and quantitative image analysis to reveal how the tumour extracellular matrix shapes immune cell exclusion. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Sutherland , Prof H Wilson
 14 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI-assisted metadata harmonisation for mouse models of human disease

Background. Modern life sciences research increasingly depends on the ability to integrate complex, multimodal datasets across institutions, disease areas, platforms and experimental systems. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Miller, Dr R Gray
 5 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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