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We have 803 Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions in the Built Environment and Infrastructure Challenges

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how we plan, deliver, and operate the built environment. The key question is no longer whether AI will play a role, but how it can be applied responsibly to improve performance, safety, and value. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Kabiri Renani
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modeling & Simulation Framework for Human-Aware Design and Manufacturing

This research proposes a design framework that quantifies obstruction zones caused by automotive A-pillars—vertical structural elements that connect the windshield and side windows to the roof and provide critical structural integrity and occupant protection. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr OD Demirel
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Rethinking Cooling in the Built Environment for a Warming World

Project Overview. As global temperatures rise, the need to keep buildings cool is becoming one of the fastest growing energy challenges of our time. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing the next generation of MALDI mass spectrometry

Project Overview:  This project aims to make step changes in mass spectrometry (MS) by combining the advantages of MALDI with those of electrospray… Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R K Cramer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2026). Research Project: Mechanisms & Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelic Compounds in Patient-Derived Neural Models

This project evaluates psychedelics such as 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and psilocybin in hiPSC-derived neurons/organoids using high-content imaging to quantify synaptic plasticity, connectivity, and signalling changes. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Anne Yee
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in physical chemistry: sustainable electrodes for next-generation energy storage

Project Overview. We have a vacancy for a PhD student working in the area of physical chemistry. While lithium dominates current battery technology, there is considerable drive to move away from lithium salts to more abundant or lower cost alternatives. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Hallett
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A PhD Studentship in AI and Network Science for Modern Power Systems Analysis

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship, to be undertaken at Imperial College London (Control and Power Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr HH Hamedmoghadam, Prof T Green
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Real-Time Interaction Quality Evaluation and Adaptive Strategies for Socially Interactive Agents

Socially Interactive Agents, such as digital humans, embodied conversational agents, and virtual avatars, are increasingly used in education, healthcare, entertainment, and service contexts. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Yang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A detailed study of the technical, legal and socio-cultural complexities involved in communicating multi hazard early warning to jurisdictional agencies and response partners (Ref: IRISK-26-LU-02)

Following the devastating coastal floods across South Asia in late 2025, the need for robust Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) has never been more urgent. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Amaratunga, Dr J Hillier
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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An AI-Informed Planetary Health Framework for Equitable AMR Risk Mitigation

This project develops an AI-informed, community-grounded framework to understand and mitigate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) risks within a planetary health context. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof KW Wong
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Digital Twin-enabled Monitoring and Assessment of Hydro-environmental Risks in Heritage Masonry Buildings (Ref: IRISK-26-LU-07)

This project will develop a digital twin framework to assess how rainfall, groundwater fluctuation, and moisture-related processes affect heritage masonry buildings in the UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Z Hu, Prof Q Liang
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multi-Source/Multi-Modal Data Fusion for Rapid Disaster Impact Assessment Using Earth Observation and Social Media (Ref: IRISK-26-LU-9)

The research will improve and accelerate hazard assessment and estimates of impacts on people and infrastructure, enabling faster and more accurate disaster response to protect lives and assets. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof ND Dethlefs, Dr v.gunturi@lboro.ac.uk Gunturi
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Speculative space: Architectural imaginaries and utopian practice through science fiction

This research project looks at how the representation of architecture and built environments in sf might be used to inform and enact spatial alternatives within the present. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Brookes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Beyond wind! Where and why flooding and landslides amplify Tropical Cyclone risk (Ref: IRISK-26-LU-03)

Tropical cyclones often bring not just extreme winds but damaging flooding and landslides, yet these how these hazards co-occur, potentially amplifying risk, remains poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Hillier, Prof D Amaratunga
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Model-based glycaemic control for gestational diabetes patients

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects an estimated 15–25% of pregnancies in Malaysia, contributing to adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, macrosomia, emergency delivery, and long-term metabolic disorders for both mother and child. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AAG Gopalai
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing Resilience Strategies for Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Networks: Dynamic mobile charge station deployment planning using spatial optimisation (Ref: IRISK-26-LU-01)

This project focusses on Electric Vehicle chargepoint networks and their vulnerability to severe multi-hazard weather events. These networks represent critical infrastructures for everyday life, and they need to be proactively protected to ensure their resilience to climate change impacts. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Morton, Dr Y Ali
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Machine Learning for In Situ Characterisation of Phase Transformation in Green Metals

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Machine Learning for In Situ Characterisation of Phase Transformation in Green Metals. Host. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr YX Wu, Prof MP Preuss
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Iron-Based Chemical Storage for Decentralised Hydrogen Production and Utilisation

Hydrogen is expected to play a central role in the UK and Scotland’s net-zero transition. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Li, Dr L Lue, Dr G McLaughlin
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Nursing Research with option of joint PhD with HKU or NUS MPhil/PhD

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's is a world-leading centre for applied and allied healthcare, clinical research and education. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Health Studies Research/ option of joint PhD with HKU or NUS MPhil/PhD

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's is a world-leading centre for applied and allied healthcare, clinical research and education. Read more
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Midwifery Research with option of joint PhD with HKU or NUS MPhil/PhD

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's is a world-leading centre for applied and allied healthcare, clinical research and education. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care & Rehabilitation Research MPhil/PhD

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's is a world-leading centre for applied and allied healthcare, clinical research and education. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Intelligent Software Engineering in the era of Agentic AI

Given the tremendous development of AI in recent years, innovations like the Agentic AI that is based on Large Language Model (LLM), e.g., ChartGPT, have significantly impacted our daily lives. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TC Chen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Self-evolving AI (LLM) Software System

  Research Group: IDEAS
Software systems are eating the world but Artificial intelligence (AI) is eating the software systems. When we are using AI or Large Language Model (LLM), we rarely use the model/algorithm directly. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TC Chen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deep Learning Models for Dissolution Dynamics of Amorphous Formulations in Patient-Specific Gastrointestinal Geometry

Project description. Current tools for predicting oral drug performance, such as the TIM-1 system and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models, provide valuable insight under controlled in vitro conditions but cannot capture variability in gastric geometry and motility across patients. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr NB Basha, Prof O Matar
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Northeastern University London Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Computer Science: Reliable Quantum Statistics

As part of a major investment, Northeastern University London (NU London) has multiple, fully-funded PhD studentships available to accelerate its interdisciplinary research in the humanities, social sciences and digital sciences. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof O Simeone, Dr CA Perez Delgado
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Energy Modelling Methods to support Digital Twins of National Scale Building Stocks

  Research Group: School of Engineering
Project Context. The decarbonisation of the Energy System will play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and help mitigate the impacts of Climate Change. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J O'Donnell
 7 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Augmented Reality Enabled Asynchronous and Cross-Perspective Human Communication

Applications are invited for a fully funded, multidisciplinary PhD in Psychology and Computing Science at the University of Stirling, focussing on the use of Augmented Reality (AR) technologies for asynchronous communication in multi-user teams. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Goutcher, Dr KS Swingler, Prof P Hibbard, Dr J Asher
 26 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Advanced Manufacturing for Drinking Water Infrastructure (Industry-Partnered PhD with United Utilities)

Project advert. Manchester Metropolitan University, in collaboration with United Utilities, invites applications for a PhD exploring how advanced manufacturing technologies can support more sustainable and resilient clean water infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof CD Diver
 5 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Modelling and design of sustainable fibre composites

Fibre composites are widely used in a range of applications, including aerospace and wind turbines, due to their light weight and high strength. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Johnston
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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