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Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 797 Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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High dimensional panel data analysis

High dimensional data arises from monitoring pollution, meteorological indicators and other features that characterizes a complex system. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Barrios
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How Resilient are Irrigation Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa to Compound Hydro-Climatic and Socio-Political Hazards?

Irrigation is critical for food security and climate adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet we lack rigorous understanding of how effectively different investments buffer farmers against compound hydroclimatic hazards and how socio-political hazards such as conflict shape this relationship. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Foster, Dr P da Conceição Bispo, Dr H Tahir
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hydrogel-Enabled Capture of Latent DNA and Biomarkers from Touch and Trace Evidence.

Trace biological residues from casual contact, such as sweat and epithelial cells, contain valuable DNA and molecular biomarkers for forensic investigations. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof PJ Janarthanan
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Compostable cutlery from oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) biomass.

This project addresses the growing environmental problem caused by single-use plastic waste, particularly in food packaging and cutlery. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof PJ Janarthanan
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SmartPipe: AI-Enabled Digital Twins and Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing for Multi-Hazard Risk Management of Water Networks

UK water utilities face a dual challenge. aging infrastructure and a regulatory mandate to slash leakage by 17% by 2030. This project, SmartPipe, develops a "digital nervous system" for buried water networks using Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing and AI-enabled Digital Twins. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr X Xu, Prof J Harou
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hydrogel-Enabled Capture of Latent DNA and Biomarkers from Touch and Trace Evidence

Trace biological residues from casual contact, such as sweat and epithelial cells, contain valuable DNA and molecular biomarkers for forensic investigations. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof PJ Janarthanan
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Compostable cutlery from oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) biomass

This project addresses the growing environmental problem caused by single-use plastic waste, particularly in food packaging and cutlery. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof PJ Janarthanan
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Stars, Planets and Explosions: Nucleosynthesis Beyond Binaries

  Research Group: Astrophysics
This PhD project will explore how hierarchical stellar systems – triples and quadruples, together with planets orbiting single and multiple stars – reshape stellar evolution, transient phenomena and the chemical enrichment of galaxies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Izzard, Dr J Hunt, Dr KS Sullivan
 22 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Spatial Association Modelling for Predicting and Forecasting Hazard Risks

Climate led hazards do not occur randomly in space. They cluster, propagate, and interact across landscapes, communities, and infrastructure networks. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Bhattacharjee
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Aptamer-based biosensing platform for monitoring of nanoplastic and biotoxin co-exposure as human exposome surveillance platform

The quantifications of humans exposure to biotic and abiotic contaminants remains as one of the most significant technical gaps in human exposome studies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MY Khai Khun
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Dual-omics profiling and ensemble machine learning for mapping cell state dynamics and exposure thresholds in response to nanoplastic–biotoxin co-exposures

The human exposome is defined by the totality of environmental exposures across a lifetime, which represents one of the most complex determinants of human health (IHEN). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MY Khai Khun
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A 3D Bioprinted Skeletal Muscle Model to Investigate Functional Food Targeting Insulin Resistance

Metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes are increasingly associated with complex interactions between multiple tissues involved in glucose regulation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr WY Wai Yeng
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Translational Evaluation of Functional Food Regulating Insulin Secretion and Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake for Metabolic Health Applications

With the increasing global burden of type 2 diabetes, there is a growing need for innovative approaches to support metabolic health. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr WY Wai Yeng
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2026). Research Project: Molecular Dynamics (MD)/QSAR screening of natural compounds for dengue antivirals

We will develop a streamlined in-silico pipeline to prioritise natural anti-dengue compounds using molecular dynamics (MD) and QSAR modelling. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Kooi Yeong Khaw
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2026). Research Project: AI-Driven Extracellular Vesicle and microRNA Profiling for Precision Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains difficult to diagnose early, as current methods rely on cognitive testing, neuroimaging, and invasive cerebrospinal fluid sampling. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr OHF Ong
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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