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We have 581 Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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The Systemic Link: Characterising Neurovascular Breakdown in Mixed Vascular and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology.

Despite the global burden of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), disease-modifying treatments remain. elusive. Traditional research has focused on amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau protein, yet the. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Howarth, Dr J Berwick
 14 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Application for Full Time PhD Studentship: Leveraging zebrafish models to investigate neurovascular interactions in paediatric glioma

The UCL Cancer Institute is the hub for cancer research at University College London, one of the world's leading universities. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Parrinello
 28 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reducing Weight stigma and its health impacts

Obesity is one of society’s greatest challenges with 2/3rds of UK adults living with overweight or obesity. Weight stigma (anti-fat attitudes, weight-based prejudice and discrimination) is experienced by 54% of adults. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Wood, Dr N Buckland
 20 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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From Source to Sea: Monitoring and Modelling Contaminant Pathways and Mitigation Strategies for a Cleaner Water Environment in Scotland

The discharge of organic contaminants such as pharmaceuticals and PFAS “forever chemicals” from urban and rural areas into the water environment can result in a wide range of impacts for aquatic life and human health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Niemi, Prof S Gibb, Dr S Pap
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI Methods for the Design and Optimization of Wide-Bandgap CMOS Power Electronics

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in  the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and supervised by Dr Mahsa Mehrad and Dr. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Mehrad, Dr A Tawfik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Intelligent Coordination Framework for Residential Energy Assets in Net-Zero Homes

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shanker Prabhu, Dr Hongjie Ma and Dr Shamsul Masum. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Prabhu, Dr H Ma, Dr S Masum
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Rational Design of Ionic Liquid Based Systems for Explosives Detection

Project Supervisors. Professor Chris-Kriton Skylaris and Professor Jonathan W. Essex. Biosensors could enable low-burden detection of energetic compounds, but challenges arise because many explosives exhibit poor solubility or complex behaviour in water. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C K Skylaris
 1 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Hybrid Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Multi-Vector Energy System Optimisation

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shamsul Masum, Dr Anton Hettiarachchige Don and Dr Edward Smart. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Masum, Dr A Hettiarachchige Don, Dr E Smart
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Aerodynamic and Aeroelastic Analysis of Bio-Inspired Flexible Wings

Bio-inspired flight has attracted increasing attention in recent years, particularly through the study of bat wings, which demonstrate remarkable aerodynamic performance, agility, and efficiency at low flight speeds. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Lin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Human-Centric Green AI: Balancing Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Carbon Efficiency in Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming society, but its rapid growth faces a critical sustainability crisis. Large-scale AI models require massive data centres, leading to soaring carbon footprints and significant electronic waste. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Pattnaik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Trustworthy Agentic AI for Clinical Documentation: Safe, Transparent and Human-Centred Electronic Health Records

Generative AI is rapidly transforming healthcare documentation. Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being integrated into electronic health record (EHR) systems to draft clinical notes, summarise patient histories and support clinical coding. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Kumarapeli
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Context-Aware Reasoning and Interactive Decision-Making for Human-Robot Collaboration

As autonomous mobile robots become increasingly integrated into industrial, logistics and service environments, effective human-robot collaboration requires robots to make intelligent decisions that account for both environmental context and human requirements. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Djaid
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Big data analytics and visualization for personalized Type 2 Diabetes treatment and management support

Type II (T2DM) is a chronic, multifactorial disease resulting in severe complications that lead to increased morbidity and even death. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Philip
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Leveraging statistics to develop new methodologies for subjective quality assessment

Subjective tests for the assessment of the quality of experience (QoE) are typically run with a pool of subjects providing their opinion scores using a 5-point scale. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Martini
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advancing Sustainable Aviation Fuels through Fuel Design, Combustion and Emissions Characterisation

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) offers a key pathway for aviation decarbonisation by enabling the use of renewable, waste-derived carbon sources and captured CO₂ to produce jet fuel alternatives. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L C Ganippa
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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