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Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 595 Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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Human Performance and Wellbeing in Space Explorations

The Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space (LCHS) has been awarded up to £10m for 10 years to transform the academic landscape when it comes to our understanding… Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Costa
 2 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising nutritional and physical recovery after pancreatic surgery

  Research Group: Nutrition, Exercise, Chronobiology & Sleep
Optimising nutritional and physical recovery after pancreatic surgery. Patients undergoing pancreatico-duodenectomy (PD) face a range of nutritional challenges with malabsorption, new diabetes, delayed gastric emptying, jaundice and cancer cachexia resulting in compromised nutritional status. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Hart, Dr RK Kerrison, Dr MP Phillips
 12 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Understanding and exploiting interactions between defects in diamond

Atomic-scale defects within diamond crystals offer remarkable opportunities for both fundamental physics and the development of next-generation quantum technologies. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M E Newton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Discrete models of cellular materials

The mechanical properties of plant and animal tissues are strongly influenced by the arrangement of their constituent cells. Discrete models, in which cells are represented as polygons or polyhedra, provide a popular and powerful modelling framework for understanding tissue biomechanics. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof O Jensen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating epigenetic mechanisms in the regulation of fibroblast-myeloid cell interactions in IBD

Inflammatory bowel disease is an umbrella term for a group of debilitating, chronic, and. difficult to treat diseases that affect millions worldwide. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Manresa
 8 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Modelling and experiment for degradation of solid oxide cells used for energy transition

This collaborative project between the University of Manchester and Aston University, embarks on the challenge of developing predictive modelling for solid oxide cells that are valuable tools for Energy Transition. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Babaei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Experimental measurements using shock tubes and a rapid compression machine on ammonia blended fuels

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for full-time funded PhD scholarship(s) starting immediately affiliated to the Combustion Chemistry Centre at the University of Galway. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CWZ Zhou
 1 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Physics-Informed, Explainable, and Uncertainty-Aware AI for polymer extrusion modelling

Polymer extrusion is a fundamental stage in polymer processing, producing polymeric materials for a wide range of applications including packaging, construction, and healthcare. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Abeykoon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Manufacturing of Advanced Non-Metallic Pipes for the Oil and Gas Industry

Pipelines, traditionally constructed from steel, form the backbone of the oil and gas industry, facilitating crucial transportation in both onshore and offshore operations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Abeykoon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Near-wall domain decomposition for turbulence modelling based on RANS-LES

For many years, the resolution of the near-wall turbulent layer is a hot topic in fluid dynamics. Near-wall turbulence modelling is a computationally expensive problem. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Utyuzhnikov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Aeroelasticity and Dynamics of Deployable Space Structures

  Research Group: Aerospace engineering
The deployment and operation of space structures, such as solar arrays, antennas, habitats, and scientific instruments, are governed by a complex interplay between structural flexibility, inertial forces, and aerodynamic or environmental interactions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Harish
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Haemoelasticity and Biomechanics of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA)

  Research Group: Thermofluids
The progression and rupture risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are governed by a complex interplay between blood flow dynamics and the mechanical properties of the aortic wall. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Harish
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Lymphatic vessel dysfunction: an unrecognized contributor to viral haemorrhagic diseases

Lymphatic vessel dysfunction. an unrecognised contributor to viral haemorrhagic diseases. Viral haemorrhagic diseases, including severe dengue, remain a major global health challenge, affecting hundreds of millions of people each year and causing significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Campagnolo, Dr M Siggins, Dr KM Maringer
 26 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship - Process Industries: Net Zero - Designing the Net‑Zero Polymer Factory: Energy Efficiency, Recovery and Novel Process Technologies

Overview. At Victrex, as an innovative world-leader in high-performance PEEK and PAEK based polymer solutions, we have a validated 1.5 °C Science Based Target to reduce operational (Scope 1 and 2) emissions by 50.4% by 2032 from a 2022 baseline. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RL Law, Prof A Harvey
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Integrating Health and Social Care Economics

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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Developing a framework for regulatory conformance of innovative experimental reactor facilities

Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are currently under active research and the community has agreed on the high relevance of developing and licensing a reactor physics experiment. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof BM Merk, Dr AD Detkina
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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3D-Printed Nitric Oxide-Releasing Stents for Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease remains the world’s leading killer, driven in large part by atherosclerosis and its life-threatening consequences. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof RA D'Sa
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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mRNA Nanomedicines for Drug-Resistant Pneumonia

Develop a new treatment for multidrug-resistant bacterial pneumonia by delivering antimicrobial peptide mRNA directly to the lungs using anti-inflammatory lipid nanoparticles. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R D'Sa, Dr J Hanson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unravelling Local Structure in Disordered Rocksalt Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries

The Department of Chemistry at Lancaster University is pleased to offer a fully funded PhD studentship as part of the Faraday Institution PhD Training Programme, focused on understanding the local structure and ion ordering in high performance materials for lithium ion batteries. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Griffin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Life Cycle Assessment of Alkaline Waste Treatment Pathways for Sustainable Cementitious Materials

The cement and concrete industry accounts for approximately 7% of global CO₂ emissions, driven by limestone calcination and energy-intensive clinker production. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Unluer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Integrating Machine Learning and Carbonation Treatments for Sustainable Waste-Derived Cementitious Materials

The construction industry’s transition to net zero demands new materials that reduce both waste and CO₂ emissions. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Unluer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unified Power Micro-grid Optimisation Strategies for Data Centres (UPMOST)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is powerful. But it depends on data centres who shouldn’t be too much power-hungry. Did you know a single large-scale data centre consumes as much energy as 50,000 households? If you think that’s a problem worth solving, we want you for our PhD program. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Sun
 7 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Structural Energy Storage in Clay-Based Soils

Structural energy storage is an emerging field with the potential to transform sustainable infrastructure in which materials are designed to simultaneously perform mechanical and energy storage functions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AC Casarella
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Simulation-based inference for financial econometrics models

In modern statistical applications, many complicated models have two common features. First the likelihood functions are often difficult to evaluate; second the model is generative. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding the Role of Self-Poisoning in Polymer Crystallisation

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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Hybrid Event-B and Rodin

These days, the world is increasingly being populated with systems that interact directly with the physical world. Of course such systems have existed for a long time in niche safety-critical areas, eg. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Banach
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Formal Semantics of the Perfect Language

Perfect Developer, from Escher Technologies, is a language system that combines specification constructs, programming constructs, code generation and verification. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Banach
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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One-dimensional Graphene Nanoribbons and Two-dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Quantum Technologies

Quantum technologies are poised to transform computing, communication, and sensing. At the heart of these advances lie novel quantum materials with precisely tailored properties. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Keerthi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development and application of low carbon concrete

Civil infrastructure assets are a nation’s lifeline and vital for societal and economic growth. A key challenge facing the construction industry is to reach Net Zero towards a circular economy and provide cost-effective, sustainable and resilient infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Su
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Post-hazard evaluation of ICCP-SS repaired reinforced concrete beams

Impressed Current Cathodic Protection – Structural Strengthening (ICCP-SS) is a new dual-functional method to retrofit sea-sand RC structures by using a carbon - fibre reinforced cementitious matrix (C-FRCM). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Su
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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