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Great North Sleep research: a mixed methods study to explore the safe and effective use of medicines to improve sleep health

Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Sleep is a fundamental pillar of human health, underpinning physical wellbeing, cognitive performance, emotional regulation, and long-term disease prevention. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Rathbone

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Exploring Innovative Approaches in Chronic Pain: Focus on Neuropathic pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation

Newcastle University

Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Pain can be a debilitating long-term and persistent symptom in many medical conditions, adversely affecting quality of life. Neuropathic pain originates from nervous system damage, resulting in deficits in neural transmission leading to sensory, autonomic, and motor impairment. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Obara

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Innovative microsampling technologies for minimally invasive disease diagnosis

Newcastle University

Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Research Group: Dermal Drug Delivery & Diagnostics Laboratory

Early diagnosis is critical to effective treatment, yet many diseases still rely on invasive and time‑consuming sampling techniques such as blood draws and tissue biopsies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Wooi Ng

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Microneedles for transdermal delivery of long-acting biologics

Newcastle University

Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Research Group: Dermal Drug Delivery & Diagnostics Laboratory

Long‑acting delivery of biologic therapeutics is widely recognised as a major unmet need in modern healthcare. Biologic drugs, including peptides, proteins and nucleic acid‑based medicines, are increasingly used to treat chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative conditions and metabolic disorders. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Wooi Ng, Dr K Novakovic

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Advancing Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy in Children: Development of Age-appropriate Formulations Adaptable for Point-of-care Manufacturing by 3D Printing

Newcastle University

Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in children, such as heart failure, hypertension, and arrhythmias, require chronic treatment with drugs having potentially complicated physicochemical properties. Read more

Supervisor: Dr GM Khalid

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Advancing therapeutic options in surgical site infections and wound care: Engineering multi-drug eluting medical devices

Newcastle University

Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Background. Despite improvements in aseptic procedures and antimicrobial prophylaxis, surgical site infections (SSIs) continue to be a major cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality globally. Read more

Supervisor: Dr GM Khalid

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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(SATURN CDT)Enhancing strategic decision-making for new-build nuclear storage facilities via environmental life cycle assessment

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemical Engineering

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. UoM_Nuclear. This project is part-funded by the NDA Bursary scheme and will involve close collaboration with industrial partners at UKNNL and Sellafield Ltd. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Stamford, Mr A Banford

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(EPSRC) High-Entropy Coatings for Hydrogen Gas Turbines

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

Research Group: Coatings and Ceramics

As the aviation and power generation sectors move towards decarbonisation, gas turbine manufacturers are developing hydrogen-fuelled engines. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Chen, Prof P Xiao

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Advanced Materials Processing for Disposal Mixed Oxide Nuclear Wasteforms

The University of Manchester

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research Group: Nuclear Materials

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has established the Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub (PuMaS) at the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Harrison, Prof J Turner

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Solution Landscapes and Inverse Problems in the Landau-de Gennes theory for Liquid Crystals

The University of Manchester

Department of Mathematics

Liquid crystals (LCs) are beautiful smart materials that combine fluidity and softness with the structural order of solids. At a basic level, LCs are anisotropic or directional soft materials with distinguished material directions, referred to as "directors". Read more

Supervisors: Prof AM Majumdar, Dr J Daou

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Bayesian Modeling of High Dimensional Structural Data

The University of Manchester

Department of Mathematics

In many applications, such as biological sciences, social science, and engineering we encounter high-dimensional observations. Bayesian approach can provide a flexible modeling framework for underlying structures in high dimension such as underlying covariance structure, conditional dependency graphs etc. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Guha

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Wireless Communication, Signal Processing, and AI

The University of Manchester

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

This fully funded PhD explores AI-native and sensing-aware wireless systems where communications and sensing are co-designed end-to-end. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Meng

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(SATURN CDT) Genomic and metatranscriptomic approaches to understand and control microbial communities in nuclear facilities

The University of Manchester

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. UoM_Nuclear. The Sellafield site contains several Spent Nuclear Fuel Ponds (SNFPs) that store some of the UK’s legacy nuclear waste. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Foster, Prof J Lloyd, Dr J Pittman, Prof K Morris

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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DEFRA-NCAS Studentship: Exploring the Air Quality Impacts of Emerging Fertilisers

The University of Manchester

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Agriculture is a major source of atmospheric pollutants, emitting substantial amounts of ammonia (NH. 3. ), greenhouse gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Read more

Supervisors: Dr AV Voliotis, Dr E Matthews, Dr T Bannan, Prof H Coe

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Porphyry systems: Ores, critical elements, and volcanic connections

The University of Manchester

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

The energy transition will require significant increases in the quantities of mined base metals and critical minerals to capture, transport, and store low-carbon energy. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Richardson, Dr M Hartley, Dr DN Neave

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 613 Latest PhDs added in the last month

Latest PhDs

We have 613 Latest PhDs added in the last month

Great North Sleep research: a mixed methods study to explore the safe and effective use of medicines to improve sleep health

Exploring Innovative Approaches in Chronic Pain: Focus on Neuropathic pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation

Innovative microsampling technologies for minimally invasive disease diagnosis

Microneedles for transdermal delivery of long-acting biologics

Advancing Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy in Children: Development of Age-appropriate Formulations Adaptable for Point-of-care Manufacturing by 3D Printing

Advancing therapeutic options in surgical site infections and wound care: Engineering multi-drug eluting medical devices

(SATURN CDT)Enhancing strategic decision-making for new-build nuclear storage facilities via environmental life cycle assessment

(EPSRC) High-Entropy Coatings for Hydrogen Gas Turbines

Advanced Materials Processing for Disposal Mixed Oxide Nuclear Wasteforms

Solution Landscapes and Inverse Problems in the Landau-de Gennes theory for Liquid Crystals

Bayesian Modeling of High Dimensional Structural Data

Wireless Communication, Signal Processing, and AI

(SATURN CDT) Genomic and metatranscriptomic approaches to understand and control microbial communities in nuclear facilities

DEFRA-NCAS Studentship: Exploring the Air Quality Impacts of Emerging Fertilisers

Porphyry systems: Ores, critical elements, and volcanic connections

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