We have 419 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Newcastle

We have up to 8 fully funded PhD studentships available for entry in September 2024. These studentships are for 4 years and include full UK fees, a living allowance of £18,622 for 2023/24 full time study), and additional funding to cover research costs and national/international travel such as conferences. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) STFC Centre for Doctoral Training

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NUdata Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science

Northumbria University

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) STFC Centre for Doctoral Training

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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: How to resolve the big break-up: understanding the role of novel DNA damage repair mechanisms in Gram-positive bacteria

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences

By 2050, bacterial pathogens will be the foremost threat to human health due to the rise in antimicrobial resistance. For instance, Staphylococcus aureus is the leading Gram-positive bacterium causing death from bacterial infections worldwide and was accounted for killing around one million people in 2019. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Winterhalter, Prof A Darby, Dr H Strahl von Schulten, Dr M Horsburgh

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Interplay between bacterial multidrug efflux and outer membrane permeability creates an unexpected vulnerability towards antibiotics

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences

Antibiotic resistance (AMR) is a serious and global health emergency that increasingly challenges our ability to treat life-threatening infections. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Strahl von Schulten, Dr GJ Sharples, Dr M Banzhaf

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Drawing the line between life and death: the role of DNA damage in Staphylococcal infections.

Newcastle University MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

By 2050, bacterial pathogens will be the biggest threat to human health due to the rise in antimicrobial resistance. For example, Staphylococcus aureus is the leading Gram-positive bacterium causing death from bacterial infections worldwide and contributed to killing approximately one million people in 2019. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Winterhalter, Prof S J Foster, Dr K Mickiewicz

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD studentship in Animal Reproduction: Development of in vitro techniques to explore bovine preimplantation embryo viability

Newcastle University School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Award Summary. 100% home fees covered and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £18,622 (2023/24 UKRI rate). Additional funding to cover research costs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Beard

31 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Peter and Norah Lomas PhD Scholarship in Economics

Newcastle University Business School

Award Summary. The studentship will cover PhD fees at the home rate and an annual stipend equal to that provided by UKRI scholarships (which for 2024/25 is yet to be announced, but for reference it was £18,622 in 2023/24) for living costs, paid to students in regular instalments. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Business Research Programme

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PhD studentship in Integrated Waveform and Intelligence (IWAI) for Sustainable 6G

Newcastle University School of Engineering

Award Summary. Home students: 100% fees covered and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £17,668 (2022-23 UKRI rate). Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Xu

13 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Studentship: Rustling up something to eat: investigating predator-plant interactions as indirect drivers of ecosystem services

Newcastle University School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Award Summary. 100% home fees covered and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £18,622 (2023/24 UKRI rate) for three years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JC Cuff

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Studentship in the Translational and Clinical Research Institute: Digital Health Engagement and Behaviour Change

Newcastle University Translational and Clinical Research Institute

Award Summary. 100% of home tuition fees paid and an annual stipend (living expenses) of £18,622 (UKR rate 23/24) and a Research Training and Support Grant of £5,000 p.a. Read more

Supervisor: Prof E Meinert

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Studentship in Physics – Computing with electromagnetic waves.

Newcastle University School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics

Overview. The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics invites applications for a PhD position in Physics, under the supervision of Dr Victor Pacheco-Peña . Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Pacheco-Peña

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Studentship in Computer Science: Computational Neurology (Epilepsy)

Newcastle University School of Computing

Overview. We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to develop computer models of the brain in order to optimise epilepsy treatments such as surgery and stimulation, and develop new treatments such as chronotherapy. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Wang, Dr P Taylor

24 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Newcastle-Liverpool-Durham Doctoral Training Partnership in Biosciences

Newcastle University

The Newcastle-Liverpool-Durham (NLD) DTP is a strategic Partnership in Biosciences doctoral training between three research-intensive universities in northern cities of great industrial heritage; Newcastle University, the University of Liverpool and Durham University. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership

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PhD studentship: Intersections in Medical and Environmental History

Newcastle University School of History, Classics and Archaeology

Interested in the intersection between medical and environmental history after 1700? This PhD will allow the successful candidate the opportunity to develop a project which can help us understand current issues in environmental and health using the lens of the past. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) Humanities Research Programme

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NUDATA05 Establishing how growing supermassive black holes influence galaxy evolution

Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering

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Supervisor: Dr C Harrison

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 419 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Newcastle

PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Newcastle

We have 419 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Newcastle

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