PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Oxford

4 year DPhil (PhD) in Cardiovascular Science - October 2024 Entry

University of Oxford Medical Sciences Doctoral Training Centre

Cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes, remains the leading cause of premature death and disability in Europe and the USA. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) 4 Year PhD Programme

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School of Archaeology - Postgraduate Research Degrees

University of Oxford School of Archaeology

Oxford's School of Archaeology is one of the few departments in the world where so many diverse aspects of archaeological research are brought together to address critical questions about our past. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

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Mechanisms of disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS)

University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

- Please note that this is a pre-defined project where the research and supervision are already determined -. Read more

Supervisors: Prof L Fugger, Dr KA Attfield, Prof G De Luca

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Ox-POS - Using economic methods to optimise cancer care in the NHS: a case study in sarcoma

University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

Ox-POS - Using economic methods to optimise cancer care in the NHS. a case study in sarcoma. Supervisors. Associate Prof. Apostolos Tsiachristas. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof A P Tsiachristias

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The Harriet and Joan Neal Graduate Research Scholarship into Amyloid Angioplasty

University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Start date. October 2024. Closing date for applications. 12pm BST Friday 19 April 2024. Date of interviews. Friday 26 April 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Rothwell

19 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The other side of the pond: seeking ‘net gains’ by overcoming stressors to UK wetlands, informed by decades of experience in the USA

University of Oxford Department of Biology

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Bull

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Intelligent Earth - UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in AI for the Environment

University of Oxford

The Intelligent Earth CDT brings together academics from key environmental science and AI departments across the University of Oxford with non-academic partners to train a new generation of PhD students to tackle some of the most pressing environmental issues using AI through five closely connected themes. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) 4 Year PhD Programme

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DPhil in Computer Science

University of Oxford Department of Computer Science

The DPhil in Computer Science is an advanced research degree, awarded for significant (new) contribution to the existing body of knowledge in the field of computer science. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Computing PhD Programme

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Research Studentship into the effect of sound-induced vibration on canvas paintings

University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science

Research Studentship into the effect of sound-induced vibration on canvas paintings. Project. Research into the effect of sound-induced vibration on canvas paintings. Read more

Supervisor: Prof MC Chatzis

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Wetland recovery from extreme events

University of Oxford Department of Biology

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Jackson

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Research Studentship: Accelerating High Temperature Qualification of Fusion Materials

University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science

Research Studentship. Accelerating High Temperature Qualification of Fusion Materials. 3.5-year D.Phil. studentship. Project. Materials Testing 2.0 for Accelerating High Temperature Qualification of Fusion Materials. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Siviour

19 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Combined geophysical datasets for characterising volcanic brines

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

Society’s race to net zero emissions of CO2 will invariably involve the use of subsurface reservoirs. Fluids injected and extracted from deep fracture systems beneath volcanoes provide a source of geothermal energy. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J M Kendall

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

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Research Studentship in Aircraft Propulsion

University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science

Research Studentship in Aircraft Propulsion. 4-year D.Phil. studentship . Project. Hydrogen Fuel Flow Control for Zero Carbon propulsion systems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Ireland, Dr J Coull

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

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Deciphering the effect of antibody-dependent cell phagocytosis and cytotoxicity (ADCC/ADCP) in the regulation of cross-presentation and antigen spreading in liver cancer.

University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine

Primary liver cancers (hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma) are the fourth leading cause of malignancy-related mortality worldwide. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Galvez-Cancino, Prof I Melero Bermejo

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NIHR Three Schools: Dementia Research Programme - Primary care identification of falls risk and social care delivery of falls prevention for people living with dementia in community: model-based health economic analysis

University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

NIHR Three Schools. Dementia Research Programme - Primary care identification of falls risk and social care delivery of falls prevention for people living with dementia in community. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof A. T Tsiachristias

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Relationship between IFNγ-dependent tumour escape and immunotherapy

University of Oxford Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

Tumours actively escape the immune system by inducing an immunosuppressive state whereby intra-tumoural CD8 T-cells are “exhausted”, lacking effector functions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Gérard, Dr C Leung

3 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Research Studentship in ‘Learning task and motion planning for mobile manipulation robots'

University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science

Research Studentship in ‘Learning task and motion planning for mobile manipulation robots'. 4-year D.Phil. studentship. EPSRC Industrial CASE Studentship with Siemens AG. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Havoutis

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

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Research Studentship in Impact Engineering

University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science

Research Studentship in Impact Engineering. 3.5-year D.Phil. studentship . Project. New paradigms for X-ray probing of dynamic failure at the mesoscale. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Eakins

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Unravelling the mechanisms behind plant stress sensing

University of Oxford Department of Biology

Agricultural production and food security are severely threatened by the loss of arable land and climate change, with increasingly harsher droughts, floods, and heat waves reducing crop productivity by more than 50%. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Bolla, Dr EBG Baena-Gonzalez

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

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Single molecule science: new experimental approaches to measuring the charge, size and 3D conformation of single biomolecules in solution

University of Oxford Department of Chemistry

Prof. Madhavi Krishnan's group is looking for bright, highly motivated and committed students for PhD research in the broad area of single molecule biophysics and nanoscience. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Krishnan

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

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Plant adaptation to low oxygen conditions

University of Oxford Department of Biology

In plants, cells are exposed to varying oxygen (O. 2. ) concentrations due to changes in environmental availability, metabolic activity, and organ anatomy (Weits et al., 20201; Loreti and Perata, 20202). Read more

Supervisor: Prof F Licausi

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

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Numerical investigation of MHD systems coupling the induction formulation with thermal models

UK Atomic Energy Authority Central

The department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering at the Sapienza University of Rome is inviting applications for the following fully funded PhD project/studentship, expected to commence November 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Politis, Dr A Tassone

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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PondChart: harnessing spatial information and earth observation to map and predict occurrence of multiple stressors on mini-wetlands

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Wallingford UK CEH

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C L Laize, Dr HR Robson, Dr F orton, Dr CG George

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training - 4 Year PhD Studentships

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing more than £800 million a year in a broad range of subjects - from mathematics to materials science, and from information technology to structural engineering. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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We have 24 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Oxford

PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Oxford

We have 24 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Oxford

4 year DPhil (PhD) in Cardiovascular Science - October 2024 Entry

School of Archaeology - Postgraduate Research Degrees

Mechanisms of disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS)

Ox-POS - Using economic methods to optimise cancer care in the NHS: a case study in sarcoma

The Harriet and Joan Neal Graduate Research Scholarship into Amyloid Angioplasty

The other side of the pond: seeking ‘net gains’ by overcoming stressors to UK wetlands, informed by decades of experience in the USA

Intelligent Earth - UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in AI for the Environment

DPhil in Computer Science

Research Studentship into the effect of sound-induced vibration on canvas paintings

Wetland recovery from extreme events

Research Studentship: Accelerating High Temperature Qualification of Fusion Materials

Combined geophysical datasets for characterising volcanic brines

Research Studentship in Aircraft Propulsion

Deciphering the effect of antibody-dependent cell phagocytosis and cytotoxicity (ADCC/ADCP) in the regulation of cross-presentation and antigen spreading in liver cancer.

NIHR Three Schools: Dementia Research Programme - Primary care identification of falls risk and social care delivery of falls prevention for people living with dementia in community: model-based health economic analysis

Relationship between IFNγ-dependent tumour escape and immunotherapy

Research Studentship in ‘Learning task and motion planning for mobile manipulation robots'

Research Studentship in Impact Engineering

Unravelling the mechanisms behind plant stress sensing

Single molecule science: new experimental approaches to measuring the charge, size and 3D conformation of single biomolecules in solution

Plant adaptation to low oxygen conditions

Numerical investigation of MHD systems coupling the induction formulation with thermal models

PondChart: harnessing spatial information and earth observation to map and predict occurrence of multiple stressors on mini-wetlands

EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training - 4 Year PhD Studentships

We have 24 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Oxford

PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Oxford

We have 24 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Oxford

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