Astrophysics PhD Research Projects for Self-funded Students

We have 51 Astrophysics PhD Research Projects for Self-funded Students

Modelling ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves in Earth’s magnetosphere

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

The Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group (SMTG) in the School and Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, is looking for applicants for a funded PhD project for a start in September/October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Elsden

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

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Investigating the Properties of Active Black Holes in Interacting Galaxies

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Sandra Raimundo. Project description. Supermassive black holes need gas to grow and power their activity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Raimundo

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

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Searching for Dark Matter with the Lux-Zeplin Detector

Royal Holloway, University of London Department of Physics

The Centre for Particle Physics at Royal Holloway is offering a PhD opportunity on the LZ experiment for direct detection of dark matter. The nature of dark matter is one of the most fundamental open questions in physics, and the LZ experiment is at the forefront of technology designed to pursue this question. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kaboth

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

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Exploring close binary stars: Using nonlinear time series analysis and machine learning for analysing stellar light curves.

Aberdeen University School of Natural and Computing Sciences

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Sandip, Dr M S Baptista

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

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X-Shooter spectroscopy of Massive Young Stellar Objects

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Physics and Astronomy

The formation of massive stars, stars much more massive than the Sun and which explode as a Supernova at the end of their lives, is still shrouded in mystery. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Oudmaijer

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

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Bayesian Deep Learning for cosmology with Euclid

Royal Holloway, University of London Department of Physics

This project will focus on the combination of cutting-edge Deep Learning and statistical methods to enable cosmological inference from next-generation facilities such as the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission. Read more

Supervisor: Dr ASM Spurio Mancini

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

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Theoretical Astroparticle Physics

Royal Holloway, University of London Department of Physics

The Theoretical Particle Physics group at Royal Holloway University of London is offering a funded PhD studentship in the field of astroparticle theory with a focus on utilising Quantum Sensors in the search for dark matter. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S West

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

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Machine learning for studying supernovae

Royal Holloway, University of London Department of Physics

Supernovae are the explosive deaths of certain types of star at the ends of their lives. They play an important role in the Universe, being the key distributors of heavy elements. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JM Maund

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

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Applications of advanced data analysis approaches to gravitational-wave astronomy and beyond

Royal Holloway, University of London Department of Physics

In 2015, the kilometre-scale LIGO laser interferometers observed tiny ripples in spacetime called gravitational waves from colliding black holes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Ashton

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

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Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Interplanetary Spacecraft Missions

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Hanna Sykulska-Lawrence. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Sykulska-Lawrence

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

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Imaging Science PhD

Rochester Institute of Technology USA Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science

The Ph.D. in imaging science signifies high achievement in scholarship and independent investigation in the diverse aspects of imaging science. Read more

Supervisor: Prof CB Bachmann

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

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Color Science Ph.D.

Rochester Institute of Technology USA Integrated Sciences Academy

Color has been an intense topic of interest for thousands of years. Mathematicians, philosophers, physicists, physiologists, poets, and other disciplines have all contributed to our understanding of color. Read more

Supervisor: Prof SF Farnand

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

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Astrophysical Sciences and Technology Ph.D.

Rochester Institute of Technology USA School of Physics and Astronomy

This multidisciplinary program is administered by the School of Physics and Astronomy, in collaboration with the School of Mathematical Sciences and the Chester F. Read more

Supervisor: Prof AR Robinson

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

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Dark Matter Search with the LZ Experiment

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a high-sensitivity dark matter experiment based on dual-phase xenon technology currently operating in the deep underground laboratory at SURF (South Dakota, USA). Read more

Supervisors: Prof D R Tovey, Prof V Kudryavtsev

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

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High-speed astrophysics with ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Astronomy and Astrophysics

ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM are high-speed optical cameras that can take hundreds/thousands of CCD images per second simultaneously in three/five colours, respectively. Read more

Supervisors: Prof V Dhillon, Dr S Littlefair, Dr S Parsons

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We have 51 Astrophysics PhD Research Projects for Self-funded Students

Astrophysics PhD Research Projects for Self-funded Students

We have 51 Astrophysics PhD Research Projects for Self-funded Students

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