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University of Strathclyde PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 89 University of Strathclyde PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Novel photonic sensing for marine environment monitoring

Light is a key driver for several fundamentally important processes in the ocean including ocean warming, photosynthesis and animal behavior. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D McKee, Dr J Macarthur
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Agentic AI for sustainable engineering design

Contemporary engineering design is increasingly shaped by the need to address a broad, often competing set of objectives, with a major focus on sustainability and environmental impact across the full life cycle of engineered systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J N Norheim
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Iron-Based Chemical Storage for Decentralised Hydrogen Production and Utilisation

Hydrogen is expected to play a central role in the UK and Scotland’s net-zero transition. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Li, Dr L Lue, Dr G McLaughlin
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Robust Perception for Improving Robot Navigation in Highly Dynamic Manufacturing Environments

Towards Industry 4.0/5.0, a strong technologic shift demands autonomous systems capable of intelligent perception, navigation and action in complex, dynamic manufacturing environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Yang
 27 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Digital Patients, Real Skills: AI-Driven Simulation Tools for Pharmacy Clinical Training

Project Overview. This PhD project focuses on the development and evaluation of AI-powered virtual patient systems for pharmacy consultation training. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr DB Breen
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Quality Assured Large Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing for Energy, Marine, Aerospace & Nuclear Sectors

3-year PhD focusing on developing advanced ultrasonic in-process inspection methods for large format Wire + Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing, with the aim of improving defect detection, process understanding, and quality assurance for safety-critical components. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Zimermann, Prof C Macleod, Dr JQ Qin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Optimising energy conversion in a plasma boiler through molecular modelling

Improving the energy efficiency of heating and cooling processes is an essential step towards decarbonisation and climate change mitigation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Jorge, Dr E Brightman
 27 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Modelling and design of sustainable fibre composites

Fibre composites are widely used in a range of applications, including aerospace and wind turbines, due to their light weight and high strength. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Johnston
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Breaking the Forever Cycle: New Technologies for PFAS Removal

Per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their emerging alternatives have become some of the most challenging contaminants of the 21st century. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Fletcher, Dr G Craig
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PectoCAZy: mining plant pathogens for industrially-relevant enzyme mixtures

This exciting cross-disciplinary project in computational biology and microbiology between the University of Strathclyde and the James Hutton Institute/James… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Pritchard
 3 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Resilience for Digitalised Critical Infrastructure (ReDI)

We are looking for up to 5 fully funded PhD candidates (based at University of Strathclyde and University of Surrey), across a range of disciplines, to… Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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Innovative environmental conditions classification to unlock standardization and mass manufacturing of floating offshore wind turbines

BACKGROUND. FLOATING WIND TURBINES. High costs and very slow deployment rates of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are preventing the UK offshore wind sector from reaching its target of 5 GW of FOWT capacity by 2030 (currently at approximately 0.07 GW). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Collu, Dr S L Li
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Advanced Robotic Ultrasonic Inspection Methods

  Research Group: SEARCH
Rolls-Royce is exploring the implementation of robotics within manufacturing. One of the areas of robotic implementation lies within NDE. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Loukas, Prof C Macleod
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing sustainable polymeric encapsulation solutions for pest control

Pest control is significant for agriculture, as infestations decrease crop yields and can harm livestock, threatening the security of global food supplies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S T R V Velasquez, Dr K Johnston
 30 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI Driven Sensor Enabled Automated Adaptive Welding

This is a unique 42-month fully funded PhD opportunity to shape the future of manufacturing by researching and developing sensor-driven and AI robotic techniques to streamline the welding process and achieve first-time-right welding for challenging marine configurations. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Loukas, Prof C Macleod
 18 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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