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University of Edinburgh PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 64 University of Edinburgh PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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Using the eye as a window to kidney health

This project is one of 17 four year PhD Studentships funded by Medical Research Scotland (MRS) (https://www.medicalresearchscotland.org.uk) to be delivered jointly by the named University and External Partner Organisation (EPO). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Bailey
 6 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bioengineering novel pathways for next-generation plastic monomers

  Research Group: Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
The plastics sustainability crisis has prompted a surge in development of novel polymers which are designed for deconstruction under defined and mild conditions after consumer use. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Sadler
 21 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship in Energy Efficient Mobile Networking Systems

One fully funded, full-time PhD position to work with Prof. Mahesh Marina in the Networked Systems Research Group at the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Marina
 30 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Study of the neural mechanisms underlying flexible decision-making

Applications are invited for one 3.5 year full-time fully funded PhD studentship in the lab of Dr Marino Pagan within the Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain at the University of Edinburgh. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Pagan
 4 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanisms regulating blood and lymphatic vascular regeneration in the diseased heart

The Brittan group (Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh) are excited to recruit a highly motivated PhD Student as part of the MRC-BHF… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MB Brittan, Prof A Baker
 11 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing Isotopic Labelling of Nanoplastics for Environmental Studies

Plastics are widely used in a range of applications, and their environmental impact is a growing concern. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MA Al-Sid-Cheikh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the complex place-based factors associated with the spread of COVID-19 infection amongst populations in the UK

Project Information. This project will address the important challenge of understanding the complex place-based factors associated with the spread of COVID-19 infection amongst populations in the UK, using high quality, contemporaneous statistics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ZF Feng, Prof J Pearce, Prof S Curtis
 10 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award (PhD studentship): Utilising Graph-based Machine Leaning for Impact Sensitivity Prediction for Energetic Materials

Energetic Materials (explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics and gas generators) are used in a broad range of pubic and private sector applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C. A. M. Morrison
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Exploration of High-Entropy Oxides

Transition metal oxides are a major class of materials with many important properties such as high-Tc superconductivity, ferroelectricity, magnetism, CMR (colossal magnetoresistance) and spintronics, multiferroicity, and ionic conductivity. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J P Attfield
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Transcriptional, and translational regulation of immune receptor pairs in plants

  Research Group: Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
Plants have their own, effective defence mechanism to protect itself from pathogens. In plants, intracellular immune receptors called NLRs (Nucleotide-binding, Leucine-rich repeat receptors) can detect specific pathogenic proteins, or effectors secreted into the host cell. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H-KA Ahn
 28 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Biomimetic Total Synthesis of Natural Products

This PhD studentship will be focused on the biomimetic total synthesis of complex natural products. The chemical feasibility of proposed biosynthetic pathways towards biologically active natural products will be investigated. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Lawrence
 4 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Ultrafast Structural Dynamics Imaging of Carbonyl Photochemistry

A PhD Studentship is available in the Green Research Group at the University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry, https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/alice-green. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A E Green
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Thermochemical materials for thermal management applications

Project Summary. Thermal management is used to reduce the amount of excess heat generated in various processes and systems to protect and cool critical components, for instance batteries or electronics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CK Kirk
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Neutron Diffraction Studies of Inorganic Microcrystals

A PhD studentship is available in the group of Professor J. P. Attfield, University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry, and is co-supervised by Dr Pascal Manuel, UKRI STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J P Attfield
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multi-Scale Mechanics of Biological Composites: Insights from Advanced X-ray Nanotomography

Project Summary. Biological composite materials, such as bone, are three-dimensional, hierarchically structured inorganic-organic composites. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof F Nudelman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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