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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 5,169 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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PhD Studentship on Manipulating Individual Quantum Systems with Optical Tweezer Arrays at Durham University, UK

Project Overview. The Durham Quantum Light and Matter (QLM) research section encompasses several research groups sharing a common interest in the study of the quantum properties of atoms, molecules and solids and their interactions with light. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Gutteridge
 4 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Machine learning and AI for air traffic control, Computer Science – PhD (EPSRC and NATS Funded).

The always-on, safety-critical nature of air traffic control raises rich and exciting challenges for machine learning and AI. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Everson
 6 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Methods and tools for the simulation and design of geothermal heat exchangers

Context. Geothermal systems are playing an increasingly important role in ongoing worldwide efforts to develop environmentally friendly, sustainable, and efficient ways of fulfilling space heating and cooling demands. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Cimmino
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Addressing challenges in investigating the relationships between environments and healthy ageing

Award Summary. 100% of home tuition fees paid and annual living expenses at UKRI rate, currently £20,780 per year. A research training support grant of £5000 per year is available to cover research costs (e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Wu
 27 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrating Behavioural Theories into Simulation Models to Advance the Health Policy Evaluation Approach in Value-Based Health and Care

Project summary. This research aims to develop an innovative framework that integrates health-seeking behaviour—the actions individuals take when they perceive a health problem, grounded in behavioural theories, into simulation models used for health systems management. . Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Howick
 30 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Journalism, Media and Culture

Cardiff University AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship with Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. The Reg and George archive. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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Finite temperature DFT functionals for improved material properties

  Research Group: Condensed matter and materials physics
Material development is key to a number of important areas, from material science, to physics, to engineering, to industry. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof ID D'Amico
 25 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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ECOSOLUTIONS - Earth, Fire, Wind and Water: Understanding and reducing pollution caused by domestic solid fuel burning in urban environments.

Are you passionate about solving complex environmental challenges? Interested in creating non-toxic urban spaces that benefit society and nature alike? This exciting PhD project, part of the NERC-funded ECOSOLUTIONS Doctoral Focal Award, offers the opportunity to help tackle the problem of chemical pollution in urban environments. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Wood, Dr D Das, Dr T Andrade, Dr RG Bryant
 4 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tidal turbine operating conditions in large-scale arrays

The reduced velocity wake of a tidal array exhibits turbulence that differs from unperturbed flow and through refraction also alters wave conditions. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Stallard, Dr H Mullings
 2 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigation of cocrystallisation for the formulation development of dual-combination inhalers

Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are chronic lung conditions associated with airflow obstruction. Asthma is characterized by chronic inflammation of the airways, while COPD involves irreversible airflow limitation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Assi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Machine Learning-Driven Design and Structural Health Monitoring of Concrete-Filled Double Skin Steel Tubular (CFDST) Wind Turbine Towers

Concrete-filled double skin steel tubular (CFDST) sections offer superior structural performance for wind turbine towers due to their enhanced strength, ductility, and material efficiency. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Wang
 30 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Utilising nanotechnology to develop an inhaled formulation for dual-combination therapy

Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are chronic lung conditions characterised by airflow obstruction. Inhalation therapy is the preferred treatment route due to its ability to bypass first-pass metabolism and deliver drugs directly to the lungs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Assi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Beyond AlphaFold: putting the physics back into protein folding

One half of the 2024 Nobel prize of Chemistry went to the prediction of protein structure from amino acid sequences. This long-awaited achievement was made possible by the design of a suitable AI algorithm, called AlphaFold, that operates on a large databank of crystal structures of many thousands of proteins. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Popelier, Dr S De Visser
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multi-scale investigation on salt formations for disposal and storage applications

Salt formations can effectively isolate nuclear waste over geologic timescales under subsurface conditions, and an improved understanding of the complex processes will enhance repository design and safety. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Ma, Dr M Babaei, Dr V Tsitsopoulos
 30 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering of dynamic Synthetic Cells

Do you want to design and construct synthetic life-like cells? Is it possible to build synthetic cells that mimic the essential functions of living systems? Could these synthetic cells, equipped with programmable functionalities, perform specialized tasks in biological environments and help uncover the mechanisms underlying cellular processes?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Contini
 27 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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