Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

We have 99 Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

PhD in Astrophysics: Magnetism in hot Jupiters

Newcastle University School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics

Award Summary. 100% fees covered, and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £18,622 (2023/24 UKRI rate). Will also cover some travel expenses. . Read more

Supervisor: Prof TR Rogers

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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High Redshift Quasars in Next-Generation Spectroscopic Surveys

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Manda Banerji. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Banerji

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

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Revealing Quasar Host Galaxies with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. Manda Banerji. Project description. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a ground-breaking astronomical facility due to start survey operations in 2024-25. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Banerji

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

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Astrocatalysis at Near-ambient Pressure – Transition Metal Clusters

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

This PhD opportunity will primarily be based at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Please contact Prof Martin McCoustra (m.r.s.mccoustra@hw.ac.uk) for further details. Read more

Supervisors: Prof MRS McCoustra, Dr HHP Yiu, Dr VC Cabedo, Prof GH Held

2 February 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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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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Autonomous multi robot system for fast and long traversal PhD

Cranfield University School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing (SATM)

This is an exciting opportunity for a fully funded PhD studentship in the Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems at Cranfield University, to develop an autonomous multi-robot system for fast and long traversal in extreme planetary environments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Upadhyay

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project 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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Developing Large Arrays of Superconducting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Future Astronomy Instrumentation

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

The Cardiff Astronomy Instrumentation Group (AIG) is one of the world leaders in Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) development. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Doyle, Dr P Barry

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

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Revealing the Hidden Light: Understanding the cosmic dust and cold gas in nearby galaxies.

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Over half the light ever emitted by stars in the Universe having been absorbed by cosmic dust, and the situation is worse (>90%) when looking at regions where star-formation is occurring. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MW Smith, Prof S Eales

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

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Why is the Universe getting cleaner by the day? Modelling dust, gas and metals in high redshift galaxies using BEDE

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

High redshift galaxies discovered using submillimetre surveys of the sky (so-called submillimetre galaxies) are likely ancestors of present-day massive early-type galaxies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Gomez, Prof S Eales

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

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Using Raman Spectroscopy to Assess the Habitability of Oxia Planum

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

Start September 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Hutchinson

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Enabling Challenging Space Exploration: exploring 244Cm-based radioisotope power systems

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

· Radioisotope power systems (RPS) are key for allowing us to explore some of the most challenging locations of our solar system that are not possible or are very challenging using solar array based electrical power supplies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Watkinson

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Probing the high redshift universe with gamma-ray bursts

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), are exceptionally bright explosions detectable at great distances. Some GRBs occurred during the first billion years in the life of the universe, and so can be used to probe the early stars and galaxies in which they arose, and their effects on the intergalactic medium around them. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Tanvir

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Astrophysical transient searches with LOFAR

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

· The low frequency radio regime is a relatively unexplored parameter space rich in information concerning extreme astrophysical phenomena, particularly those in which magnetic fields play a key role like magnetars (highly magnetic neutron stars) and relativistic jets launched by black holes and compact object mergers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Starling

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 99 Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

We have 99 Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in the UK

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