Astrophysics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

Astrophysical interpretation of gravitational waves with space-based observatories.

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Gravitational-wave astronomy was pioneered in September 2015 with the first direct observation of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Raymond, Dr P Clark

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

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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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NUdata Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science

Newcastle University

We have up to 8 fully funded PhD studentships available for entry in September 2024. These studentships are for 4 years and include full UK fees, a living allowance of £18,622 for 2023/24 full time study), and additional funding to cover research costs and national/international travel such as conferences. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) STFC Centre for Doctoral Training

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NUdata Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science

Northumbria University

We have up to 8 fully funded PhD studentships available for entry in September 2024. These studentships are for 4 years and include full UK fees, a living allowance of £18,622 for 2023/24 full time study), and additional funding to cover research costs and national/international travel such as conferences. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) STFC Centre for Doctoral Training

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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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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

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

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Are there planets around white dwarf binaries?

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Astronomy and Astrophysics

The timing method can be used to search for exoplanets. It uses some periodic signal from a star as a clock in order to search for the gravitational signal of a planet in orbit around it. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Parsons, Prof V Dhillon

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

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Galactic hurricanes: How growing black holes impact their host galaxies

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Astronomy and Astrophysics

It is now generally accepted that all massive galaxies - including the Milky Way - have, at their centres, a supermassive black hole. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Mullaney, Prof C Tadhunter

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

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A long-term variability study of young stars: Periodicity, hot spots, accretion and early evolution at the time of planet formation

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

Young stars are variable due to the processes happening on the star and its protoplanetary disk at the time of planet formation. The star-disk connection holds the clues to several open questions including rotational evolution, the origin of our Solar System and the feasibility of habitable planets. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Sicilia-Aguilar

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

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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science

University of Bristol EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science

Fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships are available as part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral training in Aerosol Science. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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Identification and classification of coherent flow structures in the plasma of the Sun’s photosphere

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

The Sun is a star with a cyclic magnetic activity that can impact all the solar system. Thus, the solar magnetic field can interact with the Earth's magnetic field, permitting the entrance of energetic particles in the upper atmosphere, affecting technological devices, telecommunications and human health. Read more

Supervisor: Prof V Fedun

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

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Finite temperature superfluid turbulence flow-structure interactions via immersed boundary methods

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

This is a multidisciplinary research project that combines the quantum physics of superfluid turbulence flows with advanced computational fluid dynamics for flow-structure interactions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Kivotides

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We have 51 Astrophysics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

Astrophysics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

We have 51 Astrophysics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

Astrophysical interpretation of gravitational waves with space-based observatories.

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

NUdata Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science

NUdata Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science

Investigating the Properties of Active Black Holes in Interacting Galaxies

Searching for Dark Matter with the Lux-Zeplin Detector

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

X-Shooter spectroscopy of Massive Young Stellar Objects

Bayesian Deep Learning for cosmology with Euclid

Theoretical Astroparticle Physics

Machine learning for studying supernovae

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

Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Interplanetary Spacecraft Missions

Dark Matter Search with the LZ Experiment

High-speed astrophysics with ULTRACAM and HiPERCAM

Are there planets around white dwarf binaries?

Galactic hurricanes: How growing black holes impact their host galaxies

A long-term variability study of young stars: Periodicity, hot spots, accretion and early evolution at the time of planet formation

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science

Identification and classification of coherent flow structures in the plasma of the Sun’s photosphere

Finite temperature superfluid turbulence flow-structure interactions via immersed boundary methods

We have 51 Astrophysics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

Astrophysics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

We have 51 Astrophysics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

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