Geophysics PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in the UK

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The North Sea has provided a highly important resource to the UK and its economy for over the last 50 years. With the basin in overall production decline, it is important to examine ways of prolonging and extended the life of this now mature basin.

Chaos and fractals in fluid motion

Aberdeen University
Department of Physics

Dr A Moura, Prof C Grebogi

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The advection of particles and fields by fluid flows is a problem of great interest for both fundamental physics and engineering applications.

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) from depleted Sandstone and Carbonate/chalk reservoirs

Dr P Jadhawar, Dr H Hamidi

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Nearly one third of the oil is left behind in the reservoir after the primary and secondary recovery methods of oil recovery.

Exploitation and production from Methane Hydrate reservoirs (Arctic and Subsea porous media)

Dr P Jadhawar, Dr J Derksen

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Naturally occurring gas (mostly methane) hydrates along the continental margins (coastal offshore) and permafrost sediments are the clean source of energy outnumbering the rest forms of conventional energy sources.

Macroscopic capillary pressure in multi-phase porous media flows

Prof D Pokrajac, Dr Y Tanino

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Although multi-phase flow in porous media is an established research field for decades, its theoretical background is still being developed.

Pore scale investigation of geophysical properties in unsaturated porous medium

Dr Y Zhou

Application Deadline: 5 November 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Pore scale modelling method has been used extensively in evaluation of single phase petrophysical properties (e.g.

Stratified shear flows in inclined pipes

Dr Y Tanino, Dr D Van der A

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Stably stratified shear flows are ubiquitous in the environment and industrial systems. In the atmosphere such flows are associated with clear air turbulence.

Improved data modelling and interrogation using AI innovation to reduce the environmental impact of oil exploration

Aberystwyth University
Department of Computer Science

Dr O Akanyeti

Application Deadline: 17 November 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

Hafren Scientific is a geological consultancy company, operating in the oil and gas sector, to improve the placement, efficiency and productivity of wells.

Biodiversity footprint of quarry restoration

Anglia Ruskin University
Faculty of Science & Engineering

Research Group: Applied Ecology Research Group (AERG)

Dr A Helden

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Research Group. Applied Ecology Research Group (AERG) - https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/applied-ecology.

Constraining mantle dynamics with seismic data

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Prof J H Davies, Dr J Wookey

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Project keywords. Dynamics, Mantle, Convection, Circulation, Seismology, Mineralogy. Project Background. Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains result from the dynamic Earth, driven by mantle convection.