Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

EPSRC iCASE PhD Studentship in Quantum sensors: Low Frequency Rydberg Atom Sensor

Radio Frequency (RF) sensors based on highly-excited ‘Rydberg’ atoms offer unique capabilities. Atoms are intrinsically calibrated, and their properties are universal, so measurements should be reliable and repeatable. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K Weatherill

2 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Embodiment of Robotic tail - Can we walk like a T-Rex?

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Project Overview. Individuals skilled in using tools for sports, arts, and culinary activities might experience notable alterations in their bodily self-perception. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Hayashi, Prof W Harwin

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

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Inspired by nature: sulfide minerals as sustainable and efficient thermoelectric materials

University of Reading School of Chemistry & Food

We have a vacancy for a PhD student to join a project at the forefront of research in thermoelectric materials, which can be used in devices for the direct conversion of waste heat into electrical power. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Vaqueiro

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

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Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for Net Zero (NET2ZERO)

Aston University

Engineered removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is one way of helping to meet our decarbonisation and climate change commitments. Read more

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

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Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for Net Zero (NET2ZERO)

Queen’s University Belfast

Engineered removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is one way of helping to meet our decarbonisation and climate change commitments. Read more

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

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Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for Net Zero (NET2ZERO)

University of Nottingham

Engineered removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is one way of helping to meet our decarbonisation and climate change commitments. Read more

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

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Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for Net Zero (NET2ZERO)

University of Warwick

Engineered removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is one way of helping to meet our decarbonisation and climate change commitments. Read more

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

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Coupling a qubit to a superposed state

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Quantum technologies are becoming increasingly relevant as we search for new and exciting physics and exploit these discoveries to develop novel and useful devices. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Giblin, Dr GK Klemencic, Dr FB de Brito

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fully-funded PhD Studentship in Disposal MOX for Immobilisation of the UK’s Plutonium Inventory: A Study of Its Fabrication and Stability under Geological Disposal Conditions

Lancaster University School of Engineering

The UK has a substantial inventory of separated plutonium from its historical reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. The Government’s preferred option for this is re-use as a Mixed uranium-plutonium OXide (MOX) fuel. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Boxall, Dr B Robinson

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Airborne Quantum Key Distribution and Free Space Optical Communications.

Heriot-Watt University Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences (IPaQS)

Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a secure encryption key sharing protocol that addresses potential vulnerabilities in encryption key sharing and encrypted data storage. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Donaldson

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Practical Quantum Communications

Heriot-Watt University Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences (IPaQS)

About the project. This co-funded studentship with Rhea Activity Space (RSA) is to explore areas of practical quantum communications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Donaldson

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering - A holistic synthetic aperture radar maritime target recognition optimisation using evolutionary algorithms for data revisit or a leader/follower tandem

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

We propose designing a holistic synthetic aperture radar maritime target recognition optimisation using evolutionary algorithms as shown in the graphical abstract. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Le Kernec, Dr C Clemente, Prof B Liu

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Quantum GaN-O-Photonics

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

This project will develop quantum light sources operating at room temperature by using nanophotonics to deliver a practical quantum technology. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bennett, Dr JH Hadden, Dr GK Klemencic

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Quantum technologies for laser interferometry

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Ultra-precision laser interferometry has been developed to astonishing precision over the last decades, resulting in the first detections of gravitational waves in 2015. Read more

Supervisors: Prof H Grote, Dr K Kokeyama, Dr K Dooley

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Controlling exotic magnetic order and frustration in 2D materials

University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy

Joint programme between the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) research nuclear reactor, Grenoble and the University of Birmingham. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M C Coak, Dr A Wildes

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 865 Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

We have 865 Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

EPSRC iCASE PhD Studentship in Quantum sensors: Low Frequency Rydberg Atom Sensor

Embodiment of Robotic tail - Can we walk like a T-Rex?

Inspired by nature: sulfide minerals as sustainable and efficient thermoelectric materials

Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for Net Zero (NET2ZERO)

Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for Net Zero (NET2ZERO)

Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for Net Zero (NET2ZERO)

Funded PhD Studentships in Negative Emissions Technologies for Net Zero (NET2ZERO)

Coupling a qubit to a superposed state

Fully-funded PhD Studentship in Disposal MOX for Immobilisation of the UK’s Plutonium Inventory: A Study of Its Fabrication and Stability under Geological Disposal Conditions

Airborne Quantum Key Distribution and Free Space Optical Communications.

Practical Quantum Communications

PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering - A holistic synthetic aperture radar maritime target recognition optimisation using evolutionary algorithms for data revisit or a leader/follower tandem

Quantum GaN-O-Photonics

Quantum technologies for laser interferometry

Controlling exotic magnetic order and frustration in 2D materials

We have 865 Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

We have 865 Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

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