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University of Nottingham PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 33 University of Nottingham PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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PhD Studentship in Artificial Intelligence

The Faculty of Science AI Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) invites applications from Home students for fully-funded PhD studentships to carry out multidisciplinary research in the world-transforming field of Artificial Intelligence, commencing 1st October 2025. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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PhD Adaptive Mesh Refinement for More Efficient Predictions of Wall Boiling Bubble Dynamics - (ENG 226)

This exciting opportunity is based within the Fluids and Thermal Engineering Research Group at the Faculty of Engineering which conducts cutting edge research into experimental and computational heat and mass transfer, multiphase flows, thermal management, refrigeration, energy, combustion, and process optimisation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Magnini
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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GlycoCell: funded PhD studentships applying Engineering Biology to microbial production of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics

We are delighted to welcome applications for PhD students to join us at the Nottingham Engineering Biology Labs, as core members of the GlycoCell UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hub!. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Heap, Dr A Faulds-Pain
 21 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering a plant artificial chromosome

The aim of the project is to develop a methodology for building a plant artificial chromosome with the ultimate goal of being able to confer C3 plants such as rice with the C4 carbon fixation pathway and leaf structure. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W R A Brown, Dr R Fray
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The role of Rab GTPases in the pathogenesis of childhood brain cancers

Brain tumours are among the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in children. While surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have increased survival rates these tumours still cause many deaths among patients. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AH Hume, Dr B Coyle
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Psychedelic drugs and serotonergic modulation of functional connectivity in neuronal microcircuits

Psychoactive drugs result in profound alterations of our state of consciousness. Well known examples of such drugs are general anaesthetics, in use since mid-19th century, and psychedelics, which are consumed by different societies from times immemorial. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MO Okun
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Targeting the sweet tooth to curb population-wide sugar intake

Excess intake of dietary sugars are a major contributor to obesity, and type 2 diabetes and 82% of people state that taste is the major determinant of what they buy and eat. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Aldiss
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship: Developmental and physiological consequences of heat stress for pre-hatching and gastrulating cattle and pig embryos

Epidemiological evidence in humans indicates that acute heat exposure around the time of mating results in pregnancy loss, with potential long-term consequences on the offspring. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Gardner, Prof K D Sinclair, Dr R Alberio
 30 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Marie Sklodowka-Curie Doctoral Candidate: Identification, characterisation and manipulation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in the ageing matrix as a part of Mac4Me

The position. Applications are invited for a 3-years fee-free PhD position at the University of Nottingham, UK, including secondment opportunities at Technische Universität Dresden (Germany), Helsinki University (Finland), and MIP Pharma (France). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Merry
 3 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully Funded 48-month PhD studentships at the EPSRC Universities for Nottingham CDT in Resilient Chemistry

12 PhD Scholarships available to start October 2025. We invite suitably qualified and highly motivated applicants from STEM disciplines to apply for a series of multidisciplinary PhD scholarships hosted by the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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Fundamental studies into single atom catalysts

Closing Date. Thursday 1 May 2025. Location. Diamond Light Source, UK / University of Nottingham, UK       . Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Duncan
 1 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Sensor platform for large scale monitoring of peatlands

Sensor platform for large scale monitoring of peatlands. About the project. Aim. The health of our peat bogs is vital in the fight against climate change because they are one of the most effective natural carbon sinks, storing vast amounts of carbon dioxide over thousands of years. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Smith , Dr D Large
 30 June 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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New approaches for studying the structure of high-temperature molten materials

Understanding the structure and properties of high-temperature molten materials is of key importance in a diverse range of applications including optical… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Barney, Dr O Alderman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Ultrafast dynamics of dissociative ionisation

Nottingham Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics research group is looking for a PhD student to develop new instrumentation to measure correlated electron-ion dynamics in the gas phase. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Robertson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Next-generation cancer diagnosis and treatment using integrated snake-like robot with optical imaging

Supervisors. Prof Ioan Notingher (School of Physics and Astronomy). Dr George Gordon and Dr Abdelkhalick Mohammad (Faculty of Engineering). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I Notingher, Dr G Gordon, Dr A Mohammad
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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