We have 232 University of Southampton PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students

Environmental sustainability is one of the greatest challenges the world is facing, with many organisations and countries including the UK setting ambitious targets to reduce emissions and waste and increase renewable energy production. Read more

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

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Large area 2D semiconductor platforms

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Project description. Revolutionising the semiconductor industry with next generation 2D materials and devices. Moore’s Law is currently being challenged with Nvidia CEO recently claiming it is over. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Zeimpekis

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

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Privacy Attacks and Defences in Federated Learning systems

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Cyber Security

Project description. In the wake of growing data privacy concerns and the enactment of the GDPR, Federated Learning (FL) has emerged as a leading privacy-preserving technology in Machine Learning. Read more

Supervisor: Dr HW Wu

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

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Chemically Modified Therapeutic Nucleic Acids for Neurological Diseases

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Therapeutic oligonucleotides are unique in targeting mRNA particularly those that cannot be addressed by conventional small molecule drugs or therapeutic antibodies, their potential is growing fast. Read more

Supervisor: Mr AS El-Sagheer

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

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Biometric deepfake to physical attack instrument assessment

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Deepfake technologies have increased the challenges to biometric systems. Generative AI tools are rapidly advancing, enabling the creation of media tuned to descriptive parameters that can be used within injection attacks, where data are presented to the algorithm in an electronic/media format. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RG Guest

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

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xAI for Biometrics – Legal Presentation of Data

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Increasingly AI-based biometric technologies, such as facial recognition and voice biometrics, are playing a major role in assisting public authorities to protect the public, reduce serious crime, and help safeguard vulnerable persons. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RG Guest

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

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Combining deep learning and computational thermodynamics modelling to design novel functionally graded multimaterial components

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Metal powder-based additive manufacturing is an emerging 3D printing technology that provides great topological freedom, allowing for component shapes unattainable via wrought technologies. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Rivera, Dr A R Hamilton

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

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PhD Studentship in Quantum Technology and Nanophotonics: Programming photonic quantum chips using phase change materials

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

In this project, the student will develop new technologies for integrated quantum optical chips allowing programming and tuning of devices under different operating conditions and in particular for operation in a cryogenic environment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof O L Muskens, Dr A Politi

15 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Numerical models for a new combustion era

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Hydrogen will be, among the synthetic fuels, the preferable energy carrier able to address the spatial and temporal separation between energy production (renewable source) and consumption. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Grenga, Dr E.S. Richardson

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

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Efficient ‘Whole-life’ anchoring systems for offshore floating renewables

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Katherine Kwa, David White & Susan Gourvenec. Project description. This PhD offers you the opportunity to tackle the urgent real-world challenge of developing efficient deep water anchoring systems for offshore floating renewable energy infrastructure. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Kwa

30 September 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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CURIOSITY: Cryosphere and Underwater Remote Inspection using Optic-fibre based Sustainable noise-InTerferometrY

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

The project aims to combine passive acoustic noise interferometry and distributed acoustic sensing of seafloor cables embedded with machine learning. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Belal, Dr C.S. Spingys, Prof A. N. G. Garabato

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Improved prediction and forecasting of coastal compound flood hazard around the UK

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

In low-lying coastal regions, flooding often arises from more than one drive (e.g. oceanographic, fluvial and/or pluvial), a phenomenon that is known as ‘compound flooding’. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Haigh, Dr S Berthou

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Detecting rapid changes and tipping points in the abyssal ocean circulation

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

The abyssal ocean circulation is key to Earth’s climate. Numerical models suggest that the circulation is slowing down dramatically. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A. N. G. Garabato, Dr AS Silvano, Dr C.Z. Zheng

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Quantifying Discretisation Error in Climate Models

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

A significant challenge in climate models is discretisation error. even on cutting-edge hardware it is impossible to use fine enough discretisations to resolve underlying physics, which can have a significant impact on modelling results. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J.C. Cockayne, Dr K Oliver, Prof R. M. Marsh

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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CDT-QTE: On-chip quantum cryptography using two-dimensional materials

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Yasir Noori, Prof Frederic Gardes, Prof Jize Yan. Project description: This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Noori

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

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