We have 925 data science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

This is an open call for research proposals related to gendered perspectives of data science. Diversity is vital to data science, given its crucial role in understanding the world, communicating information, and guiding behaviour. Read more

Supervisor: Dr KF Fabian

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Population and Health Data Science: Fully Funded Health Data Research UK PhD Scholarship: Use of Real-World Evidence in Health Technology Assessment for Multiple Long-term Conditions

Swansea University Swansea University Medical School

Funding provider: Health Data Research (HDR) UK. Subject areas: Population Data Science. Project start date. 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September). Read more

Supervisor: Prof RO Owen

12 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Data science and child health inequalities

University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Science

We are excited to share this application for a 4-year PhD studentship based in the Division of Child Health, University of Liverpool, in conjunction with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, and Imperial College London. Read more

Supervisors: Prof DH Hawcutt, Prof IS Sinha

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Binks Institute for Sustainability: Use of Data Science for Reliable Metrics to Benchmark Environmental Impact and Decarbonisation of Transport Infrastructure Projects

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

Context. In 2017, the UK government launched its modern Industrial Strategy, followed by the announcement of the Construction Sector Deal in 2018. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Newlands, Dr M Crabb

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

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Numerical Algorithms for Molecular Systems and Data Science

University of Birmingham School of Mathematics

Details: . Stochastic differential equations (SDEs) are widely used in science and engineering in order to model systems where random effects play a significant role. Read more

Supervisor: Dr X Shang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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GOSH BRC Applied Child Health Informatics Theme (Non-Clinical) PhD Studentships

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

An exciting non-clinical PhD opportunity at the NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR GOSH BRC) is open for applications. Read more

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Developing and Applying Semantic Representations of Scientific Knowledge

University of Birmingham Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Applications are invited for a 3-year self-funded PhD Studentship. The depth, volume, and complexity of scientific knowledge is increasing beyond our abilities to meaningfully interpolate and analyse it with traditional methods. Read more

Supervisors: Dr KS Slater, Prof A Karwath

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

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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

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

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Data Lake Exploration with Modern Artificial Intelligence Techniques

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

Data Lakes are emerging as data management infrastructures for storing data in various schemata and structural forms. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Paton, Dr J Chen

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Exploring Artificial Intelligence to Develop the Analysis of Acoustic and Archival Telemetry Data: Unveiling Insights into Shark Movement

Edinburgh Napier University School of Applied Sciences

. *Please note that the closing date for this project has been brought forward* . The novel integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in analysing telemetry data represents a paradigm shift, offering unprecedented insights into fish behaviour and responses to environmental changes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Thorburn, Prof K Diele, Prof T Horváth

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

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Combining CRISPR-screens and AI to Identify Novel Therapeutic Strategies to Target Cancer-Stroma Interactions

Queen Mary University of London Digital Environment Research Institute

A fully funded PhD Studentship is available to work with Dr Angus Cameron, Reader in Cell Signalling and Tumour Cell Biology, Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University London, Dr Otto Morris, Senior Biological Data Scientist at Exscientia, and Professor Pedro Cutillas, Professor of Cell Signalling and Proteomics, QMUL, Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University London. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Cameron

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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IMPRESSION+GAMES - A Generative Machine Learning System to Elucidate Chemical Structures

University of Bristol Chemistry

Applications are invited for a studentship starting, ideally, on 16 September 2024, to be supervised by Professor Craig Butts (University of Bristol). Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Butts

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Developing techniques to deal with large environmental data sets

University of Plymouth Faculty of Science and Engineering

Applications are invited for a 3.5 years PhD studentship within the Environmental Intelligence doctoral training programme at the University of Plymouth. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C McNeile

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

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Modelling the Impact of Diagnostic Pathways in Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease - University of Swansea (part of Health Data Research UK’s Big Data for Complex Disease Driver Programme)

Health Data Research UK Big Data for Complex Diseases (BDCD)

HDR UK is funding six PhDs with leading UK universities and research organisations. This brand-new programme offers the chance to carry out a doctoral research project at the leading edge of health data science. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RO Owen

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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AI-enhanced dementia prevention: precision risk reduction using large language models, NIHR Funded PhD in Medical Studies Ref: 5100

University of Exeter Medical School

Location. Department of Health and Community Sciences, St Luke’s Campus, Exeter. The University of Exeter’s Department of Health and Community Sciences is inviting applications for a PhD studentship funded by the NIHR to commence on the 23rd September 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Llewellyn, Dr H Dong, Prof C Brayne

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Inflammatory Arthritis in Childhood: Impact, Outcomes and Safety of Treatment

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is the most common inflammatory arthritis of childhood. Although less common than arthritis in adults, a diagnosis of arthritis in a child can have lasting impacts on that child and their families through their entire lifespan. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Hyrich, Dr L Kearsley-Fleet

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Evaluating the role of Big Data in understanding livestock impacts on the upland landscape

University of Plymouth Faculty of Science and Engineering

Applications are invited for a 3.5 years PhD studentship within the Environmental Intelligence doctoral training programme at the University of Plymouth. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Whiteside

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

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Enhanced Deep Learning and Semantic-based Predictive Analytics for Reactive IoT Applications and Streaming Data

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) has formed a bridge that connects most of the real-world entities with the related computer entities. Read more

Supervisors: Dr OB Bamgboye, Prof X Liu, Dr KB Babaagba

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Using supermarket loyalty cards data to study reproductive health

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Rationale. Shopping history records collected by supermarkets contain population level health information which could be missing from traditional health research data such as medical records. Read more

Supervisors: Dr AS Skatova, Prof D Lawlor

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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AI to the rescue of climate change, modelling air quality for cleaner urban planning

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Computing and Information Science

Research Group: Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group

Research Group. Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group. Proposed supervisory team. Dr Lakshmi Babu Saheer. Dr Javad Zarrin. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Babu Saheer, Dr J Zarrin

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PhD in Computing Science - Enhancing Sustainability via Dynamic Optimisation of Barclay’s Data Services

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

Barclays currently operates a complex network of data services, comprising a range of large heterogenous databases, key-value stores, object stores and more. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R McCreadie, Dr LT Thamsen, Dr GF Flynn, Mr RP Panda

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

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Using Generative AI to Draw Diagrams

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

Designing algorithms for human-readable, effective diagrams is difficult. The algorithm must be able to handle a broad range of datasets, some of which will not readily lend themselves to visualisation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Chapman, Dr K Sim

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Remote patient monitoring using wearable devices and AI

University of Sheffield Department of Computer Science

Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated various aspects of modern life, significantly influencing the healthcare sector. Fuelled by this momentum, remote patient monitoring facilitated by mobile sensing technology is on the way to changing how patients are monitored and treated. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Sun

19 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Human-centric, data-driven model predictive control strategies for buildings

University of Reading School of the Built Environment

There is significant potential for big data and data science (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Jones

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Monitoring morphological variability of different gravel barrier typologies

University of Plymouth Faculty of Science and Engineering

Applications are invited for a 3.5 years PhD studentship within the Environmental Intelligence doctoral training programme at the University of Plymouth. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NG Valiente

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

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AI-based Identification of New Drug Targets for Personalised Oncology

Queen Mary University of London Digital Environment Research Institute

A fully funded PhD Studentship is available to work with Professor Francesca Ciccarelli, Lead of the Centre for Cancer Genomics and Computational Biology, Bart's Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University of London. Read more

Supervisor: Prof F Ciccarelli

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Spatial orientation changes and their impact on driving in ageing and dementia (HORNBERGERM_U24DACFMH)

University of East Anglia Norwich Medical School

The PhD project will be supervised by Prof. Michael Hornberger (dementia neuroscientist, University of East Anglia). Please contact the supervisor at m.hornberger@uea.ac.uk for further information on the project. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Hornberger

23 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Large Language models for Maintenance Optimisation

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics

The University of York is embarking on transformative research in data-centric engineering, digital twins, and AI, revolutionizing the way systems are designed and operated. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Perin

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Training and performance in the security sector

University of Exeter Department of Biosciences

Supervisors. Prof Sam Vine (University of Exeter). Prof Mark Wilson (University of Exeter). Dr Leanne Simpson (Smiths Detection). Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Vine, Dr M Wilson

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

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We have 925 data science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

data science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

We have 925 data science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

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