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We have 157 University of Sheffield PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Scalable 'Sense-then-Stimulate' tACS for Personalized Alcohol Craving Intervention

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Alcohol Use Disorder affects over 600,000 people in the UK, contributes to 25,000+ deaths, and costs £52 billion annually. Current treatments carry ~70% relapse rates, and a critical opportunity is being missed. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Mandali

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

Addressing Healthcare Inequality: Mitigating Nocebo Effects and Improving Medication Adherence in Minoritised Ethnic Groups

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

A major challenge in modern healthcare is patient non-adherence to prescribed medication, often driven by the experience of distressing side effects. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Webster, Dr C Wood

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

The Systemic Link: Characterising Neurovascular Breakdown in Mixed Vascular and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology.

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Despite the global burden of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), disease-modifying treatments remain. elusive. Traditional research has focused on amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau protein, yet the. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Howarth, Dr J Berwick

14 July 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Reducing Weight stigma and its health impacts

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Obesity is one of society’s greatest challenges with 2/3rds of UK adults living with overweight or obesity. Weight stigma (anti-fat attitudes, weight-based prejudice and discrimination) is experienced by 54% of adults. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Wood, Dr N Buckland

20 April 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Automating the Discovery of Optimal Conditions for Stem Cell Differentiation into Neurons

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are defined by their capacity for self-renewal and differentiation, making them an attractive platform for modelling human tissue formation in vitro. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Nikolaev

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

Targeting the mRNA Export Pathway to Overcome Immune Evasion in Hypoxic Head and Neck Cancer

University of Sheffield

School of Clinical Dentistry

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the seventh most common cancer worldwide, with approximately 800,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Bolland

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

Understanding the Role of Self-Poisoning in Polymer Crystallisation

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

The polymer crystallisation process is critical not only to the manufacturing of many thermoplastics in determining their mechanical and other physical properties, but also their mechanical recycling where degradation of properties is currently a major issue. Read more

Supervisor: Dr XZ Zeng

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

(SATURN CDT) High-throughput Discovery of Multi-component alloys for Fusion Coatings

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. In the UKAEA Materials roadmap, one of the near-term goals is to produce functional graded coatings that can be applied to the structural materials to protect them from corrosion resistance and tritium permeation [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Morley, Prof R Goodall

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

(SATURN CDT) Developing advanced cementitious sealing materials for deep borehole disposal of high-level nuclear waste

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. Deep borehole disposal (DBD) is rapidly emerging as a credible and potentially superior alternative to a mined & engineered deep geological repository, or GDF (geological disposal facility) as it is known in the UK. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K P Travis, Dr B Walkley, Prof F Gibb, Mr J Beswick

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

Resilient Federated Learning for Autonomous Systems under Distribution Shifts

University of Sheffield

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research Group: Machine Learning

Applications are sought for a fully funded PhD studentship position in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Esnaola, Dr M J Jones

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

(SATURN CDT) The use of local contact impedance spectroscopy to monitor radiation damage in ceramics and glasses

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

We are offering an exciting PhD opportunity to develop and validate a novel rapid, non-destructive technique for detecting and quantifying radiation-induced defects in ceramics, glasses, and other functional materials. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Dean, Dr C Thorpe, Prof D Sinclair, Prof R Hand

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

(SATURN CDT) Condition-Based Risk Assessment of Ageing Nuclear Infrastructure under Material Degradation

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Ageing nuclear infrastructure must maintain high levels of safety, reliability and structural integrity while many assets continue to operate beyond their original design life. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SMH Hoseyni, Prof J Cordiner

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Fully funded UKRI PhD studentships in gambling harms research

University of Sheffield

Join a major new national research programme shaping the future of gambling harms evidence, policy and prevention. The Gambling Harms Research UK (GHRUK) Evidence Centre is inviting applications for six fully funded four-year PhD studentships for outstanding and ambitious researchers. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) 4 Year PhD Programme

(SATURN CDT) New directions in radiation tolerant superconducting magnets

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Magnetic confinement of fusion plasma is a central requirement of Tokamak and spherical reactors. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Boston, Prof C Race

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Dissecting the importance and control of macrophage heterogeneity in vivo

University of Sheffield

School of Medicine and Population Health

Macrophage heterogeneity is a key immune concept conserved across evolution within organisms that possess these vital white blood cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Evans, Dr H Wilson, Dr R West

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

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