external PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 495 external PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Spatially resolved spectroscopy for pharmaceutical manufacturing process

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Tablet is a complex pharmaceutical product in oral dosage form which contains blends of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and excipients. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Chen

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Green Circular Economy using Hydrogen Derivatives

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

The UK currently imports all its copper, nickel, cobalt, and a variety of other critical metals from overseas. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Roy, Dr E Brightman

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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What makes particle packings stable? Explaining and engineering random loose packing

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

How particles pack together to make stable structures is a puzzle that has been addressed by many illustrious scientists and engineers, including Kepler, Coulomb and James Clerk Maxwell. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Haw, Dr P Mulheran

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

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Perspectives on reality as processes and event - from Heidegger to non-duality and beyond

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

What if our reality was fundamentally dynamic and interrelated - a process? Current developments in both science and technology provide abundant data and arguments for such a dynamic reconceptualization of reality. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Röck

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Weather, climate, human impacts and human responses in early modern Scotland (c.1600-c.1700).

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

This project is relevant to the interdisciplinary research theme of climate action and net zero. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A MacDonald

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Transnational social movements and the struggles against settler colonialism in Southern Africa

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

The project provides an opportunity to examine the roles, motivations, and impacts of twentieth century transnational social movements, that were involved in the struggles to end white-minority rule in Southern Africa (eg. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Graham

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Instrumenting Cloud Systems for Scalability and Resilience

Keele University Faculty of Natural Sciences

Cloud computing is essential for global connectivity. It empowers businesses, governments, and individuals to create and use cloud-based services for various everyday systems, including critical fields such as telecommunications, healthcare, banking, and many more. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Al-Said Ahmad

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

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Electrical measurements of quantum-state dynamics of individual molecules

Queen Mary University of London School of Physical and Chemical Sciences

Quantum molecular electronics is a cutting-edge research field at the intersection of physical chemistry, nanoscience, and quantum information. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Thomas

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

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Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing Studies with the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO)

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

Neutrinos are the most abundant massive particle in the universe. Since their discovery, neutrinos played an important role in many areas of physics. Read more

Supervisors: Prof CA Andreopoulos, Prof XL Lu

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

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Mathematical and computational modelling of diffusion-driven material ageing

The University of Manchester Department of Mathematics

This project will consider systems of reaction-advection-diffusion equations both computationally and analytically. These find application to modelling corrosion/ageing in materials, where diffusion of a reactant into the bulk material and its subsequent reaction leads to the growth of unwanted corrosion products. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R E Hewitt

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

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Knitwear longevity and regeneration

University of Dundee Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

This project builds on work by Martha Glazzard and Claire Adholla about the sustainability of knitwear construction and manufacturing practices. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Glazzard , Dr C Adholla

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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The Language of Textiles

University of Dundee Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

This project aims to explore the relationship between textiles and the language that originates from textiles and permeates into wider usage, as well as the way that wider language affects different areas of textiles. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Glazzard

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Evaluating the Just Transition to effect policy change

University of Dundee School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

It is an undeniable fact that the world faces environmental and climate crises of epic proportions. What is also clear to see is the social and political impacts of these crises across states and societies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S El Droubi, Dr E Carvalho

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Computer vision and machine learning for recognition of civil structural components and their damage analysis

Keele University Faculty of Natural Sciences

In this project the PhD research student will investigate the strengths and weaknesses of the deep convolutional neural network for analysis of civil infrastructures, such as concrete bridges, highways, buildings, tunnels and stadiums, using videos and images. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Mandal

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

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Secure and privacy-aware control of swarm of drones

Keele University Faculty of Natural Sciences

Drone swarm technology allows groups of drones work together without direct human intervention. They are widely employed for diverse use cases such as monitoring wildfires and civil infrastructures, traffic, logistics monitoring, and last-mile delivery. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Junejo, Dr N Kanwal

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

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We have 495 external PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

external PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 495 external PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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