Astrophysics (space) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 30 Astrophysics (space) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Astrophysical interpretation of gravitational waves with space-based observatories.

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Gravitational-wave astronomy was pioneered in September 2015 with the first direct observation of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Raymond, Dr P Clark

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

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The Late Stages of Galaxy Evolution – a project with the Euclid Space Observatory

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) make it possible to obtain high-resolution images of tiny areas of sky. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Eales, Dr MW Smith

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

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Quantum technologies for laser interferometry

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Ultra-precision laser interferometry has been developed to astonishing precision over the last decades, resulting in the first detections of gravitational waves in 2015. Read more

Supervisors: Prof H Grote, Dr K Kokeyama, Dr K Dooley

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Kinetic-scale Structures at Interplanetary Shockwaves

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Imogen Gingell. Project description. Plasma is continuously ejected into interplanetary space by the sun, forming the ‘solar wind’. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Gingell

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

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Mapping the climate systems and the evaporation of exoplanet atmospheres

University of Warwick Department of Physics

We invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated students for the Warwick Prize Scholarships in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will work with Prof. Read more

Supervisor: Prof PW Wheatley

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

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Characterising the atmospheres of exoplanets with ground-based and JWST observations

University of Warwick Department of Physics

We invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated students for the Warwick Prize Scholarships in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will work with Dr Siddharth Gandhi within the Astronomy and Astrophysics group in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. Read more

Supervisor: Dr SG Gandhi

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

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What time can tell us about space: Using time-resolved observations of young stars to explore the circumstellar environment beyond what direct resolution can achieve

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

What happens in the planet-forming region when planets form? How are stars like our Sun formed? Observational answers have to deal with one fact. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Sicilia-Aguilar

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

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Discovering exoplanets around compositionally-diverse stars across the Milky Way by mitigating stellar signals

University of Warwick Department of Physics

We invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated students for the Warwick Prize Scholarships in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will work with Dr Thomas Wilson within the Astronomy and Astrophysics group in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Wilson

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

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Probing the star-forming ISM with fine structure lines

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Supersonic turbulent motions are thought to play a major role in the star formation process in galaxies. Theories have suggested that turbulence is responsible for shaping the interstellar medium (ISM), regulating star formation, and even setting the masses of stars as they form in young clusters. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Gomez, Dr N Peretto

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

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Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Interplanetary Spacecraft Missions

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Hanna Sykulska-Lawrence. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Sykulska-Lawrence

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

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Revealing Quasar Host Galaxies with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr. Manda Banerji. Project description. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a ground-breaking astronomical facility due to start survey operations in 2024-25. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Banerji

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

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The explosion environments and host galaxies of Supernovae

University of Warwick Department of Physics

We invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated students for the Warwick Prize Scholarships in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will work with Dr Joe Lyman within the Astronomy and Astrophysics group in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JL Lyman

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

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Why is the Universe getting cleaner by the day? Modelling dust, gas and metals in high redshift galaxies using BEDE

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

High redshift galaxies discovered using submillimetre surveys of the sky (so-called submillimetre galaxies) are likely ancestors of present-day massive early-type galaxies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Gomez, Prof S Eales

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

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Simulation-based Inference of gravitational waves signals from black holes and neutron stars

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Black holes and neutron stars are the densest objects in the universe, well beyond what we can produce in a laboratory and at the very edge of our understanding of physics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Raymond, Prof S Fairhurst

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

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Exploring close binary stars: Using nonlinear time series analysis and machine learning for analysing stellar light curves.

Aberdeen University School of Natural and Computing Sciences

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Sandip, Dr M S Baptista

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We have 30 Astrophysics (space) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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We have 30 Astrophysics (space) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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