Adaptive and robust deep reinforcement learning for drone systems

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

The increasing complexity of multi-agent systems in robotics has amplified the need for intelligent, cooperative decision-making among agents. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Spyridis, Prof V Argyriou

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

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Virtual Reality-based Decision Support System For Change Detection in Forest Environment Using Mobile & Drone-based Digital Twin

University College London

Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering

Ref. 2531ad1496. UCL Department / Division. Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering. Location of position. Bloomsbury, London. Read more

Supervisor: Dr RN Nueville

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

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What differs? - Deep Learning for Anomaly and Out of Distribution Detection in Computer Vision (Visual AI) Applications

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Anomaly detection, and the synonymous topics of novelty and out-of-distribution detection, addresses the computer vision ("visual AI") challenge of automatically identifying outliers within the scene or image based on their appearance, motion or behaviour characteristics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

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

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AgriMerge – Merging large scale and high granularity data for agricultural land assessment

De Montfort University

Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering

We are entering an extraordinary new era driven by global advances in Artificial Intelligence . (NextGen technologies). Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Gongora

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

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Hydro-geomorphic impacts of the return of the beaver, Fully-funded MSc by Research.

University of Exeter

Geography

Until approximately 500 years ago, European Beaver (Castor Fiber) were hunted for their fur, castoreum and meat, leading to their extirpation (local extinction) on the British mainland and a consequent degradation of the freshwater habitats that they used to thrive within. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Brazier

1 August 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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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)

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Efficient and Robust Deep Learning based Perception for Autonomous Driving and Robotics

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Today, autonomous vehicle and robotics research is a continuously evolving field and spanning all areas of AI autonomy, including perception, behaviour prediction, motion planning, explainability and safety critical AI systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

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

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Unconstrained Object Understanding using Deep Learning for Computer Vision in X-ray Security Screening

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

X-ray security screening is widely used to maintain aviation/transport security, and its significance poses a particular interest in future automated screening systems that can be deployed for transportation and border security screening alike. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

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

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Addressing Racial Bias in Face Recognition Based on Deep Learning Enabled Computer Vision

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

Facial recognition is one of the most academically studied and industrially developed areas within computer vision where we readily find associated applications deployed globally. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T P Breckon

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

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Composite Materials with integrated ‘‘massless’’ energy storage for use in civil and mobile applications such as electric vehicles, drones, and composite planes

Kingston University

Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Nowadays in electric cars, batteries, contribute a large part of the vehicle's weight, which means additional footprinting and load bearing function. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Koutsonas

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

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Multimodal Deep Learning based AI for UAV (Drones) Detection and Tracking

Durham University

Department of Computer Science

This PhD will aim at advanced deep-learning based Artificial Intelligence designs and development for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones or swarms) detection and tracking using multimodal sensing, spatiotemporal analysis, and vision–language models. Read more

Supervisor: Prof H Shum

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

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Responsible AI and Digital Twins for Sustainable Biodiversity Net Gain

University of Bradford

Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

The increasing generation, adoption and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies that could impact humanity, heritage and environment raise continuously interests and also concerns from general public, regulatory bodies, governments, industries and scientists. Read more

Supervisor: Prof CD Neagu

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

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Eddleston Water Natural Flood Management: Assessing Catchment Scale Effectiveness

Heriot-Watt University

School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Research Group: Institute of Life and Earth Sciences

This PhD will draw on world-leading datasets from the Eddleston Water Project, the UK’s flagship natural flood management living laboratory. Read more

Supervisors: Dr IP Pattison, Dr L Peskett

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

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Autonomous Robotic Management of York Institute for Safe Autonomy Solar Farm

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics

With the commissioning of a new solar power farm for research at York's institute for Safe Autonomy, we are looking for enthusiastic students with an interest in creating robots that can move between solar panel arrays to autonomously perform cleaning, inspection, mapping, and site maintenance tasks. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M A Post, Dr OI Olayiwola

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

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Political geographies of digital and robotic technologies

University of Reading

Department of Geography and Environmental Science

Enquiries and applications are invited for a PhD project in the area of political geographies of digital and robotic technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Jackman

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

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We have 17 drone PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

drone PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 17 drone PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Adaptive and robust deep reinforcement learning for drone systems

Virtual Reality-based Decision Support System For Change Detection in Forest Environment Using Mobile & Drone-based Digital Twin

What differs? - Deep Learning for Anomaly and Out of Distribution Detection in Computer Vision (Visual AI) Applications

AgriMerge – Merging large scale and high granularity data for agricultural land assessment

Hydro-geomorphic impacts of the return of the beaver, Fully-funded MSc by Research.

Resilient Federated Learning for Autonomous Systems under Distribution Shifts

Efficient and Robust Deep Learning based Perception for Autonomous Driving and Robotics

Unconstrained Object Understanding using Deep Learning for Computer Vision in X-ray Security Screening

Addressing Racial Bias in Face Recognition Based on Deep Learning Enabled Computer Vision

Composite Materials with integrated ‘‘massless’’ energy storage for use in civil and mobile applications such as electric vehicles, drones, and composite planes

Multimodal Deep Learning based AI for UAV (Drones) Detection and Tracking

Responsible AI and Digital Twins for Sustainable Biodiversity Net Gain

Eddleston Water Natural Flood Management: Assessing Catchment Scale Effectiveness

Autonomous Robotic Management of York Institute for Safe Autonomy Solar Farm

Political geographies of digital and robotic technologies

We have 17 drone PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

drone PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 17 drone PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Adaptive and robust deep reinforcement learning for drone systems

Virtual Reality-based Decision Support System For Change Detection in Forest Environment Using Mobile & Drone-based Digital Twin

What differs? - Deep Learning for Anomaly and Out of Distribution Detection in Computer Vision (Visual AI) Applications

AgriMerge – Merging large scale and high granularity data for agricultural land assessment

Hydro-geomorphic impacts of the return of the beaver, Fully-funded MSc by Research.

Resilient Federated Learning for Autonomous Systems under Distribution Shifts

Efficient and Robust Deep Learning based Perception for Autonomous Driving and Robotics

Unconstrained Object Understanding using Deep Learning for Computer Vision in X-ray Security Screening

Addressing Racial Bias in Face Recognition Based on Deep Learning Enabled Computer Vision

Composite Materials with integrated ‘‘massless’’ energy storage for use in civil and mobile applications such as electric vehicles, drones, and composite planes

Multimodal Deep Learning based AI for UAV (Drones) Detection and Tracking

Responsible AI and Digital Twins for Sustainable Biodiversity Net Gain

Eddleston Water Natural Flood Management: Assessing Catchment Scale Effectiveness

Autonomous Robotic Management of York Institute for Safe Autonomy Solar Farm

Political geographies of digital and robotic technologies

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