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Fully-Funded Doctoral Scholarships in the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment

Fully-Funded Doctoral Scholarships in the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment

The University of Southampton is a member of the prestigious Russell Group, and in the Research Excellence Framework (2014) Southampton was ranked the most powerful University for General Engineering research in the UK.

The School of Engineering is one of the largest and most diverse in the UK. In collaboration with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and our industrial partners are offering a range of fully-funded doctoral studentships.

Joining the School of Engineering as a PhD student means working on awe-inspiring research projects, learning from world class academics and developing cutting edge science and technology.

If you have an upper second class or first class degree in Engineering, Physical Sciences or Mathematics you are eligible for our PhD programme. Within the four years of the programme you will become an expert in your field by carrying out original research, publishing papers and presenting your results to the academic community. But it’s not just about gaining your PhD, we want you to invest in your research career. Our programme ensures you benefit from both technical and personal training as well as professional development through placements in industry, mentoring, conference attendance. Our scope extends well beyond the boundaries of the University with a comprehensive outreach and engagement programme so your research can reach the wider community.

Change the world for the better. As a PhD student you will be the expert but you will not be working alone. Each student has a team of academic supervisors who are on hand to guide the research and provide advice and support. Many of our PhD projects have strong links with industry ensuring your research is current and relevant with a real world impact. Furthermore you will join a thriving postgraduate community at the University. With over five hundred PhD students in the School of Engineering there is no shortage of new friends to make, clubs to join and experience to be had.

All the PhD projects listed below are competition funded with start date of 23 September 2019. New projects will be added up to July 2019.

2-micron integrated photonicsDetails
3D printed porous metamaterials for protective packaging of high-value objectsDetails
3D sound recreation and noise reduction for home environmentDetails
A New Lightweight Cryptographic Protocol With Public Blockchain Integration for Privacy Preserving Federated Learning in Resource-Constrained IoT NetworksDetails
A Quantum Leap for Quantum TechnologyDetails
Accelerating AI with Low Latency Hollow Core FibresDetails
Active Noise Control on Controllable Flexible SurfacesDetails
Advanced Composite Materials and Structures for Aerospace ApplicationsDetails
Advanced crystal-film engineeringDetails
Advanced Drivetrain Monitoring through use of Machine Learning and Optical Fibre Speckle Patterns (GE Aerospace)Details
Advanced fibre laser sources and concepts for coherent beam combinationDetails
Advanced Sensors for Planetary Missions & AstrophysicsDetails
AI directed laser synthesis, patterning and manufacture of 2D TMDC nanodevicesDetails
AI Powered Personalized Virtual Heart ModellingDetails
Aluminium-concrete for next-generation bridge constructionDetails
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Developing of Macrocyclic Inhibitors of the MAPK PathwayDetails
Analytical Modelling of Noise Sources in eVTOL Aircraft for Advanced Air MobilityDetails
Application of Linear-Scaling Quantum Mechanics Methods to Hydrogen Transport Through Complex MaterialsDetails
Application of Linear-Scaling Quantum Mechanics Methods to Hydrogen Transport Through Complex MaterialsDetails
Artificial Intelligence to Transform Optical Fibre DesignDetails
Artificial Optical Nervous SystemDetails
Assessing blood flow control in the brainDetails
Automated hydrodynamic characterisation for seakeeping and manoeuvring performance from focused experimental datasetsDetails
Autonomous Control of an Electric Vehicle for Improving Energy EfficiencyDetails
Bioaugmentation in water/wastewater treatment to enhance the removal of micropollutantsDetails
Bioaugmentation to enhance biological phosphorus removal from wastewaterDetails
Biometric deepfake to physical attack instrument assessmentDetails
Bismuth-doped Fibre Amplifiers for Extended Transmission Bands in Optical CommunicationsDetails
Building-resolved large-eddy simulations of wind and dispersion over a city scale urban areaDetails
CDT-QTE: Advancing quantum insights in memristor-based devicesDetails
CDT-QTE: Developing a new generation of tunable single photon emittersDetails
CDT-QTE: Driven propagation of quantum order down a nuclear spin wireDetails
CDT-QTE: Efficient end-to-end quantum machine learning strategies for imagingDetails
CDT-QTE: Experiments for testing gravity of small massesDetails
CDT-QTE: Experiments to generate macroscopic quantum statesDetails
CDT-QTE: Exploring Light-Matter Interaction for Quantum Materials EngineeringDetails
CDT-QTE: General Purpose Machine Learning Tool-Kit for Bragg Coherent Diffraction ImagingDetails
CDT-QTE: High fidelity quantum control for sensing and computingDetails
CDT-QTE: Integrated photonics for ion-trap quantum computingDetails
CDT-QTE: Integrated solid-state quantum memories for lightDetails
CDT-QTE: Integrated Ultra-High-Q Ring Resonators for the Frequency Stabilisation of Atom-Trap ClocksDetails
CDT-QTE: Interfacing semiconductor quantum dots with alkali-atom-based quantum memoriesDetails
CDT-QTE: Low-Loss Photonic Memories for Quantum NetworksDetails
CDT-QTE: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy & Imaging at the Quantum Mechanical Performance LimitDetails
CDT-QTE: Manufacture of atom and ion traps via ultra-precision diamond machiningDetails
CDT-QTE: Mid-infrared photonics for room temperature quantum technologiesDetails
CDT-QTE: Mimicking Quantum Phenomena on a Silicon Metasurface for Automotive LiDARDetails
CDT-QTE: Molecular design of rare-earth-ion complexes for quantum light-matter interactions on nanophotonic platformsDetails
CDT-QTE: Momentum-state quantum computerDetails
CDT-QTE: Nonreciprocal quantum metasurfaces for next generation telecommunication systemsDetails
CDT-QTE: On-chip quantum cryptography using two-dimensional materialsDetails
CDT-QTE: Optical micro-resonator design for enhanced quantum processingDetails
CDT-QTE: Optimal control methods for strongly coupled spin systems in solid materialsDetails
CDT-QTE: Optimisation of Antiresonant Hollow Core Fibres for Quantum Computing, Communications and MemoriesDetails
CDT-QTE: Parametric Photonics for Quantum TechnologiesDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum control of magnetic processesDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum Control with Quantum FieldsDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum Meta-OpticsDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum nanomaterials revolutionDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum optimal control of quadrupolar nuclei for solid state magnetic resonanceDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum Sensor NetworkDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum Spin Dynamics and How to Make it FasterDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum topology optimisation for aerospace designDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum well membrane laser integrated with metasurfaceDetails
CDT-QTE: Quantum well membrane lasers for generation of vortex beamsDetails
CDT-QTE: Qubit transmission: Connecting single photon sources with emerging hollow core optical fibresDetails
CDT-QTE: Sensors for Small Acceleration Detection for Gravimetry and Magnetometry in Real World Environments & in SpaceDetails
CDT-QTE: Smart synthesis of colloidal quantum dots for quantum devicesDetails
CDT-QTE: Space-Time-Varying Superconducting Surfaces for Enhanced Efficiency Quantum Computing and Quantum Wave Processing ApplicationsDetails
CDT-QTE: Symmetry-based optimal control of nuclear spinsDetails
CDT-QTE: Tantalum Pentoxide Resonators for Single Photon Generation and MicrocombsDetails
CDT-QTE: Using machine learning for designs of resource-aware variational quantum algorithmsDetails
CDT-QTE: Vibrational properties and strain in perovskite semiconductorsDetails
CFD and data-driven modelling for Accurate Force and Acoustic PredictionsDetails
Chemically Modified Therapeutic Nucleic Acids for Neurological DiseasesDetails
Chip-based photonic devices for quantum technologyDetails
Climate resilient submerged infrastructureDetails
Climate-Optimised Aircraft DesignDetails
Coherent Femtosecond Soft X-ray MicroscopyDetails
Combining deep learning and computational thermodynamics modelling to design novel functionally graded multimaterial componentsDetails
Computational aerodynamics of high speed flow over rough surfacesDetails
Computational modelling to understand the key drivers of placental evolutionDetails
Concept Mission Design for Hex-Sats to detect biological agents from VLEODetails
Control of Membrane Fouling by VibrationsDetails
Convective heat-transfer in turbulent boundary layersDetails
Covalent inhibition of streptococcal glucan sucrases to disrupt oral biofilm developmentDetails
Cutting-edge microphone arrays for improving smart device performance in adverse environmentsDetails
Data centric modelling of adhesive wearDetails
Deep Learning for Process Control and Predictive Capability for Laser MachiningDetails
Deepfake Detection with Continual LearningDetails
Design of Printable Nickel-based Superalloys for High Temperature ApplicationDetails
Design, Optimisation, and Ideation of Acoustic Metamaterial Plates using Machine LearningDetails
Developing new chelate scaffolds for binding radiofluorine and radiometals – towards combined theragnostic agents for imaging and therapy in medicineDetails
Developing robotic ground investigation tools for offshore renewable energy and infrastructure - ROBOCONEDetails
Developing the next generation of ground anchors for floating offshore wind turbines – TAILWINDDetails
Development and manufacturability of metamaterials for large shallow cavity noise suppressionDetails
Development of a detection system for ocean hydrocarbons based on hollow core optical fibres (HCFs).Details
Development of Fibre-Enabled, Distributed Gas Sensing for Environmental and Industrial MonitoringDetails
Disrupting Oral Biofilm Formation & Maturation: Covalently Inhibiting Glucan Sucrases from StreptococciDetails
Disruptive manufacturing approach to enable safe and high energy batteriesDetails
Early Detection and Stratification of Dementia using Transformative Non-Invasive Holistic Optical Biomarker Technology in BiofluidsDetails
Efficient ‘Whole-life’ anchoring systems for offshore floating renewablesDetails
Efficient Cryostasis for Transport of Liquid HydrogenDetails
Efficient manoeuvres for vortex-foil interactionsDetails
Energy Storage ModellingDetails
Enhancing X-ray micro-CT scanners through hardware and softwareDetails
Environment Diagnosis using Intelligent Optical SensingDetails
Experimental Aerodynamics and Environmental FlowsDetails
Experimental measurements of pressure gradient history effects on turbulent boundary layersDetails
Experimental measurements of turbulent flow over porous linersDetails
Exploring Advanced Materials for Mitigating Cavitation DamageDetails
Exploring plants’ sensing capability with vibroacousticsDetails
Exploring the Application of Low Loss UV-Guiding Hollow Core Fibres for Enhanced Raman Gas SensingDetails
Exploring the Time-Dependence of Kinetic Structure at Earth’s Bow ShockDetails
Fabricating the Future of Telecommunications with Hollow Core FibresDetails
Fatigue Risk Management in Healthcare: A Wake-Up CallDetails
Fibre Laser Based Mid Infrared Sources and their ApplicationsDetails
Flexible Framing for Robust and Efficient Steel Construction in Seismic RegionsDetails
Flexible Framing for Robust and Efficient Steel Construction in Seismic RegionsDetails
Fouling control and cleaning of membrane for water treatmentDetails
Fully funded PhD studentship: 2D Material enhanced ATR and Raman chips for biomedical sensing applicationsDetails
Fully funded PhD studentship: Towards rapid and early cancer diagnostics at the point of care using machine learning assisted vibrational spectroscopyDetails
Fully funded PhD studentship: Transforming respiratory care at the bedside using machine learning assisted on-chip vibrational spectroscopyDetails
Generation after next fibre lasers for defence and security applicationsDetails
Gesture-Agnostic Radar-Based Hand Tracking for VR/AR SystemsDetails
Go On, Disturb the FlowDetails
Gravity separation of emulsions. Collisions of dropletsDetails
Greenhouse Gas Detection Using Silicon Photonics PlatformDetails
Harnessing waste-heat from challenging environments with flexible electronics, sponsored by BAE SystemsDetails
Help hearing impaired listeners to understand speech better by audio-visual integration in wearable devicesDetails
Hidden black holes and the search for self-lensing binariesDetails
High Energy Laser Beam Combination and Propagation of Tailored BeamsDetails
High Performance Flexible Piezoelectric Transducers for Non-invasive Ultrasonic Health MonitoringDetails
High precision time-resolved thrust measurement and Two-dimensional plasma plume diagnosticsDetails
High Redshift Quasars in Next-Generation Spectroscopic SurveysDetails
High-bandwidth Implantable Brain Processing: From Theory to Practice.Details
High-performance Computer Simulation of Laser-driven X-ray MicroscopyDetails
High-performance Ultrafast Fibre Lasers for Biomedical ApplicationsDetails
High-power Fibre Lasers for Visible WavelengthsDetails
Hollow core optical fibres and Radio Frequency signalsDetails
Hollow core optical fibres embedded with 2D materialsDetails
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DEZ391Details
Hunting for Hidden Black Holes and Extreme Transients Using Large SurveysDetails
Hydrodynamics of wave powered shipsDetails
Improving technical efficiency in RowingDetails
Improving the efficiency of adult auditory rehabilitation through automation and machine learningDetails
Inelastic Neutron Scattering of EndofullerenesDetails
Innovations in Waste Energy Minimisation from Maritime Engineering Power and Propulsion SystemsDetails
Innovative Quiet Aerofoils: Exploring Metamaterial Solutions for Future AviationDetails
Integrated Photonics for Quantum TechnologiesDetails
Integrated polysilicon photonicsDetails
Integrated Ultra-High-Q Ring ResonatorsDetails
Integration of Detectors for Mid-Infrared SensorsDetails
Intelligent Biosensing Systems for HealthcareDetails
Intelligent electromechanical systems for biomedical devicesDetails
Intelligent Lab-on-a-Chip Biodevices with Integrated Bioelectronics and Robotic Control for Automated Multiplexed TestingDetails
Interferometry applied to experimental fluid mechanicsDetails
Inverse simulation: going from camera observations of a deformation to material properties using a new theoretical approachDetails
Investigating the influence of structural openings on blast wave propagation and human injury riskDetails
Investigating the Properties of Active Black Holes in Interacting GalaxiesDetails
Investigation of green bipropellant chemical propulsion systemsDetails
Investigation of the lifetime limiting effects within electrospray thruster spacecraft propulsionDetails
Investigation of the potential of using magnetic reconnection as the method of acceleration within spacecraft propulsionDetails
Kinetic-scale Structures at Interplanetary ShockwavesDetails
Large area 2D semiconductor platformsDetails
Large area 2D semiconductor platformsDetails
Large-scale electrochemical DFT models of a PEM hydrogen fuel cellDetails
Laser-based fabrication of medical diagnostic devices in paperDetails
Learning for Control: Enabling Efficient Networked Autonomous SystemsDetails
Leveraging plant biomechanics under hostile environmentsDetails
Listen hard: monitoring effort in listening through physiological signalsDetails
Low-loss Photonic Memories for Quantum NetworksDetails
Low-noise Ducted Propulsion Systems for Next-Gen eVTOL PlatformsDetails
Machine learning approaches to cross-modal information fusion in podiatric X-ray imagingDetails
Machine Learning models for subgrid scales in turbulent reacting flowsDetails
Machine Learning Tools for Improving Energy Transfer in Nonlinear SystemsDetails
Manufacture of atom and ion traps via ultra-precision diamond machiningDetails
Mathematical Modelling of Poro-Mechanics of SoilDetails
Mechanics of Helical Pile Installation in ChalkDetails
Metamaterial Structures for Silicon PhotonicsDetails
Metamaterials and Nano-Machines Driven with LightDetails
Microbial Hydroponics - Novel Hydroponics Using Microbial Fuel CellsDetails
Microbubble Coalescence in TurbulenceDetails
Microfluidics for Micro-AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles)Details
Mid-infrared hollow-core fibre and laser development for environmental monitoring, non-invasive surgery and advanced manufacturingDetails
Mid-infrared Laser Amplifiers for Tomographic Imaging of Chemical Species in Gas Turbine Combustion and Green AviationDetails
Modelling Crack Nucleation and Growth in Rail SteelsDetails
Modelling soil dewatering and recharge for cost-effective and climate resilient infrastructureDetails
Modelling the bioelectrochemical response of biofilms linked to microbiologically-influenced corrosionDetails
Modelling the Role of Hard Particles in Hard Facing AlloysDetails
Monitoring and evaluation of composite pipes using structural wavesDetails
Monolithic integration of III-V Lasers on SiliconDetails
Multimodal Large Language Models for Audio-aware Argument ExtractionDetails
Multimode fibre lasersDetails
Multi-Phase Fluid Dynamics of Medicines During TransitDetails
New Optics Beyond Hertzian Waves: Anapoles and Flying DonutsDetails
Next generation high power fibre lasers in the visible and ultraviolet wavelength bandsDetails
Next Generation Machine Learning for Data AnalysisDetails
NEXT GENERATION MINIATURIZED OPTICAL SOURCESDetails
Next Generation Silicon Photonic ModulatorsDetails
Noise Control of Railway Slab TrackDetails
Nonlinear Aerostructural Optimisation of Boundary Layer Ingesting FanDetails
Non-linear cochlear mechanics: Models and measurementsDetails
Novel Applications of Remote Sensing for HealthDetails
Novel communication applications of multi-core optical fibresDetails
Novel Generative Adversarial Networks for Rapid Engineering DesignDetails
Novel Phase Change Materials for Neuromorphic ApplicationsDetails
Novel Photonic Integrated Systems for Application in Optical CommunicationsDetails
Novel transmission and processing schemes for ultra-high speed telecommunication signalsDetails
Numerical models for a new combustion eraDetails
Ocean Diagnostics: Development of a detection system for ocean biology monitoring using integrated silicon nitride fluorescence spectroscopyDetails
Ocean’s Methane sensing using novel surface plasmon resonance technologyDetails
Opto-mechanical properties of emerging hollow core opticalDetails
Parametric Photonics for Quantum TechnologiesDetails
Passive propulsion in vortex wakesDetails
Phased array fibre lasers with machine learningDetails
PhD in Generative Deep Learning for Robot HearingDetails
PhD Studentship in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials: Development of Switchable and Programmable Metasurfaces using Novel MaterialsDetails
PhD Studentship in Quantum Technology and Nanophotonics: Programming photonic quantum chips using phase change materialsDetails
PhD Studentship: Porous Two-dimensional Materials (MXenes) for Hydrogen and CO2 ApplicationsDetails
Photonic time crystalsDetails
Photoreactor Modelling, Design and FabricationDetails
Picophotonics: The Science of Light-Matter Interactions at Sub-atomic ScaleDetails
Pinning down the evolution of supermassive black holes from cosmic noon to todayDetails
Power scaling strategies for continuous-wave and short pulse fibre lasers operating in the two-micron wavelength bandDetails
Predicting and preventing cyclist accidentsDetails
Privacy Attacks and Defences in Federated Learning systemsDetails
PROBING NEUTRON STARS PHYSICS USING NASA'S NICER MISSIONDetails
Quantifying and measuring the travel time reliability of public transport tripsDetails
Quantum Coding assisted Quantum Key distributionDetails
Quantum Secure Direct CommunicationsDetails
Rapid Development and Testing of Multifunctional Antimicrobial Coatings to Combat Urological Device InfectionsDetails
Rapid production of hollow spheres using coaxial nozzles: experimentsDetails
Rapid production of hollow spheres using coaxial nozzles: multiphase CFDDetails
Re-designing roads for Connected and Autonomous VehiclesDetails
Resolving the unresolvable: using lenses to map accretion onto black holes and neutron starsDetails
Revealing Quasar Host Galaxies with the Vera C. Rubin ObservatoryDetails
Revolutionizing Laser Technology through Multicore Fibre InnovationDetails
Semiconductor devices for nonlinear photonics and applicationsDetails
Shaping light at the nanoscale with dielectric nanoantennasDetails
Silicon Photonic MemoriesDetails
Silicon Photonics for Methane Emissions ReductionDetails
Silicon Photonics for Space Optics TechnologiesDetails
Simulating thermonuclear burning spread occurring on the neutron star surfaceDetails
Smart Low-frequency Noise Control With Adaptive Acoustic Meta-surfacesDetails
Space Trajectory Classification using Machine LearningDetails
Spatial Effects in High-Power Fibre Lasers and AmplifiersDetails
Statistical multi-target tracking methods to image dynamic processes using X-ray transmission imagingDetails
Storage of liquid hydrogen fuel for net-zero maritime transportationDetails
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Interplanetary Spacecraft MissionsDetails
Sustainable production of lithium using battery materialsDetails
Swim like a Whale: Underwater Propulsion at High Reynolds NumbersDetails
Table-top cryogenic LasersDetails
Tackling the geotechnical challenges of floating offshore windDetails
Terahertz Guiding Polymer Fibres for Next Generation Data TransferDetails
The build-up of galaxies over the last 10 billion yearsDetails
The effect of General Relativity on super-Eddington accretionDetails
The Largest Survey of the Hard X-ray Sky - Ever!Details
Thermo-electric materials for tab cooling of advanced batteriesDetails
Topological Metamaterials for Optical Wave ControlDetails
Towards Trustworthy and Responsible LLMs through Verification and ValidationDetails
Transition to turbulence in hypersonic flow applicationsDetails
Ultra-stable Hollow Core Fibre PhotonicsDetails
Understanding Deep LearningDetails
Unlocking the Future of High-Capacity Ground-to-Satellite CommunicationsDetails
Using machine learning to evaluate atomic force microscopy nanoindentation dataDetails
Using physics-informed neural networks and data assimilation to predict and improve urban air qualityDetails
Utilize Martian resources for future exploration: Develop a game-changing plasma-based ISRU systemDetails
Vacuum Hollow-core Optical FibresDetails
Water lubricated compressor bearingsDetails
Wavelength-flexible, Single-frequency Fibre LasersDetails
Wearable Healthcare Sensor for Continuous Monitoring of Critical Biomarkers and Therapeutic DrugsDetails
Wearable multimodal sensors at loaded body interfaces to assist remote healthcareDetails
Wearable Thermoelectric Generators Using Advanced MaterialsDetails
What causes galaxies to stop forming stars?Details
Wideband fiber optical parametric amplifiers for Space Division Multiplexing technologyDetails
xAI for Biometrics – Legal Presentation of DataDetails

Your Scholarship

When you’re studying for a PhD with us you will be producing new science and technology and making a difference to the academic community from day one. That's why we want to make sure you are properly rewarded for the hard work you do.

  • Full fees covered for EU/UK students*
  • Commercially competitive stipends between £14-18k tax free**
  • A training fund for conference attendance and personal/professional development

* Due to eligibility restrictions some studentships are only available for UK nationals or students from EU countries meeting EPSRC eligibility criteria (www.epsrc.ac.uk/skills/students/help/eligibility/).

**Stipend Levels are based on previous experience and qualifications and are project specific.

What Next?

The next step in becoming a PhD researcher with us is completing a formal application form online here.

Questions?

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Graduate School Office via email at feps-pgr-apply@soton.ac.uk or telephone at: 02380 597 387