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Compare 107 doctoral research opportunities connected with PhD Research, including project summaries, funding and application deadlines.

PhD Research

MSCA PhD: Response Diversity in the Pre- and Post-management Ecological Restoration of Co-invading Alien Plant Species in Post-industrial Landscapes

Swansea University

Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.

Location
Swansea, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 September 2026
Funding
UK Students; £34,610 to £38,784 per annum

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PhD Studentship: From Nanointerfaces to Dynamic Performance: Next Generation Elastomer Technologies

University of Warwick

We welcome a highly motivated PhD researcher with a background in chemistry, polymer science, materials science, chemical engineering, or a related discipline to join the Advanced Elastomer Research Group at the International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing (IINM), WMG, University of Warwick.

Location
Coventry, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 September 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students, Self-funded Students; Industry funding

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PhD Studentship: Machine Learning and Computational Modelling to Define the Abnormal Heart Tissue Responsible for Fatal Heart Rhythms

University of Warwick

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) accounts for approximately 15-20% of reported deaths in the UK. Mostly, these deaths are linked to cardiac arrhythmias. One of the most common and dangerous is Ventricular Tachycardia (VT), a rapid and unstable heart rhythm that often arises from regions of diseased or scarred heart tissue. VT can lead directly to sudden cardiac death if not treated immediately.

Location
Coventry, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 September 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805 (2026/2027)

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Rolls-Royce and EPSRC funded PhD - Experimental and Numerical Studies into the Wear of Articulating Spline Couplings for Aeroengine Applications

University of Nottingham

Applications are invited for an EPSRC Industrial Doctoral Landscape Awards (IDLA) PhD position at the University of Nottingham addressing the specific engineering details of the wear of articulating splines for aeroengine applications. The successful candidate will have a first-class or upper second-class honours degree in mechanical engineering or a related subject.

Location
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 September 2026
Funding
UK Students; £25,000 per annum

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PhD Studentship in Applied [R1.1] Mathematics for Formulated Products

University of Birmingham

A fully-funded 3.5-year PhD studentship (covering UK home student fees and an annual stipend of £21,805) is available in Applied Mathematics for Formulated Products. The PhD will be under the supervision of Professor Rosemary Dyson, in the School of Mathematics (in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences), and interface with the SUM4Products Network. Background

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
1 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; annual stipend of £21,805

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Fully Funded PhD Studentship: Microstructure and Defect Control in Recycled Aluminium Alloys

University of Sussex

The transition to a circular economy requires much greater use of recycled aluminium. However, wider adoption of secondary aluminium alloys remains limited by impurity-related microstructural defects and reduced casting reliability. Among these impurities, iron (Fe) is particularly problematic as it promotes the formation of Fe-rich intermetallic compounds, which can impair castability and reduce performance.

Location
Falmer, United Kingdom
Deadline
2 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, International Students; 21,805 per year

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PhD Geological Sciences: Mineralogical Controls on Redox Chemistry within the Subsurface

University of Plymouth

Funding for: UK Students only. Due to funding restrictions, this studentship is only available to those candidates who meet the residency requirements for "Home" status.

Location
Devon, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Deadline
2 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805 Stipend per annum 2026/27 rate, with annual increments applied thereafter. This stipend is tax free.

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PhD Studentship - Universal Layered Triple-Route Architecture for Heterogeneous Quantum-Classical Security

Manchester Metropolitan University

Quantum computers are on the horizon that could break the encryption protecting our banks, hospitals, and national infrastructure. This fully funded, part-time PhD studentship offers the chance to help build the next generation of communication security, before that threat arrives.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
4 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £31,236 - please see advert

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PhD Studentship: AI-M Coast: AI-Modelling of Saltmarsh and Seagrass Vegetation for Coastal Protection

Manchester Metropolitan University

Coastal flooding is becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, rising sea levels, and increased storm intensity. Saltmarsh restoration, widely promoted as a nature-based solution, can reduce wave energy and flood risk while also supporting biodiversity and carbon storage. However, there is limited understanding of how effectively restored saltmarshes provide coastal protection compared with natural systems.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
4 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £31,236 per annum

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PhD Studentship: Adaptive Large Language Models for Low-Resource Languages: Bridging the Global Digital Language Divide

Manchester Metropolitan University

This PhD asks a different question: instead of demanding more data, can we build language models that learn smarter from less? You will design AI architectures that adapt to the structure of a language, including its grammar, script and complexity, rather than to how much text happens to be available online.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
4 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £31,236

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PhD Studentship: An adaptive AI-driven Approach to Accessibility for Visual Impairments in Games

Manchester Metropolitan University

Artificial intelligence is creating new opportunities to make games more accessible and inclusive for everyone. This PhD project will explore how AI can support players with visual impairments by enhancing understanding, navigation, and interaction within game worlds. Potential areas include dynamic guidance systems, adaptive game content, and personalised accessibility features that respond to players’ needs in real time.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
4 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; Not Specified

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PhD Studentship: Automated, Explainable Geological Interpretation of 3D Digital Twins Under Conceptual Uncertainty

Manchester Metropolitan University

Can AI learn to reason like a human - and recognise when it isn’t sure? This PhD tackles that challenge in a high-impact setting: interpreting 3D digital models of rock formations built from drone and laser-scan data. These models underpin decisions impacting net-zero ambitions, yet interpretation remains slow and subjective. We need tools that make geological reasoning faster, more transparent, and more consistent.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
4 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £31,236

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PhD Studentship: Lightweight Trust-Aware Private Federated Learning for Secure UAV Swarms under Model Poisoning Attacks

Manchester Metropolitan University

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms are becoming increasingly important for defence, emergency response, infrastructure inspection, and future autonomous systems. These swarms can use federated learning (FL), where multiple UAVs collaboratively train artificial intelligence models without sharing raw mission data.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
4 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £31,236

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PhD Studentship in Computer Science: Policy-Compliant Secure AI

Newcastle University

100% home fees covered, and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £21,805 (2026-27 UKRI rates)

Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Deadline
10 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 tax-free annual living allowance plus 100% home fees covered

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PhD Scholarship in Multi-Physics Modelling of Bearingless Pumps

Technical University of Denmark

If you are establishing your career as a scientist and are looking for the best possible foundation for fulfilling your ambitions, this is your opportunity. At the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (DTU Construct), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), you will help advance the state of the art in multiphysics modelling through a unique international research collaboration involving DTU, The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, and Danfoss.

Location
Denmark, Denmark
Deadline
11 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; see DTU’s salary structure for scientific staff

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Fully Funded PhD Positions in Life Sciences

European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

Would you like to contribute your creativity to an international team of scientists from various disciplines focusing on basic research in the area of molecular life sciences?

Location
Barcelona - Spain, Grenoble - France, Hamburg, Heidelberg - Germany, Hinxton, Rome - Italy, United Kingdom
Deadline
12 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Not Specified

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PhD Studentship: Calibration Methodologies for Industrial/Geophysics Granular Materials

The University of Manchester

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded and home students are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
13 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805 annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate and tuition fees will be paid

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PhD Fellowship/Scholarship in Intelligent Heat Stress Management in Cattle Barn Using an AI Agent

Aarhus University

Applicants are invited for a PhD Fellowship/Scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Civil and Architectural Engineering programme. The position is available from 15 January 2027 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'. Title:

Location
Aarhus, Denmark
Deadline
14 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Not Specified

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PhD Studentship: Ammonia Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Carbon-Free Energy Production

Cranfield University

A fully-funded PhD studentship is offered by EPSRC through Doctoral Landscape Award. The UK Government has plans to achieve Net-Zero by 2050 and hydrogen energy will play a significant role. Due to the low volumetric density of hydrogen, ammonia has emerged as a promising hydrogen carrier and zero-carbon fuel. The overall aim is to develop a novel direct ammonia fuel cell technology that can efficiently convert ammonia into carbon-free energy.

Location
Cranfield, United Kingdom
Deadline
14 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £24,500 (tax free) per annum plus fees and research costs for three years.

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Enhanced Stipend PhD Studentship (UK) funded by the UK government Thermally Sprayed Coatings for Ablation and High Heat Flux Conditions

University of Nottingham

UK applicants are invited to undertake a 3-4 year, fully-funded PhD studentship (fees and enhanced stipend) within the Centre of Excellence in Coatings and Surface Engineering (CE-CSE) at the University of Nottingham, funded by the UK government. There is a critical need to develop materials and coatings that can withstand ultra-high temperature (UHT) conditions while maintaining structural integrity and functional performance.

Location
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
15 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; Tax-free stipend of up to £27 k per annum for the duration of the project

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PhD Studentship - Long-distance Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution with Amplifiers and Memories

Manchester Metropolitan University

Entanglement distribution is a foundational capability for quantum networks, enabling diverse quantum technologies including—but not limited to—quantum key distribution (QKD). QKD provides information-theoretic security even against quantum-capable adversaries, making it one of the most mature and commercially relevant applications of quantum communication.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
15 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805 - please see advert

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PhD Studentship: EPSRC: Spin-Lattice Dynamics in Advanced Magnetic Materials

The University of Manchester

This 3.5 -year PhD studentship is open to Home (UK applicants). The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26, subject to annual uplift) and tuition fees will be paid.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
15 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £20,780 tax-free stipend and tuition fees will be paid.

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NUAcT PhD Studentship – Histories of Child Protection

Newcastle University

100% of home tuition fees paid and an annual stipend (living expenses) of £21,805 (2026-27 UKRI rates). Successful international candidates are required to fund the difference between the home and international fees.

Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Deadline
16 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 annual stipend (living expenses) & 100% of home tuition fees paid

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Phd Studentship: AI-Enhanced Flexible Antenna Systems for Resilient Next-Generation Wireless Networks

The University of Manchester

This 3.5 year PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
19 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805

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Announcing 10 PhD Studentships within the Royal Holloway Social Purpose Centre for Doctoral Training

Royal Holloway, University of London

As a research-intensive university, we’re of one of the UK’s top 30 universities for research quality according to The Complete University Guide . We encourage innovation and rising talent, enabling established and emerging research leaders to achieve excellence and respond to new opportunities.

Location
Egham, United Kingdom
Deadline
20 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £23,805 - please see advert

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PhD Studentship - AI Scientists for Understanding Dementia Modifiable Risk Factors

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Streatham, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship - Air Pollution, Heat and Other Environmental Exposures in Relation to Cognitive Ageing: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Penryn, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship - Bacterial Pathogen Evolution during Antibiotic-Phage Combination Treatment

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Cornwall, Penryn, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship - Cracking the Ribosome Code of Brain Development

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Streatham, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship - Developing Blood Tests for the Early Detection of Neurodegeneration Following Traumatic Brain Injury

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship - How Does Temperature Shape Selection for Resistance across Different Antibiotics, Strains, and Species

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Cornwall, Penryn, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship - How Pathogens Emerge: Integrating Large Language Models with Comparative Genomics to Uncover the Zoonotic Potential of Bacteria

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Cornwall, Penryn, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship - Metabolic Adaptation to a Low Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet and its Effects on Exercise Fuel Use and Glucose Management in Physically Active People with Type 1 Diabetes

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship - Understanding Muscle Metabolism Responses to Feeding in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: Cross-species modelling of rare coding variants associated with schizophrenia

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: Data-Driven Precision Medicine in the Hospital: Advanced Blood Glucose Analytics to Improve Inpatient Diabetes Care

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: Discovery and functional testing of Alzheimer’s disease risk–resilience pathways in human iPSC microglia

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: Disentangling Diabetes: A Novel Genetic Decomposition Approach

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: From X to Y: Decoding Sex Chromosome Effects in the Human Brain

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: How Neurons Shape Astrocytes: Decoding Cell-to-Cell Communication in Brain Development

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: How Sights Become Signals for Learning

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: Sequencing babies: understanding penetrance of childhood epilepsy to inform newborn screening

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: Severe mental illness, inflammation and cardiometabolic health

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: Stress Reactivity and Mental Health in Young People: How Do We Measure it, and Can We Fix it when it Goes Wrong?

University of Bath

How a person reacts to stressful things in everyday life is known as ‘stress reactivity’. This includes how a person reacts in their body, and also in their thoughts and feelings. Young people who have experienced difficult life events often have problems with how they react to everyday stress events as they grow up, which makes them more vulnerable to developing mental health difficulties in adolescence and early adulthood.

Location
Bath, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; From £21,805 p/a. Up to £2,000 a year for research costs and training, plus £300 a year for a travel or conference attendance.

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PhD Studentship: Translational models to predict emotional susceptibility to chronic pain

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: Understanding and Improving the Provision of Clinical Services for Youth with Disruptive Behaviour Disorders

University of Bath

This project is being advertised as one that is in competition for one of 18 fully funded MRC studentships starting in October 2027. If you are interested in applying, please contact the named supervisor and apply via the MRC GW4 BioMed link given below.

Location
Bath, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 per annum; Up to £2000 a year for research costs and training, plus £300 a year for a travel or conference attendance. There is also flexible funding of up to £5000 to support high-cost research and/or external training costs.

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PhD Studentship: Using sleep-based memory cues to support recovery from stressful memories

University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

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PhD Studentship: Microlocal analysis and its applications in quantum resonances, partial differential equations with analytic or Gevrey regularity, and several complex variables

University of Birmingham

Microlocal analysis explores the classical/quantum correspondence in partial differential equations (PDEs). For example, the concept of symbol quantisation in the theory of pseudodifferential operators links classical observables (functions on phase space) with quantum operators.

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
22 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; Not Specified

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School of Natural Sciences PhD studentship (Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Computational Biology, Genetics, and Sports, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences) – January 2027 intake

LASE (University of Kent)

GTA awards include tuition fees plus a combined maintenance grant and salary equivalent to the Research Councils UK National Minimum Doctoral Stipend (£21,805 for 2026/27) for the first three years followed by fees and maintenance grant for a further six months. Scholars also receive fee-paid teacher in Higher Education training through the Associate Fellowship Scheme.

Location
Kent, United Kingdom
Deadline
23 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805 for 2026/27

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PhD Studentship: Mitochondrial DNA repair

University of Birmingham

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship in Professor Hansong Ma's laboratory within the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham. The successful candidate will investigate the mechanisms governing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) transmission and maintenance.

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
24 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; Not Specified

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PhD Studentship: Designing Human-AI Teams for Meaningful Human Control of 'Machine-Speed' Operations

University of Birmingham

The Centre for National Training and Research Excellence in Understanding Behaviour (Centre-UB) is inviting applications for a Doctoral Studentship in association with BAE Systems, to start from 4 January 2027.

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
26 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; Centre-UB studentships cover tuition fees, a maintenance stipend, support for research training, as well as research activity support grants.

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PhD Studentship: Bayesian Modeling of High-dimensional Structural Data

The University of Manchester

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded and home students are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
28 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805 annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate and tuition fees will be paid

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PhD Studentship: Developing and applying camera monitoring tools for inshore fish assemblages

University of Plymouth

2 nd Supervisor: Oliver Tills ( oliver.tills@plymouth.ac.uk , tel.: 01752 586093)

Location
Devon, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Deadline
29 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Funding amount: The studentship is supported for four years and includes full Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £19,830 2026/27 rate

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AstraZeneca Non-Clinical PhD Studentship in Development of an Integrated Pre-Clinical Pipeline for Safety Assessment of Small Molecule and Peptide-Based Radioconjugates

University of Cambridge

Applications are invited for an AstraZeneca Non-Clinical PhD Studentship in Development of an Integrated Pre-Clinical Pipeline for Safety Assessment of Small Molecule and Peptide-Based Radioconjugates Using In Vivo PET Imaging and Multimodal Ex Vivo Tissue Analysis.

Location
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Funding will cover the student's stipend and tuition fees at the Home rate.

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PhD Opportunities

University of Huddersfield

The School of Human and Health Sciences offers various scholarship opportunities for MSc by Research and PhD. These are for UK applicants only and for the January 2027 start. All scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis. Fee Waiver Scholarships

Location
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; - please see advert

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PhD Studentship: Ranks and Types in Positive Logic

University of East Anglia

Model theory is traditionally done with “classical first-order logic”, the logic which allows unlimited use of the operators AND, OR, NOT, with the EXISTS and FOR ALL quantifiers. More recently, positive logic has emerged as a useful generalisation. For a theory in positive logic, one can specific how much you are allowed to use the NOT operator and the FOR ALL quantifier: either without restriction (to get the classical case) or much less.

Location
Norwich, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 October 2026
Funding
Self-funded Students; Please see below

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AMP - Acoustically assisted Manufacturing of functional Polymers

University of Warwick

What if sound could be used to engineer the internal structure of materials during manufacturing? AMP will develop new acoustic methods to organise filler particles and control crystallisation in polymer composites, progressing from laboratory-scale experiments to high-temperature polymer melts.

Location
Coventry, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom
Deadline
31 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805

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PhD Studentship: Powering the Future: Terahertz Technology for Next-Generation Batteries

University of Warwick

From electric vehicles to grid-scale energy storage, the future of clean energy relies on breakthroughs in battery technology. This PhD will develop cutting-edge terahertz spectroscopy methods to unlock scalable manufacturing of next-generation solid-state batteries.

Location
Coventry, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom
Deadline
31 October 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805

PhD Research

PhD Positions within Mathematics and Stochastics

Aarhus University

The Department of Mathematics at Aarhus University , Denmark, a top 100 university, invites applications for attractive PhD stipends.

Location
Aarhus, Denmark
Deadline
1 November 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; From €4,800 or £4,175.02 (converted salary*)

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Magnon Spintronics for Neuromorphic Computing

The University of Manchester

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded, and home students are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
2 November 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805 annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate and tuition fees will be paid

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Materials-reinforced multifunctional coatings for built environments

University of Exeter

Porous construction materials, such as concrete, brick, or wood, are widely utilised in built environments due to their structural strength, durability, and thermal mass. However, their susceptibility to water ingress can lead to issues such as surface degradation, internal cracking, frost damage, and biological colonisation.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
2 November 2026
Funding
UK Students; UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £21,805 per year

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Machine-learning for High-speed Aerial Vehicle Control

University of Bristol

This PhD project will investigate new machine learning techniques, including physics-informed neural networks for dynamical systems, for controlling high-speed and highly-manoeuvrable aerial vehicles. Emphasis will be placed on bridging the gap between classical control and modern machine learning methods, as well as high-level path planning and low-level flight control.

Location
Bristol, United Kingdom
Deadline
4 November 2026
Funding
UK Students; Funding: fully funded. Standard EPSRC stipend

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Investigating molecular drivers of enhancer rewiring in blood cancers

University of Birmingham

This is a fully funded 3-year PhD studentship to join the group of Dr Tianyi Zhang in the Department of Cancer and Genomics Sciences to investigate molecular mechanisms of genome regulation in multiple myeloma. Precise gene regulation is essential for normal development and is frequently subverted disease. Transcription factors (TFs) and chromatin modifying complexes regulate gene expression by shaping the epigenetic landscape on chromatin.

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
6 November 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Regularized dynamical parametric approximations for gradient flows

University of Birmingham

Parametric integrators approximate solutions of (high-dimensional) partial differential equations by restricting the numerical approximation to a closed form that nonlinearly depends on, and is identified by, a set of parameters. Such methods are a popular choice in quantum dynamics, where the wavefunctions of many-body systems are approximated by multiple Gaussians.

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
6 November 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students, Self-funded Students; Not Specified

PhD Research

PhD studentship: Physical intelligence in robotic materials

University of Birmingham

Are you a curiosity-driven scientist with a background in physics, engineering, or a related discipline, who wants to lead work at the intersection of robotics and metamaterials? Join us!

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
6 November 2026
Funding
UK Students; £21,805

PhD Research

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PGRTAs: Enhanced PhD Studentship

The University of Manchester

This PhD will be undertaken over a total period of 70 months and will combine research and teaching responsibilities. This PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free part time stipend set at the UKRI rate (£13,200.80 for 2026/27) plus a salary which will bring the annual income to a minimum of £28,405.40per annum.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
15 November 2026
Funding
UK Students; £13,200.80 annual tax-free part time stipend

PhD Research

PhD Studentship - Modelling Dialogue Understandability in Media Using Listener Types and AI

University of Salford

This fully funded PhD studentship, supported by DTS (Xperi), will investigate why dialogue in film, television and streaming media can be difficult to understand even when it is audible. The project will move beyond traditional speech intelligibility measures by focusing on dialogue understandability: how well listeners comprehend narrative content without excessive effort.

Location
Salford, United Kingdom
Deadline
16 November 2026
Funding
UK Students; £22,852 per annum for three and a half years

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Developing a Finite Element Based Model for Pellet Relocation in Nuclear Reactor Fuel

University of East Anglia

Pellet-clad interaction (PCI) is a complicated phenomenon, relatively poorly captured in current commercial fuel performance codes. Models have been built in the commercial finite element software ‘Abaqus’ to capture pellet clad interaction in both light water reactors (LWRs) and the UK advanced gas cooled reactor (UK-AGR). Whilst Abaqus offers advantages in terms of materials modelling and contact, COMSOL offers the potential to capture a fuller range of physical behaviours.

Location
Norwich, United Kingdom
Deadline
23 November 2026
Funding
UK Students; £23,805

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: NSF Swarf: A Novel Forging Processes for Closed Loop Recycling of Metallic Swarf

University of Warwick

Machining generates large quantities of swarf, with many components losing 60–90% of their material during the machining stage. This swarf is typically collected and discarded, where it becomes mixed with other grades and loses much of its inherent value.

Location
Coventry, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom
Deadline
25 November 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: AI-Driven fault diagnosis for wind turbine generators

University of East Anglia

Reliability is critical to the continued expansion of wind power, particularly for offshore installations, which already contribute around 10-15% of the UK’s electricity and are central to achieving net-zero targets and ensuring the resilience of national grid infrastructure. Preventive maintenance enabled by condition monitoring systems (CMSs) plays a key role in improving turbine reliability and availability while reducing operational costs and the levelised cost of energy.

Location
Norwich, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 November 2026
Funding
Self-funded Students; Not Specified

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Design Optimisation of Brushless Doubly Fed Machines

University of East Anglia

Brushless Doubly Fed Machines (BDFMs) are emerging as a promising technology for offshore wind turbine generators due to their fractional-sized power converters, elimination of rotor brushes and slip rings, and simplified gearbox systems compared to high-speed generators.

Location
Norwich, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 November 2026
Funding
Self-funded Students; Not Specified

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Formalising the Local Langlands Correspondence for GL₂(F) in Lean

University of East Anglia

This PhD project, based at our Norwich campus, offers a unique opportunity to work at the confluence of number theory, representation theory, and formal mathematics. You will undertake a single, ambitious research project: to begin the formalisation of the local Langlands correspondence for GL₂(F) in the Lean interactive theorem prover by leveraging AI agents.

Location
Norwich, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 November 2026
Funding
Self-funded Students; Not Specified

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Nonlinear waves on liquid cylinders

University of East Anglia

Inviscid liquid jets subject to surface tension and in the absence of gravity are known to be unstable under long-wave perturbations, a phenomenon described by the classical Rayleigh–Plateau instability. However, when vorticity and swirl are included, Erhard et al. (2022) have theoretically demonstrated the existence of nonlinear travelling-wave solutions on such jets — although their detailed properties remain unexplored.

Location
Norwich, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 November 2026
Funding
Self-funded Students; Not Specified

PhD Research

PhD Positions in Statistical Physics and Active Matter

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

The LMP department engages in a wide range of theoretical research aimed at understanding the dynamics of living systems from a physical perspective. The department is headed by Ramin Golestanian and hosts several group leaders, postdoctoral researchers, students, and visitors.

Location
Göttingen - Germany, United Kingdom
Deadline
1 December 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; 2/3 of E13 TVöD Bund

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Research Studentship in Control and Engineering Biology

University of Oxford

This project will focus on solving challenges at the interface of Synthetic Biology, Control Engineering, AI, and Robotics, and their application to global challenges across biotechnology.

Location
Oxford, United Kingdom
Deadline
2 December 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805

PhD Research

PhD Studentship - Sustainable Multi-Sector Electrification Using Advanced Integrated Motor Drive Technologies

University of Nottingham

Electric motors and the systems they drive consume half of global electricity. These systems are typically very inefficient and contribute to a significant amount of energy wasted. By physically integrating power electronic converters and electrical machines we can use common structures and systems to greatly reduce, material usage and energy consumption.

Location
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
14 December 2026
Funding
UK Students; Not Specified

PhD Research

PhD Studentship in Tribology of Tyre & Road Emissions

Imperial College London

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in the Tribology of Tyre and Road particle emissions within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial.

Location
London, United Kingdom
Deadline
16 December 2026
Funding
Full tuition fees at the UK Home student rate. Annual tax-free London weighted stipend (2026-27 rate: £23,805 per annum)

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Searching for New Physics with Highly Charged Ion Clocks

University of Birmingham

Some of the biggest open questions in modern physics concern the limits of the Standard Model and General Relativity. The nature of dark matter and dark energy remains unknown, and many theories attempting to tackle this problem predict that the fundamental constants may vary in space or time. Atomic clocks provide an exceptionally sensitive way of testing this possibility.

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
17 December 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Not Specified

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Predictive modelling and control of low-cost droplets for micro-engineering

University of Birmingham

Advances in manufacturing science have resulted in unprecedented research and development in the design of ‘micro-swimmers’: microscopic entities that navigate fluid environments by converting some form of energy–e.g. electrical, magnetic, acoustic, or chemical–into mechanical motion.

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
25 December 2026
Funding
UK Students; Not Specified

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Bioresorbable intestinal devices with embedded resorbable sensors for gastrointestinal monitoring

University of Birmingham

Swallowable sensors are limited by how long they stay in place. A capsule passes through the gut within a day or two, so it can only take a snapshot when conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease need to be tracked over weeks without the risk of obstruction. Devices that stay longer exist, but they carry a problem.

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
7 January 2027
Funding
UK Students; £21,805

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Actuated microdevices for oral delivery of biologics

University of Birmingham

Most biological drugs cannot be given orally because of their poor oral bioavailability, necessitating delivery by injection instead. This is because features of the gastrointestinal tract that prevent infection, such as a thick mucus layer and tight epithelial junctions, also block large therapeutic molecules. Researchers have investigated various techniques to overcome these barriers, such as chemical permeation enhancers, ultrasound, and microneedles.

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Deadline
8 January 2027
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805

PhD Research

PhD - EPSRC - Topological and Other Types of Photonics Devices for Sensing, Modulation and Other Applications

The University of Manchester

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded by the Doctoral Landscape Award; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is January 2027.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
31 January 2027
Funding
UK Students; £21,805 - please see advert

PhD Research

PhD Studentship: Development of a Digital Twin for Smart Sustainable Steel Section Production

University of Warwick

We are seeking a motivated and talented PhD student to work alongside our Digital Twins team within the Advanced Steel Research Centre at WMG, University of Warwick. Our Digital Twin team are developing a suite of models to deliver a through-process microstructural and mechanical property prediction framework for steel.

Location
Coventry, United Kingdom
Deadline
28 February 2027
Funding
UK Students, Self-funded Students; £21,805

PhD Research

Fully Funded PhD Studentship for UK Home Fee Status Candidates in the Department of Materials

The University of Manchester

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is January 2027. This funding is not available to Overseas applicants unless they meet UK Home fee status requirements.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
30 March 2027
Funding
UK Students; £21,805 - please see advert

PhD Research

PhD Studentship - Mechanosensitive Nanochannels

The University of Manchester

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply (more details can be found here ). The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Deadline
1 July 2027
Funding
UK Students, Self-funded Students; £21,805 annual stipend + tuition fees paid