PhD Research
University of Exeter
Professor Simon Horsley - Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter
- Location
- Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 29 July 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; The stipend will be paid at the UKRI rate (£20,780 from 1/10/25); there is an enhanced budget for project costs (including travel) of £20,000
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 minimum tax-free annual living allowance plus 100% home fees covered.
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
Oxford Brookes University
Bursary p.a: The stipend is at the UKRI rate (current 2026/27 bursary rate is £21,805)
- Location
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; £21,805
PhD Research
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)
PhD Research
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Institute of Applied Health Research (Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery)
- Location
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; £21,805
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
University of Cambridge
Project Title: Developing Fair and Robust Cancer Risk Prediction Models Using Health Data
- Location
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; £20,780
PhD Research
University of Birmingham
Real-Time Sub-THz Electromagnetic Sensing and Machine Learning for Dynamic Particulate Characterization
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; Not Specified
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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.
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
University of Salford
The studentship is with the University of Salford and the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) Trust
- Location
- Salford, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 4 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; A stipend of £22,852 pa for three years
PhD Research
Newcastle University
100% fees covered (home fees only) and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £21,805 (2026/27 UKRI rate). Additional project costs will also be provided.
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 5 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; £21,805 tax-free annual living allowance & 100% fees covered (home fees only)
PhD Research
University of Birmingham
Applications are sought for a fully funded PhD 3-year studentship position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham (UoB) in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 10 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; Not Specified
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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.
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
- 15 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 - please see advert
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
Newcastle University
100% of home tuition fees paid; annual stipend starting at £21,114; research costs and travel to conferences.
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 15 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students; £21,114
PhD Research
University of East Anglia
Are you fascinated by cell biology, molecular medicine and translational research? Would you like to contribute to research that could help preserve the sight of people with macular degeneration?
- Location
- Norwich, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 15 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; £21,805
PhD Research
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.
PhD Research
University of Cambridge
For further information about the research group, please visit our website at https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/wang-group/
- Location
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 16 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Not Specified
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
University of Plymouth
Funding amount: The studentship is supported for 3 years and includes full Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £19,830 per annum 2026-27 rate.
- Location
- Devon, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 16 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £19,830 Stipend per annum 2026-27 rate
PhD Research
University of Cambridge
PhD studentship: Discovery of rational therapeutic biomarkers in breast cancer by systems pathology and deep learning
- Location
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 16 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Not Specified
PhD Research
University of Cambridge
For further information about the research group, including their most recent publications, please visit their website at https://biffilab.wordpress.com
- Location
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 16 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Not Specified
PhD Research
King's College London
King’s College London’s Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded doctoral studentship from February 2027.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 18 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; Fully funded PhD studentship
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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.
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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.
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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.
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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.
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
PhD Research
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The University of Manchester
Application deadline: 01/12/2026 Research theme: Quantum communication, condensed matter, quantum optics How to apply: https://uom.link/pgr-apply-2425
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 December 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; £21,805 tax-free stipend and tuition fees will be paid
PhD Research
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
University of Reading
The School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences invites applications for one fully funded PhD Studentship in Psychology, Neuroscience, Psycholinguistics, or Clinical Language Science.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 4 December 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; £21,805
PhD Research
The University of Manchester
This 4-year project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 9 December 2026
- Funding
- UK Students; £25,518
PhD Research
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
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
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
University of Nottingham
An investigation into the interface material layer created during linear friction welding of Titanium alloys.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 18 December 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students; £25,000 per annum.
PhD Research
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
PhD Research
Northeastern University London
Northeastern University London > Computing, Mathematics, Engineering & Natural Sciences
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 17 September 2027
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Not Specified