Analytical Chemistry
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a fully-funded three year PhD to commence in February 2027. The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Science and Health, and will be supervised by Dr Priyanka Dey , Associate Professor of Molecular Diagnostics (University of Portsmouth), and Dr Carla Newman, Associate Director in Cellular Imaging (GSK, UK).
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 20 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Data Analysis
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Salem Aljareh . Navigating complex indoor environments is becoming increasingly vital, from shopping centres to airports, hospitals to huge museums.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and supervised by Dr Mahsa Mehrad and Dr. Abdul Tawfik . This project will include: AI-enabled CMOS Design Wide-Bandgap Device Optimization Simulation/Modelling-Guided Research Developing and optimising wide-bandgap CMOS power devices using GaN and AlGaN materials.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying and will be supervised by Dr Abba Mahmud , Dr Quan Phung and Dr Salem Chakhar . The increasing use of AI-enabled systems in construction safety management is changing how project risks are identified, monitored, communicated, and controlled.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and supervised by Dr Mahsa Mehrad . FPGAs have become a key technology for accelerating computation-intensive tasks, offering unmatched parallelism and energy efficiency. However, designing systems that make full use of FPGA capabilities remains a complex and time-consuming process.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying and will be supervised by Dr Quan Phung , Dr Salem Chakhar and Dr Sepehr Abrishami . This project is positioned at the intersection of artificial intelligence, Design for X (DfX), and construction project management.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying and will be supervised by Dr Muhammad Ali , Prof. Tamsin Bradley , Prof. Hom Dhakal .
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Electrical Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and supervised by Dr Mahsa Mehrad . The work on this project will: Develop next-generation AlGaN power electronic devices for high-efficiency electric vehicles (EV). Combine TCAD simulation, electrical measurements, and AI-based optimization to accelerate device design.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying and will be supervised by Dr Jiye Chen , Dr Shikun Zhou and Dr Zhang Zhongi .
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Biomedical Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Roxane Bonithon , Dr Katerina Karali and Professor Gordon Blunn . The work on this project will: Explore the potential of additive manufacturing to create porous magnesium-based scaffolds tailored for musculoskeletal regeneration.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Bioinformatics
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and will be supervised by Dr Gavin Fullstone .
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Electrical Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project As EV numbers surge, this work shows how curb-side Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) can turn parked cars into a shared energy buffer, smoothing the sharp neighbourhood demand peak and easing pressure on local networks. By briefly discharging during the evening spike and recharging later, EVs can support grid stability without affecting drivers’ required range, guided by an optimised control algorithm that protects batteries and ensures fair compensation.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Applied Statistics
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shamsul Masum , Dr Edward Smart and Professor Jim Khan (Consultant from Portsmouth Hospital University Trust).
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Aerospace Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (SEME) and will be supervised by Dr Antigoni Barouni and Prof. Hom Dhakal .
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Applied Statistics
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shamsul Masum , Dr John Chiverton and Dr Jennifer Straatman (Consultant from Portsmouth Hospital University Trust). Robotic cholecystectomy is a common procedure, yet variation in surgical technique impacts patient outcomes.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Cancer Biology
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and will be supervised by Dr Roja Hadianamrei and Dr Sassan Hafizi . The work on this project could involve: Manufacturing different libraries of LNPs and optimising their physicochemical properties.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Bacteriology
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Science and Health, and will be supervised by Professor Sam Robson (Professor of Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of Portsmouth), Dr Robbie Baldock (Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth) and Dr Robin Rumney (Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of…
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Civil Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Civil Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Mehdi Rouholamin , Dr Nikos Nanos and Dr David Begg . Applications are invited for a self-funded PhD project investigating the dynamic soil–structure interaction of monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Data Analysis
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Salem Aljareh . According to recent statistics released by the UK’s Home Office In the year ending June 2025, England's “Fire and Rescue Services 628,764 incidents in the year ending June 2025, an increase of 5.7% compared with the previous year (594,836).
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Bioinformatics
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Roxane Bonithon and Professor Chris Louca .
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Robotics
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Xin Zhang . This project aims to develop an intelligent human–robot collaborative assembly framework that enables robots to understand and respond to human instructions through natural interaction.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Biomedical Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Xin Zhang and Prof. Zhaojie Ju . This project aims to develop a supernumerary robotic arm (SRA)—an artificial third arm to augment human manipulation capabilities and address tasks that cannot be effectively handled by the natural limbs alone.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shamsul Masum , Dr Anton Hettiarachchige Don and Dr Edward Smart . The UK’s shift to net-zero energy requires optimising complex multi-vector networks—electricity, heat, gas, and hydrogen—under high renewable penetration.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shanker Prabhu , Dr Hongjie Ma and Dr Shamsul Masum . The work on this project will: Literature review on residential energy management systems and machine learning optimisation techniques.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Electronic Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. This project investigates intelligent robotic manipulation for deformable or soft objects by integrating visual and tactile sensing. Unlike rigid objects, deformable items (e.g., soft tissues, food products, or packaging materials) present significant challenges for robotic manipulation due to their unpredictable shapes and compliant properties.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Electrical Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6-year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be undertaken within the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and supervised by Dr. Mahsa Mehrad and Dr. Abdul Tawfik .
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Biochemistry
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and will be supervised by Dr Despoina Aslanoglou and Dr Tony Lewis . The work on this project could involve: Interdisciplinary research: This project bridges endocrinology, neuropharmacology, and molecular signalling to uncover new mechanisms of hormone regulation in diabetes.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Applied Statistics
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shamsul Masum , Dr Edward Smart and Nick Sangala (Consultant from Portsmouth Hospital University Trust). The work on this project will: Aim to identify trends in patients with IDH using routinely collected hospital data.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Applied Mathematics
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Katerina Karali , Dr Roxane Bonithon and Pr Gordon Blunn . Project description The menisci are C-shaped, fibrocartilaginous structures in the tibiofemoral joint that play a crucial role in stabilizing and cushioning during weight-bearing activities.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Communications Engineering
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Salem Aljareh and Prof. Bill Dawber (QinetiQ).
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Energy Technologies
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by James Bull and Dr James Buick . Turbomachinery plays a critical role in modern energy, aerospace, and industrial systems, including gas turbines, expanders, compressors, pumps, and turbochargers.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Applied Statistics
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Shamsul Masum , Dr Edward Smart and Philip Pucher (Consultant from Portsmouth Hospital University Trust).
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Artificial Intelligence
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Salem Aljareh . In the age of urbanization, cities are the epicentres of human activity, innovation, and progress. According to World Bank data, more than 84% percent of the UK population live in densely populated cities.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Control Systems
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and will be supervised by Dr Sotirios Spanogianopoulos , Dr Ali Soltani and Dr Andrea Bucchi . The work on this project will: Simulation of liquid-drone dynamics integrating some CFD software (e.g. Fluent or COMSOL) and MATLAB/Simulink.
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only