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This is the place to explore your passion.
We offer an ever-changing selection of PhD projects to help you take the next step in your career. Whether you are interested in creating cutting-edge tools and technologies or helping make a greener planet spin a little smoother, our PhD projects span a range of topics.
Many of our PhD projects are funded – known as studentships – covering tuition fees, a stipend and sometimes offering a consumables budget. Please note the amount of funding offered is specific to each studentship and does vary. You can see the specific funding offered for each studentship by viewing its PhD project information.
We work closely with industry partnering with them to offer industrially linked PhD projects. Each project is different, but these can provide the opportunity for you to learn from experts in their fields, gain firsthand experience of working alongside industry, and contribute to developing solutions to real-world industrial problems.
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On this page you'll find:
PhD studentships available to UK/home candidates only │ PhD studentships available to UK/home and international candidates │ Self-funded PhD projects
PhD studentships available to UK/home candidates only
Measuring add-on-costs from direct liquefaction of archetypal biomass (MADLAB)
Closing date: 16 March 2026
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PhD in partnership with BP.
Interpretable AI for discovering structure–function rules in submerged fungal fermentation
Closing date: 19 April 2026
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Next-generation functional thin-film materials for clean energy and net zero propulsion
Closing date: open until filled
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This project is also open to EU students with settled status.
Mechatronics system for hybrid manufacturing processing
Closing date: open until filled
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PhD in partnership with Rolls-Royce.
Machine learning–enhanced boundary layer modelling for industrial CFD
Closing date: open until filled
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PhD in partnership with Siemens Digital Industry Software.
Micromechanics and in-depth materials analysis of advanced aerospace materials upon the manufacturing process
Closing date: open until filled
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PhD in partnership with Rolls-Royce.