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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.

Small steps. Missteps. Great strides. Giant leaps. Make them all here. Get ready to shape the real world.  

On this page you'll find:

PhD studentships available to UK/home candidates only │ PhD studentships available to UK/home and international candidatesSelf-funded PhD projects 

 

PhD studentships available to UK/home candidates only

Advanced microwave technology development for low carbon PVC recycling

Closing date: open until filled

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Sustainable road binders derived from a biogenic supply chain

Closing date: 30 April 2026

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Determining the oxidation creep interaction in uncoated and coated steels using a novel torque-load test method

Closing date: 31 May 2026

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PhD in partnership with the UK High Temperature Power Plant Forum.

 

 

A unified framework for reservoir computing: from theory to real-world systems

Closing date: 1 June 2026

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Building edge AI for real-time 3D mapping and autonomous sensing

Closing date: 24 July 2026

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PhD in partnership with BAE Systems plc. 

Design and manufacture of complex three-dimensional electrical steels

Closing date: 15 May 2026

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PhD in partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre.  

 

 

Exploring applied smouldering as a new energy-efficient and circular approach for managing the UK’s nuclear graphite waste

Closing date: 1 June 2026

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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.  

Development and demonstration of a laboratory-scale next generation multifunctional reactor for biochar production and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology

Closing date: open until filled

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PhD in partnership with AEL CCS.

 

 

Advanced biomass conversion with thermochemical energy storage

Closing date: open until filled

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PhD in partnership with Remedium.

Experimental and numerical studies into the wear of articulating spline couplings for aeroengine applications

Closing date: open until filled

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PhD in partnership with Rolls-Royce.

Energy efficient oxyfuel combustion of biomass enabled by oxygen separation membranes

Closing date: open until filled

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PhD in partnership with Nanodot Ltd. 

 

 

Mechatronics system for hybrid manufacturing processing

Closing date: open until filled

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PhD in partnership with Rolls-Royce. 

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.  

AI-based approaches for improved railway network resilience

Closing date: open until filled

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Thermally sprayed coatings for ablation and high heat flux conditions

Closing date: open until filled

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Aeroengine oil systems computational fluid dynamics

Closing date: open until filled

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PhD in partnership with Rolls-Royce. 

Synthesis, characterisation, and/or modelling of hydrogen storage materials

Closing date: open until filled

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PhD studentships available to UK/home and international candidates

Design and simulation of stiffness-adjustable robotic systems for performing on-wing repair of aero-engines

Closing date: open until filled

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PhD in partnership with Rolls-Royce. 

Development of bio based prepregs for sustainable composite structures

Closing date: 8 May 2026

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PhD in partnership with SHD Composites. 

Laser beam processing of aerospace materials

Closing date: open until filled

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PhD in partnership with Rolls-Royce.  

 

 

 

 

Self-funded PhD projects

The PhD projects listed below are not funded; however, you may be eligible for a loan or scholarship. Explore the funding opportunities for postgraduate researchers. These PhD projects are open to UK and international candidates unless explicitly stated in the PhD project information. 

 

Modelling reliability and resilience of hydrogen systems for improved safety and sustainability

Closing date: open until filled

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Modelling resilience of water distribution networks

Closing date: open until filled

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Turbulence detection in blood flow using 4D MRI

Closing date: open until filled

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Digital-twin technology to accelerate development of electric propulsion systems

Closing date: open until filled

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Modelling a carbon-negative waste treatment process based on smouldering combustion

Closing date: open until filled

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Advanced multi-metal additive manufacturing for future energy and technology systems

Closing date: open until filled

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