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Find the latest PhD scholarships available at universities across the UK and globally. We regularly advertise new fully-funded PhD studentships and PhD scholarships in STEM, the humanities, business and management studies and the social sciences plus many more.

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Welcome to jobs.ac.uk’s PhD Studentship section. Here you can find the latest PhD scholarships available at universities across the UK and globally. We regularly advertise new fully-funded PhD studentships and PhD scholarships in STEM, the humanities, business and management studies and the social sciences plus many more. Find your ideal funded PhD opportunity in Engineering and Technology, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Languages and Literature or Biological sciences here. Updated regularly with new PhD opportunities across all disciplines.


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PhD in Economics
Department of Economics
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Location: Trondheim
Salary: £40,796.24 per annum
Date Placed: 06 May
Closes 25 May
PhD Studentship: DPhil in Engineering IDLA: Reactive Burn Modelling
Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 06 May
Closes 06 Jun
PhD studentship in Chemical Biology: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Antibody-directed Conjugates for Cancer Treatment
Institute of Cancer Therapeutics Doctoral Training Centre
University of Bradford
Location: Bradford
Salary: Studentships cover tuition fees, a tax free stipend (at standard MRC rates, £20,780 per annum 2025/26) for the duration programme and writing-up (3.5 years total) and a generous research budget, with additional funding for travel & training
Date Placed: 06 May
Closes 31 May
PhD Studentship : DPhil in Engineering IDLA: Isogeometric Modelling of High-rate Conditions for Aerospace
Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 06 May
Closes 06 Jun
PhD Studentship - Large Language Model for System Software
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences EPSRC Project Proposals 2025/26 - Computer Science
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 06 May
Closes 30 May
PhD Studentship: Drop Dynamics of Complex Fluids
University of Warwick
Location: Coventry, University of Warwick, Warwick
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 06 May
Closes 20 Jun
PhD Studentship - Assessment of Force Production Characteristics using Portable Force Assessment Technologies in Military Personnel with Knee Injuries
University of Salford
Location: Salford
Salary: £19,237 in Year 1 PA for three and a half years
Date Placed: 06 May
Closes 21 May
PhD Studentship - Assessment of Force Production Characteristics using Portable Force Assessment Technologies in Military Personnel with Ankle Injuries
University of Salford
Location: Salford
Salary: £19,237 in Year 1 PA for three and a half years
Date Placed: 06 May
Closes 21 May
UKRI funded PhD in Safe Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Law
University of York
Location: York
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 02 May
Closes 19 May
PhD Scholarship or project Constructive Journalism: Conceptualization, Implementation, and Evaluation
Department of Political Science and Public Management
University of Southern Denmark
Location: Odense
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 02 May
Closes 02 Jun
PhD Studentship in Public Health: Exploring co-occurring excess weight and severe mental illness in community settings
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle
Salary: Funding will cover tuition fees at the Home (UK) rate only, a Research Training and Support Grant (£5,000 p.a.) and an annual stipend aligned to the UKRI rate (£19,237 for 24/25).
Date Placed: 02 May
Closes 30 Jun
PhD Studentship: EPSRC-Funded PhD: AI-Driven Zero Carbon Energy Systems - Solar Forecasting, Grid Intelligence, and Community Integration
Engineering
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 02 May
Closes 31 Jul
PhD Studentship: Helping People to Understand Their Symptoms During a Disease Outbreak
Psychological Medicine
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Fully funded
Date Placed: 02 May
Closes 18 May
PhD Studentship: Developing Public Health Advice for Farm Workers Facing an Infectious Disease Outbreak
Psychological Medicine
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Fully funded
Date Placed: 02 May
Closes 18 May
3 Fully Funded PhD Positions in Literary Studies
Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies - ERC project 'AFROPRESS'
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Location: Brussels
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 02 May
Closes 30 May
PhD Studentship: Multilevel Modelling of Intersectional Inequalities in Childhood Malnutrition in South Asia
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: Loughborough University, Loughborough
Salary: Please refer to the advert text
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 16 Jun
PhD Studentship: Protecting UK Borders Against Pandemic Gastrointestinal Infections
Norwich Medical School
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: Fully funded studentship
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 01 Jun
PhD Studentship - Neutron Imaging Techniques for Inspection of High-density Cargo
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 31 May
PhD Studentship in Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging and Diagnostics
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences EPSRC Project Proposals 2025/26 - Computer Science
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 02 Jul
PhD Studentship: Bridging the Data-to-knowledge Divide: Investigating the Role of Corporate Knowledge in Transforming Data into Actionable Insights
Loughborough Business School
Loughborough University
Location: Loughborough University, Loughborough
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 16 May
PhD Studentship: Cognitive Computational Neuroscience: Multimodal Models of Material Perception
School of Psychology
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: £20,006
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 16 May
PhD Studentship - Adaptive and Smart Structures for Operational Variability and Life Extension
The University of Edinburgh
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 27 Jul
PhD Studentship - Vibration Data and Underlying Physics for Adaptive Structural Health Monitoring
The University of Edinburgh
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 27 Jul
PhD Studentship: Removal of Emerging Micropollutants From Wastewater in Biofilm Reactors
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
University of Southampton
Location: Southampton
Salary: We offer a range of funding opportunities for both UK and international students, including Bursaries and Scholarships
Date Placed: 01 May
Closes 31 Aug

Wondering if a PhD is right for you? What is it like to take on a PhD? What can you do with a PhD once you’ve finished? We have lots of advice on all these topics in our career advice section.

What Can You Do With a PhD?:

Are you thinking about a PhD as the next stage in your educational and professional development? It’s an exciting road to travel with many potential benefits and opportunities. But you have to earn it first so considering what’s involved is important.

What is it really like to do a PhD?

Watch our vlog series, where real PhD students from all walks of life and various levels of study recorded themselves to showcase what undertaking a PhD is actually like.

PhD Funding – A Checklist of Possible Sources

Funding bodies support PhD students in different ways. Some pay course fees only, some include a stipend (maintenance costs) or travel expenses, and others offer a one-off award to ease the financial burden of academic study.

Make sure you never miss out on the perfect PhD opportunity by signing up to our jobs by email service, and for more helpful articles head to our career advice site.

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