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PhD Studentship: Cognitive Computational Neuroscience: Multimodal Models of Material Perception
School of Psychology
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: £20,006
Date Placed: 15 Apr
Closes 30 Apr
PhD Studentship: Brewing Formulation and Stability of Beer Head Foams
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Funding available
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 01 Jun
PhD Studentship: HYPER-UQ: Hypersonic Prediction & Risk Evaluation
ESE
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: The QUEX Institute studentships are available for January 2025 entry. This prestigious programme provides full tuition fees, stipend of £20780 p.a, travel funds of up to £15,000, and RTSG of £10,715 over the life of the studentship.
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship: Securing computing systems for business resilience in the Gen AI Era
ESE
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: The QUEX Institute studentships are available for January 2025 entry. This prestigious programme provides full tuition fees, stipend of £20780 p.a, travel funds of up to £15,000, and RTSG of £10,715 over the life of the studentship.
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship: Remembering William Shakespeare, English - PhD (Leverhulme Trust Funded)
HASS
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £20,780 annual stipend
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 19 May
York Law School PhD Department Studentship 2025 - 26
University of York
Location: York
Salary: £20,780 per year
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 31 May
PhD studentship in Obsolescence modelling for railway signalling and telecoms
Engineering
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Open to UK students only. Includes annual tax-free stipend, starting at £20,780 and home tuition fee. Duration 3.5 years.
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 14 Jul
PhD Studentship: Development of a Combined Model-Based and AI-Driven Integrated Controller for Next-Generation Vehicles
Automotive Engineering
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: Fully and directly funded for this project only. Stipend of £20,006 p.a., rising by 4% annually; UK fees covered; funding available for 3.5 years (42 months)
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 23 Apr
PhD Studentship: Developing AI-Based Integrated Chassis Control for Next-Generation Vehicles
Automotive Engineering
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: Fully and directly funded for this project only. Stipend of £20,006 p.a., rising by 4% annually; UK fees covered; funding available for 3.5 years (42 months)
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 23 Apr
PhD Studentship: BIONIC – Biointegrated Optogenetic Neural Implant for Wireless Control
ESE
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: The QUEX Institute studentships are available for January 2025 entry. This prestigious programme provides full tuition fees, stipend of £20780 p.a, travel funds of up to £15,000, and RTSG of £10,715 over the life of the studentship.
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship - Rural and Tribal History of the Modern Middle East (c.1870-c.1945)
School of History - College of Arts and Humanities
University College Dublin
Location: Dublin
Salary: £21,744.90 - please see advert
Date Placed: 11 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship: Investigating RUNX2 mRNA Structural Plasticity and Dysregulation in Fusion Positive Sarcomas
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: £19,367
Date Placed: 11 Apr
Closes 18 May
PhD Position in Multiscale Modelling of Corrosion Processes in Molten Salts
Department of Energy Conversion and Storage
Technical University of Denmark
Location: Lyngby
Salary: Based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations
Date Placed: 11 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship: Gravity Current Energetics
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Loughborough University
Location: Loughborough
Salary: £19,237 per annum
Date Placed: 11 Apr
Closes 19 May
PhD Studentship in Neurocomputation in networks with plastic delays
Mathematical Sciences
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: £19,237 per annum
Date Placed: 11 Apr
Closes 31 May
PhD Studentship in Uncertainty quantification for machine learning models of chemical reactivity
Chemistry
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: £20,780 per annum
Date Placed: 11 Apr
Closes 05 May
PhD Studentship: Developmental and Genotypic Determinants of Nutrient Distribution Across Faba Bean Seed
Agriculture, Policy and Development
University of Reading
Location: Reading
Salary: UKRI stipend for three years
Date Placed: 11 Apr
Closes 31 May
Electronic Engineering: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in next-generation Wide-bandgap Materials and Devices
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 11 Apr
Closes 05 May
Doctoral Studentship (PhD): Exploring the value of qualitative methods for capturing impact in placed based working in promoting physical activity
Hartpury University and College
Location: Gloucestershire, Hartpury
Salary: Fees paid only
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 11 Jun
Doctoral Studentship (PhD): Assessment of dietary additives as a control measure for Campylobacter spp. in UK broiler chickens
Hartpury University and College
Location: Gloucestershire, Hartpury
Salary: Fees paid only
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 11 Jun
PhD Studentship - Julia Sets of Hyperbolic Meromorphic Functions
Mathematics
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 09 May
PhD Studentship: The Effects of High Energy Propagation in Poor Weather
Cranfield University
Location: Cranfield
Salary: £23,237 Tax-Free Stipend
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 30 Jul
PhD Studentship: Understanding Hydrogen's Impact on Metal Durability for Zero-Emission Aviation
Cranfield University
Location: Cranfield
Salary: £24,000 Tax-Free Stipend
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 14 May
PhD Studentship: Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) for Distributed Edge Computing Orchestration in 6G
Cranfield University
Location: Cranfield
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 30 Apr
PhD Studentship: Off-design Intake Aerodynamics for Future Propulsion Systems
Cranfield University
Location: Cranfield
Salary: £24,000 Tax-Free Stipend
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 14 May

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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