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PhD Studentships: Economic and Social Science Research Council, South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP)
South West Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: South West
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 21 Dec
Closes 14 Jan
QMUL Principal’s PhD Studentships : School of Business and Management
Queen Mary University of London
Location: London
Salary: Please see advert for details
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 22 Jan
MRes and PhD Studentships : School of Business and Management
Queen Mary University of London
Location: London
Salary: Please see advert for details
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 24 Jan
PhD Studentship - Long-term Behaviour of Markov Chains
Mathematics
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 14 Feb
PhD Positions in Mathematics and Stochastics
Department of Mathematics
University of Aarhus
Location: Aarhus
Salary: From £3,827.10
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 01 Feb
Physics: Fully Funded EPSRC & SFTC PhD Scholarship: Quantum Spacetime Geometry Beyond The Horizon
Physics
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £19,237 for 2024/25
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 24 Feb
PhD Studentship - Quantifying Raindrop-Freezing Fragmentation Using a Cloud Chamber and Numerical Modelling
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 20 Mar
PhD Studentship - Nanoscale Optoelectronic Characterisation of Locally-doped Semiconductors for Qubit Development
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 25 Feb
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter, Hybrid
Salary: The starting salary will be from £33,882 up to on Grade E26 depending on qualifications and experience.
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 12 Jan
PhD Studentship in Magnetic Microscopy with Bose-Einstein Condensates
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Sussex
Location: Sussex, Falmer
Salary: Fully-paid tuition fees for three and a half years. A tax-free bursary for living costs for three and a half years (£19,237 per annum in 24/25). Additional financial support is provided to cover short-term and long-term travel.
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 19 Jan
PhD Position in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
The Learning Brain Lab
University of Trier
Location: Trier
Salary: E 13 TV-L, 75 %
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 15 Jan
PhD Studentship: Digital Inclusion in the E-IMMUNE Digital Care Pathway Study
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
University of Sheffield
Location: Sheffield
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 28 Feb
PhD Studentship in Bio-lubricants for EV
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Location: London
Salary: Bursary and fees (at the UK student rate)
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 20 Mar
PhD Studentship x 1 Award - Process Industries: Net Zero: Development of Sustainable Manufacturing Processes for Confectionery Products
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 02 Feb
PhD Studentship in Lubrication with Polymeric Additives
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Location: London
Salary: Bursary and fees (at the UK student rate) provided by EPSRC and Shell via a CASE studentship
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 20 Mar
PhD Studentship in Sustainable Grease Lubrication
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Location: London
Salary: Bursary and fees (at the UK student rate) provided by the Jost Foundation
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 20 Mar
PhD Studentship in Additively Manufactured Aero-engine Components with Powder-based Damping
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Location: London
Salary: Bursary and fees (at the UK student rate) provided by the EPSRC (in the form of a CASE conversion)
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 20 Mar
PhD Studentship in Contact Modelling and Model Reduction in Complex Aero-engine Assemblies
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London
Location: London
Salary: Bursary and fees (at the UK student rate) provided by the EPSRC
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 20 Mar
PhD Studentship: PhD Studentship
Southampton Law School
University of Southampton
Location: Southampton
Salary: The annual stipend for this PhD will be at the UKRI stipend rate (£19,237 for 2024/25, updated annually) & tuition fees at UK or overseas levels as applicable.
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 28 Feb
PhD Studentship - Quantifying the Impact of Sustainable Aviation Fuel on Ice Crystal Nucleation Using a Cloud Chamber and Numerical Modelling
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 20 Mar
PhD Studentship: Smart Crystals: Computer Vision and Machine Learning Assisted Industrial Crystallization Modeling and Control
Chemical Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Macclesfield, Manchester
Salary: £19,237 (for 2024/25)
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 31 Jan
PhD Opportunities at Loughborough Business School
Loughborough Business School
Loughborough University
Location: Loughborough
Salary: £19,237 per annum
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 27 Feb
UCL Statistical Science PhD Studentships
Statistical Science
UCL
Location: London
Salary: £22,237 annual stipend
Date Placed: 20 Dec
Closes 10 Jan
Research Studentship in Quantum Networks
Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford
Salary: £19,237 stipend (tax-free maintenance grant) p.a.
Date Placed: 19 Dec
Closes 04 Mar

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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