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PhD Studentship: Resonant Acoustic Mixing (RAM) of HTPB-Polyurethane Blends
University of Warwick
Location: Coventry, University of Warwick
Salary: £20,780 Standard UKRI rate for 3.5 years
Date Placed: 08 Jul
Closes 30 Aug
PhD Studentship: Optimisation of the Use of Stabilised Polymeric Sulphur for a Greener Manufacturing of Rubber Materials
University of Warwick
Location: Coventry, University of Warwick
Salary: £20,780 Standard UKRI rate for 3.5 years
Date Placed: 08 Jul
Closes 30 Aug
PhD Studentship: Digital Twins of Microstructure: Predictive Modelling of Fatigue in Turbine Wheels
Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil Engineering and Management
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: Tax free stipend based on the UKVI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26) and tuition fees will be paid
Date Placed: 08 Jul
Closes 30 Jul
PhD Studentship: Failure Analysis of Composite Sleeves for Surface Permanent Magnet Electrical Machines
Power Electronics, Machines and Control (PEMC) and Composites Research Groups
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 08 Jul
Closes 06 Oct
PhD Studentship: AI-assisted Robust Aero-engine Structural Analysis Due to Fan Blade-off
Engineering & Environment
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: 08 Jul
Closes 31 Aug
PhD Studentship - Step Changes in Insulation Materials for Thermal Batteries
Materials
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 07 Jul
Closes 29 Jul
PhD Studentship - Carbon Footprint Optimisation for Power Transformers
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 07 Jul
Closes 15 Aug
4 Year PhD Studentship: Deciphering How Domain Organisation Regulates Heparan Sulphate Function
School of Medicine 
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 07 Jul
Closes 15 Jul
PhD Studentship: Tailoring investment casting moulds for thin-walled castings
Cranfield University
Location: Cranfield
Salary: A tax-free bursary of up to £25,000/year
Date Placed: 03 Jul
Closes 30 Jul
PhD Studentship: Metallic plasma deposition effects of the SuperMagdrive Kick stage
Cranfield University
Location: Cranfield
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 03 Jul
Closes 30 Jul
PhD Studentship: Revitalizing Groundwater Risk Models: Integrating NSZD into CoronaScreen for Sustainable Solutions
University of Sheffield
Location: Sheffield
Salary: Fully funded for UK/Home applicants only (covers tuition and stipend). Not open to international applicants.
Date Placed: 03 Jul
Closes 31 Jul
PhD Studentship: Effects of thermal warpage on supersonic intake and combustion
Oriel College - Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 02 Jul
Closes 25 Jul
PhD Studentship: Exploring Solutions for Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Turbine Supports to Unlock Deep-Water Sites
University of Strathclyde
Location: Glasgow
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 02 Jul
Closes 30 Sep
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Impact of Misalignment on the Appearance of Black Holes
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: 02 Jul
Closes 31 Aug
PhD Studentship: Hidden Black Holes and the Search for Self-lensing Binaries
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: 02 Jul
Closes 31 Aug
PhD Studentship: Comp Mechanics & Engineering Simulation: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in A Finite Volume Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian computational framework for high-speed multi-material impact
Engineering
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: This scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees and an annual stipend at UKRI rate (currently £20,780 2025/26). Additional research expenses of up to £1,000 per year will also be available.
Date Placed: 01 Jul
Closes 25 Aug
PhD Studentship: Wearable Machine Learning Enabled RF Sensors for Measuring Human Hydration
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science
University of Southampton
Location: Southampton
Salary: We offer a range of funding opportunities for both UK and international students, including Bursaries and Scholarship
Date Placed: 01 Jul
Closes 31 Aug
PhD Studentship : Research Studentship in Numerical Optimisation and Control
Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 30 Jun
Closes 18 Jul
PhD Studentship: Research Studentship in ‘Deformation and fracture of TRISO fuel particles’
Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 27 Jun
Closes 18 Jul
PhD Studentship: Developing New Decision-Making Materials
School of Chemistry
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 27 Jun
Closes 27 Sep
PhD Studentship: Synthetic load profiles for future, decarbonised, domestic heat demand in GB
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: The stipend is the national UK standard.
Date Placed: 27 Jun
Closes 30 Sep
PhD Studentship - Aircraft Observations of Reactive Chemistry in the Tropical Atlantic and its Impact on Methane Lifetime
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 27 Jun
Closes 24 Aug
PhD Studentship: Unveiling and enhancing nature-based solutions for mitigating emerging micropollutants
Cranfield University
Location: Cranfield
Salary: £25,726 - bursary per year with fees paid.
Date Placed: 27 Jun
Closes 23 Jul
PhD Studentship: Lithic lava fragments – secret recorders of eruptions pre-explosive history
University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3 years and includes Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £20,780 per annum 2025-26 rate
Date Placed: 26 Jun
Closes 25 Jul
PhD Studentship: Predictive Modelling of Hydrogen Embrittlement Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Minimum tax-free annual stipend at the current UKRI rate is £20,780 for 2025/26. Basic UKRI; RTSG £4500.00 in total
Date Placed: 26 Jun
Closes 30 Jul

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