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PhD A Multiscale Investigation of Dislocation-Grain Boundary Interactions in next generation alloys
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Above-below ground interactions for nature recovery in coastal sand dune wetlands.
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Geography and Environment
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 8th January 2025
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PhD Advanced antenna arrays and metasurfaces for 5G and space
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 February 2025
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PhD Advancing AI-Driven Robotics for Injury Rehabilitation Transform the Future of Medical Robotics with Cutting-Edge Research
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD An integrated approach for damage identification in composite materials
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Application of Machine Learning for Job Scheduling in Computing Clouds
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Computer Science
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: April 2025, July 2025, October 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 January 2025
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PhD Biomarkers of aging
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Building Resilience through Imagination and Children’s Knowledge
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 January 2025
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PhD Cell Mechanics and Tumour Growth
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Cellular Automaton to Model Rapid Crystal Growth and Recrystallisation
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Cognitive Monitoring of Human Operators using Multi-modal Artificial Intelligence
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 24 July 2025
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PhD Cultural Currents in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century: Continuities between 'Victorian' and 'Modernist' Literature
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): English
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1st October 2025
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PhD Design and fabrication custom foot orthotics
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 22 January 2025
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PhD Design of Programmable Mechanical Metamaterials
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2024
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PhD Developing Diffusion Models for Electric Vehicle: Spatial-temporal analysis and policy evaluation
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2024, January 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 May 2025
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PhD Developing next generation lane-changing impact models for traditional, connected, and autonomous vehicles
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 7 November 2024
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PhD Development of novel bicyclopentanes (BCP) bioisosteres from bench stable [1.1.1]-propellane precursors
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2024, October 2024, January 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 October 2024
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PhD Digital Technologies for Construction Occupational Safety and Health: Measuring Performance and Capturing Best Practice
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2024, January 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2024
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PhD Doctoral Research in Health Humanities
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): English
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1st December 2024
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PhD Dynamic deformation, damage and fracture of composites
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Enhancing the long-term performance of advanced engine materials by controlling microstructure
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Future of Glass – Viability and Innovation opportunities of glass building envelopes for Net Zero Future
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Geomorphic mitigation of contaminated mining sediment mobilization during floods
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Geography and Environment
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 8th January 2025
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PhD Geotechnics: Acoustic Emission Monitoring in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Geotechnics: Climate Change Impacts on Slope Stability
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Hidden aquatic biodiversity of natural flood management techniques
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Geography and Environment
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 8th January 2025
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PhD Hybrid Machining of Metal Matrix Composites: A Multi-Material, Multi-Scale Approach
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Impact of circular economy measures on the transition to net zero in the construction industry
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 17 November 2024
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PhD Improvements in purity analysis and the production of suitable reference materials for renewable applications
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2024, January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed at the start of each month for shortlisting.
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PhD Innovative geomorphic approaches to support better management of flood risk and ecosystem health
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Geography and Environment
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 8th January 2025
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PhD Internet of Things (IoT) for microclimate monitoring within forests
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 8 January 2025
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PhD Investigating weight loss in secondary care settings
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2024
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PhD Low-cost high-performance catalysts for green hydrogen production from water and seawater electrolysis
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering, Chemistry
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2024, January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed at the start of each month for shortlisting.
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PhD Low-cost high-performance catalysts for green hydrogen production from wastewater
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2024, January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed at the start of each month for shortlisting.
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PhD Mechanics of biomaterials
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Mechanics of materials
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Modelling slip bands and short crack growth in Ni-based superalloys using discrete crystal plasticity
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD New approaches to modelling compressible boundary layer flows
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Novel High-Performance Coatings- Product and Process Development
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering, Materials
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 October 2024
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PhD Novel multi-objective optimisation strategies for enhanced efficiencies and agility in hydrogen gas supply
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2024, January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed at the start of each month for shortlisting.
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PhD Oceanic island insights into river-driven volcano landscape evolution
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Geography and Environment
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 8th January 2025
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PhD Optically-Reconfigurable Nanomagnetic Devices for Data Processing
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Physics
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: April or July 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 16 December 2024
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PhD Personal Cooling Systems for enhanced thermal comfort and sleep quality
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Predicting failure in crystalline materials using machine learning techniques
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Predicting Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metallic Alloys using Multiscale Numerical Modelling
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Process Development for New Formulation Products with Nanoparticles
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering, Materials
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 October 2024
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PhD Resilient dunes: determining the impacts of winter flooding variability on coastal dune wetland plant communities using remote sensing
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Geography and Environment
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 8th January 2025
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PhD River beds from surface flow to better model flooding
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Geography and Environment
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 8th January 2025
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PhD Skeletal Muscle Biomechanics via Disclination-based Continuum Modelling
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Smart Textiles for Next-Generation Sports, Healthcare, and Rehabilitation
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 25 January 2025
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PhD Start-up strategies for battery electric vehicles and aircraft in cold climates
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 October 2024
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PhD Super-Smart Textiles: A Self-Powered Wearable Technology for Remote Health Monitoring
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD System issues with designing a large hydrogen passenger vehicle
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2024, January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed at the start of each month for shortlisting.
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PhD Thin Film Photovoltaics
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Transporting hydrogen at scale in a cost effective, efficient and safe way
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Materials, Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2024, January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed at the start of each month for shortlisting.
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PhD Unconventional microwave generator
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025, July 2025
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 5 December 2024
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PhD Understanding human perceptions of randomness
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics Education
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis
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PhD Using the metabolome to study aging and geroprotectors in 3D cell models
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Chemistry
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2025, April 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2025
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PhD Women in Historical Fiction of the English Civil War Era Creative/Critical
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): English
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2025
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1st December 2024
A-Z of current PhD opportunities
Our current PhD opportunities are projects which already have a topic and a supervisor allocated. Some have funding already attached but some may require you to provide your own funding.