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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 Studentship: Blockchain-Empowered Federated Learning
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: 18 Apr
Closes 31 Aug
PhD Studentship - Proton-based Neuromorphic Computing in 2D Crystals
Physics and Astronomy
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 01 Jun
PhD Studentship: Systems approach for intelligent mobility
College of Arts, Technology and Environment
UWE, Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Tax exempt stipend, which is currently £19,237 (2024/25) pa. In addition, full-time tuition fees will be covered for three and a half years for the successful Home and International applicants.
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 11 May
PhD Studentship: Nitrous Oxide in the Wastewater Industry: Measurement, Monitoring, and Mitigation
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £24,000 - please see advert
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 02 May
PhD Studentship: Developing Demand Models for Bus Stops and Services Using GIS
School of Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 30 Jun
Funded PhD Opportunity - Sustainable & Inclusive Space Innovation for the Cislunar Economy
Durham University Business School
Durham University
Location: Durham
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 30 Apr
PhD Studentship: Nanoporous Materials for Energy Absorption
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 17 Jul
PhD Studentship - Building a Digital Twin of the Tees Estuary to Evaluate the Resilience of Nature-based Solutions for Nutrient (N & P) capture
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £24,000 - please see advert
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 02 May
PhD Studentship: Unlocking the Therapeutic Power of Faecal Microbiota Transplants: Identifying Key Components for Treating Gut Disease
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £20,490 per year
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 02 Jun
PhD Studentship: Optimisation of Liquid Metal Filtration and Cleanliness in Nickel Based Superalloys
School of Metallurgy and Materials
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: CDT funding
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 31 May
PhD Studentship: Prevention of concussion in youth sport
College of Health, Science and Society
UWE, Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Tax-exempt stipend, currently £19,237 (2024/2025) per annum, and full-time tuition fees at home/domestic rates
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 01 Jun
PhD Studentship: Dimensionality Tuning and Quantum Engineering in Exotic 2D Materials
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Fully funded
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 20 May
PhD Studentship: Autonomous Environment Cooperative Perception and Intelligent Train Control
School of Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Funding will be awarded on a rolling basis
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 17 Jul
PhD Studentship - Development of Reliable Low-cost Numerical Modelling Approaches for Effective Passive Cooling Prediction of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors
Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 14 Jul
PhD Studentship - Experimental Investigation of Passive Natural Circulation Cooling for Generation IV Nuclear Reactors
Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 14 Jul
PhD Studentship: Bridging Attitudes and Actions: Using Smart Data, Eye-Tracking, and Machine Learning to Understand Non-Sustainable Consumer Behaviour
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: Nottingham, University of Nottingham
Salary: Please refer to the advert text
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 19 May
PhD Studentship: Labour Market Skills and Regional Productivity (International and Home)
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: £20,400 per annum
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 19 May
Ariadne Nicolaeff PhD Scholarship in Russian Literary Translation
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: £26,000
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 31 May
'Resource at Source’; Bio-Based Platforms for Transitioning to a Net Zero Chemical Industry
Chemical Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: annual tax free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£19,237 for 2024/25)
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 18 Dec
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) PhD Studentship: Eighteenth-Century Knowledge Work in the Harleian Collection, 1704-1812
Keele University
Location: Keele
Salary: £20,780 UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2025/26
Date Placed: 16 Apr
Closes 07 May
Beyond the Burger: USA Food Stories in the British Library’s Oral History and Food Industry Literature Collections
Keele University
Location: Keele
Salary: £20,780 UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2025/26
Date Placed: 16 Apr
Closes 12 May
PhD Studentship: Personalising Stroke Rehabilitation Using Clinical Biomarkers: Developing Neurotechnology for Clinical Practice
Norwich Medical School
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 16 Apr
Closes 30 May
PhD Studentship: ECOMEDS: Economic and cultural connections within Mediterranean ecosystems, c.1250-1550
History
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Stipend only at £24,936.17 per academic year, for three years
Date Placed: 16 Apr
Closes 09 May
PhD Studentship on Youth Mental Health
Department of Psychology
Royal Holloway, University of London
Location: Egham
Salary: 22,780 per year (UKRI rate including London Weighting) over a period of 3.5 years for a full-time student. Funding also includes a fee award to cover annual tuition fees at the UK Home fees rate (currently £5,006)
Date Placed: 16 Apr
Closes 19 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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