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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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Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Studentships for Doctoral Researchers in Arts and Humanities
Midlands4Cities
Location: Nottingham
Salary: AHRC-funded
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 13 Jan
PhD Studentship: Robotics and AI for Stroke Rehabilitation
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Funded
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 30 Jan
PhD Studentship: 'De-stressing the Brain': Understanding the Impact of Nutrition on Cognitive and Cerebral Function During Episodes of Mental Stress
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: BBSRC funded
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 30 Nov
PhD Studentship in Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases
Queen's University Belfast
Location: Belfast
Salary: £18,622 - please see advert
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 15 Nov
PhD Studentship: Waste/Land/Futures: Intergenerational Relations in Places of Abandonment and Renewal Across Europe
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Stirling
Location: Stirling
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 15 Nov
PhD Studentship: Tidal Disruptions of Stars by Supermassive Black Holes
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Funded through the ERC Starting Grant project “Unleash-TDEs” led by Clément Bonnerot.
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 19 Jan
PhD Studentship: Impact of Circular Economy Measures on the Transition to Net Zero in the Construction Industry
Loughborough University
Location: Loughborough
Salary: A tax-free stipend of £19,237 per annum (2024/25 rate)
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 17 Nov
PhD Studentship in Quantum Technologies
Electronic & Electrical Engineering
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £19,237 per year for 3.5 years
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 13 Dec
PhD Studentship: Exploring the role of hyaluronan in cognition across the lifespan
Bristol Veterinary School
University of Bristol
Location: Langford
Salary: full tuition fees at the UK or international fee rate and a stipend at the minimum UKRI rate
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 04 Nov
Combinatorial Artificial Intelligence for Defence Applications PhD - Sponsored by BAE Systems
Cranfield University
Location: Bedford
Salary: £19,237 + £7,500 top-up (tax free) plus home fees* for four years
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 05 Mar
PhD Studentship: ECAT-i Clinical Lectureships Med Surg GP 2025 intake
College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
The University of Edinburgh
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £33,882 to £60,321
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 29 Oct
PhD Studentship: ECAT-i Clinical Lectureships Med Surg GP 2025 intake
College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
The University of Edinburgh
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £43,504 to £64,461
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 29 Oct
PhD Studentship: Does It Rain on Other Planets?
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: 14 Oct
Closes 30 Mar
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Extreme Venus Climate and Hot Terrestrial Exoplanets
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: 14 Oct
Closes 30 Mar
Stuart Hall Foundation CHASE AHRC Studentships
Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE)
University of Sussex
Location: Sussex, Canterbury, Colchester, Falmer, London, Norwich
Salary: Successful applicants will have their fees paid and receive a stipend for living expenses
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 27 Oct
Doctoral students
UKRI AI Centre of Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing
The University of Edinburgh
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 09 Jan
Closes 16 Dec
Funded PhD Studentship in Semiconductor Epitaxy at the UK National Epitaxy Facility
National Epitaxy Facility, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
University of Sheffield
Location: Sheffield
Salary: For UK students cover 100% of tuition fees plus a maintenance allowance (the 2023-24 RCUK standard stipend is £18,622 per annum)
Date Placed: 12 Oct
Closes 31 Dec
PhD Studentship in Controlling Additive Manufacturing with Ultrasound
Computing and Mathematical Sciences
University of Greenwich
Location: Greenwich
Salary: £19,237 to £21,237 per annum
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 29 Nov
PhD Studentship in The Influence of External Forces on Dendritic Deformation during Solidification
University of Greenwich
Location: Greenwich
Salary: £19,237 to £21,237 per annum
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 29 Nov
PhD Studentship: Dual Award Family Carers
University of Hertfordshire
Location: Hatfield
Salary: £19,632 per year
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 29 Nov
PhD Studentship: The maintenance of centromeric stability
School of Life Sciences
University of Sussex
Location: Sussex, Falmer
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 10 Nov
PhD Studentship: Exploring aspects of bacterial dormancy in the environment
Biosciences
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: From £19,237 annual stipend
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 08 Nov
PhD Studentship: Unconventional Microwave Generator
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Loughborough University
Location: Loughborough
Salary: £19,237 per annum
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 05 Dec
PhD Studentship - Accelerating Atmospheric Simulations with High-Order Methods
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences EPSRC Project Proposals 2025/26 - Computer Science
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 15 Nov

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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