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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 in Molecular Dynamic Simulation for modelling the corrosion inhibition mechanisms of film forming amine
Department of Chemistry
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: From £20,780 annual tax free stipend for 2025/26
Date Placed: 09 Jun
Expires 07 Sep
PhD Studentship: Maintaining muscle mass and physical function during GLP1 agonist induced weight loss with progressive resistance exercise training or protein nutrition
University of Exeter - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 09 Jun
Closes 04 Jul
PhD Studentship - Biorenewable Antioxidants Production for Enhanced Sustainability of Polymeric Materials
Chemical Engineering
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: The studentship provides 100% fees (Home & international), a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £20,780 (2025/26 UKRI rate) and a research training support grant of £20,000.
Date Placed: 09 Jun
Closes 24 Jun
ONE PhD Studentship on Contextual Safeguarding in Catholic Church Contexts
Department of Theology and Religion
Durham University
Location: Durham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 09 Jun
Closes 04 Jul
Fully Funded PhD Scholarships
Scuola Superiore Meridionale
Location: Naples
Salary: £16,526.12 yearly
Date Placed: 09 Jun
Closes 27 Aug
PhD Scholarship in Platform-based Manufacturing System
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Denmark
Location: Lyngby
Salary: Based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 20 Jun
PhD Studentship: Evaluation of Pre-ignition Risks Induced by Lubricating Oils in Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Loughborough University
Location: Loughborough
Salary: £20,780 per annum
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 15 Jul
PhD Studentship: Structural Durability in the Net Zero Age: Effect of Degradation
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Loughborough University
Location: Loughborough
Salary: £20,780 per annum
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 15 Jul
PhD Studentship: Technology Qualification of Electrolysers
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Loughborough University
Location: Loughborough
Salary: £20,780 per annum
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 15 Jul
PhD Studentship: AI-based Design of Smart Textile Exoskeletons for Hand Rehabilitation
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 18 Jun
PhD Studentship: AI for Real-time Rendering in Games (in Collaboration with Electronic Arts)
University of Warwick
Location: Coventry, University of Warwick
Salary: £19,237 increasing annually
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 30 Jun
PhD Studentship - Understanding Sustainable H2 Production via Nonthermal Plasma Catalysis Using Advanced Spectroscopy Techniques
Materials
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 31 Dec
PhD Studentship: Advanced Structural Integrity Assessment for AGR Fuel Cladding
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Minimum tax-free annual stipend at the current UKRI rate is £20,780 for 2025/26; with additional RTSG of £10,000.00 for 3.5 years
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 01 Jul
PhD Scholarship: Microbial Communities and Soil Health in Restoring Grasslands
Edge Hill University
Location: Lancaster
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 13 Jun
PhD Scholarship: Trophic Interactions in Wood Pasture Ecosystems
Edge Hill University
Location: Lancaster
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 13 Jun
PhD Studentship in Applied Economics
University of Stirling
Location: Stirling
Salary: Home tuition fees covered in full
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 01 Sep
PhD Studentship - Decarbonising Urban Transport: Behaviour Change for Net-Zero
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: tuition fees, maintenance stipend + support grants
Date Placed: 06 Jun
Closes 25 Jun
PhD Studentship: The role of Agri-tech in landscape-scale recovery projects: perspectives, practices and prospects.
Centre of Research excellence in Intelligent and Sustainable Productive Systems (CRISPS)
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 4 years and includes Home or International tuition fees plus a stipend of £20,780 per annum (2025/26 rate).
Date Placed: 05 Jun
Closes 01 Jul
PhD Studentship: 3D printed ultrafast optical metamaterials
ESE
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend of at least £19,237 for 3.5 years full-time, or pro rata for part-time study.
Date Placed: 05 Jun
Closes 28 Jul
Theoretical Particle Physics: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Centre Vortices as Confinement Mechanisms in QCD
Theoretical Particle Physics
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 05 Jun
Closes 23 Jun
Health Data Science: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Understanding the Relationship Between Indoor Air Quality in Schools and Asthma and Educational Outcomes
Wider Data Science Field, Maths and Computer Science
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 05 Jun
Closes 23 Jun
PhD Studentship: Interpreting Language Representations in Large Language Models: A Computational Model for Measuring Linguistic Capabilities
ESE
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: For eligible students, the studentship will cover home or international tuition fees for 3.5 years full-time
Date Placed: 05 Jun
Closes 28 Jul
Health And Social Care: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Intensive Learning Academy (ILA) Innovation in Health and Social Care Scholarship
Health and Social Care Innovation
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 05 Jun
Closes 10 Aug
PhD Studentship: Machine Learning and Earth Observation for identifying drivers and barriers to post-fire recovery of forests
ESE
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £20780 per year
Date Placed: 05 Jun
Closes 07 Jul
PhD Studentship: 2D materials-reinforced multifunctional coatings for built environments
ESE
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £20780 per year
Date Placed: 05 Jun
Closes 30 Jun

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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