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PhD Studentship - Computer Science: Empirical Security Assessment of AI Decision Engines in Cyber-Physical Systems
School of Computing
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 16 Sep
Closes 15 Oct
PhD Fellowship/Scholarship in Intelligent Heat Stress Management in Cattle Barn Using an AI Agent
Graduate School of Technical Sciences
Aarhus University
Location: Aarhus
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 16 Sep
Closes 14 Oct
PhD Studentship: West Nilotic Morphosyntax
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: UK or International fees covered, plus UKRI standard stipend (£21,805 for 2026-27 academic year) and support for conference travel. Funding is available for 48 months.
Date Placed: 16 Sep
Closes 11 Oct
PhD Studentship: Developing Fair and Robust Cancer Risk Prediction Models Using Health Data
Department of Public Health and Primary Care - Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 16 Sep
Closes 01 Oct
Fully-funded PhD Studentship: Single-cell spatial multi-omics for cancer biology
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 15 Sep
Closes 16 Oct
Fully-funded PhD Studentship: Understanding the identity and function of tumour-initiating states
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 15 Sep
Closes 16 Oct
Fully-funded PhD Studentship: Innate-adaptive immune interactions in cancer evolution
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 15 Sep
Closes 16 Oct
PhD Studentship: Unmasking mechanisms of resistance to KRAS inhibition across pancreatic cancer genetic profiles
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 15 Sep
Closes 16 Oct
PhD Studentship: Discovery of rational therapeutic biomarkers in breast cancer by systems pathology and deep learning
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 15 Sep
Closes 16 Oct
PhD Studentship: Battery degradation modelling and SOX estimation for EV applications
Faculty of Health, Science and Technology - School of Architecture
Oxford Brookes University
Location: Oxford
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 15 Sep
Closes 23 Sep
PhD Studentship - Sustainable Multi-Sector Electrification Using Advanced Integrated Motor Drive Technologies
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 14 Dec
NUAcT PhD Studentship – Histories of Child Protection
School of History, Classic and Archaeology
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 annual stipend (living expenses) & 100% of home tuition fees paid
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 16 Oct
PhD Studentship: Data-Driven Approaches to Understanding Heterogeneity in Type 1 Diabetes: Towards Better Prediction and Personalised Care
University of Exeter – Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship: Sequencing babies: understanding penetrance of childhood epilepsy to inform newborn screening
University of Exeter – Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship: Advancing Bayesian machine learning methods for precision medicine applications in Type 2 diabetes
University of Exeter – Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship: Cravings, Cycles, and Moods: Tracking the link between Diet and Women's Health with AI and Smartphones
University of Exeter – Psychology
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship: Understanding how GLP-1 (Ozempic-type) medications may shape everyday social and economic decisions
University of Exeter – Department of Economics, University of Exeter Business School
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship: Unraveling Moral Injury in Eating Disorders in Young Adults
University of Exeter – Psychology
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship: How Sights Become Signals for Learning
Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Exeter
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship - Postgraduate Research Training in Social Sciences (ESRC funded)
Royal Holloway, University of London
Location: London
Salary: £21,805 Stipend (£23,805 if London weighting applies)
Date Placed: 14 Sep
Closes 29 Jan
PhD Studentship: Not Enough Money for Food and Struggling to Eat: Understanding the Connection Between Food Insecurity and Disordered Eating
Psychology
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 11 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship - AI Scientists for Understanding Dementia Modifiable Risk Factors
Department of Computer Science
University of Exeter
Location: Streatham
Salary: £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 11 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship: Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying resilience to dementia and age-related disorders: A multi-omic analysis of large human biobanks
Psychology
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 11 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship: Severe mental illness, inflammation and cardiometabolic health
Clinical and Biomedical Science
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 11 Sep
Closes 21 Oct
PhD Studentship - Air Pollution, Heat and Other Environmental Exposures in Relation to Cognitive Ageing: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences
University of Exeter
Location: Penryn
Salary: £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees
Date Placed: 11 Sep
Closes 21 Oct

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.

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