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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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PhD Studentship: Investigating Failure Mechanisms in Next-generation Aerospace Materials
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: 29 Apr
Closes 31 Aug
PhD Studentship: Unpacking Global Profit Shifting: The Impact of Tax Policies on Multinational Enterprises
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Please refer to the advert text
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 19 May
PhD Studentship : Stability and Control of Inverter-based Resources in Electrical Distribution Networks
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 30 May
PhD Studentship in Energy Efficient Mobile Networking Systems
The University of Edinburgh
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 31 Jul
PhD Studentship: Smart Robotic Systems for Autonomous Inspection – Enhancing Data Collection and Analysis
Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 11 Jul
PhD Studentship: GAP-AI Design: Guiding Attitudes to Practice with AI Agents in Sustainable Fashion Consumption
Materials
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £19,237 (for 2024/25)
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 05 May
Ph.D. Student/Junior Researcher
School of Management and the School of Life Sciences
Technische Universität München
Location: Munich
Salary: Accordance with the German State Regulated Public Salary Scale starting at TV-L E13 2/3
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 15 Jun
Faculty of Environment, [SCHOOL] Funded Studentship 2024-25
School of Geography
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: One full scholarship is available in the School of Geography in 2025
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 31 May
PhD Studentship: Novel 3D Printing Applications for Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS)
Cranfield University
Location: Cranfield
Salary: £23,237
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 20 Aug
PHD Studentship : AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship with the University of Cambridge and the Museum of the Home. "The Non-Elite Painting and Decorating Trade in Britain 1600-1800"
Faculty of Architecture and History of Art
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 23 May
Faculty of Environment, [SCHOOL] Funded Studentship 2024-25
Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £20,780 per year, plus a top-up of £4000 per year, for four years, subject to satisfactory progress
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 31 May
PhD Studentship: Dissecting the dual role of guanylate binding proteins in glioblastoma tumour cells and microenvironment
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3 years and includes full Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £18,655 per annum 2024-25 rate (2025-26 rate TBC)
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 30 Jun
PhD Studentship
HASS
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: £20,780 annual stipend
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 19 May
Materials Engineering: Fully Funded SU/ Rolls-Royce PhD Studentship: Mechanism
Materials Science & Engineering
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 05 May
PhD Studentship: Stochastic Optimal Controls: Optimal Problems Under Contagious Markets with Regime Switching and Risk Uncertainty
Stochastic Optimal Controls, Point Processes, Insurance Strategies, Regime Switchings, and Risk Uncertainty
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £19,237 UKRI rate (currently £19,237 for 2024/25)
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 19 May
PhD Studentship : DPhil in Chemistry iDLA Studentship
Department of Chemistry
University of Oxford
Location: Oxford
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 23 May
Psychology: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Acquired Brain Injury and Legal Adjudication
Psychology
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 14 May
Health Data Science: Fully Funded HCRW-NIHR PhD Studentship in Statistical Modelling in Multiple Long-Term Conditions for Healthcare Policy
Health Data Science
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 16 May
PhD Studentship: Psychology Pathway: Full Funded ESRC Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) Studentship in the Psychology Pathway
WGSSS ESRC Studentship Psychology Pathway
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 09 May
Nonlinear Structural Dynamics: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Design and Fabrication of a Mems Sensor
Nonlinear Structural Dynamics, Numerical Analysis, Optimisation
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £20,780 UKRI rate (currently £20,780 for 2025/26)
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 05 May
PhD in History
Department of Modern History and Society
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Location: Trondheim
Salary: £40,796.24 per annum depending on qualifications and seniority
Date Placed: 29 Apr
Closes 01 Jun
PhD Studentship in Psychology
School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences
University of Reading
Location: Reading
Salary: £20,780 per annum
Date Placed: 28 Apr
Closes 12 May
PhD Studentship: Experiences and body image outcomes of a mentoring programme for young adults with upper limb differences
Durham University
Location: Durham
Salary: The funding covers a tax-free stipend at the UKRI rate (£20,780 for 25/26) and the full tuition fees at the home rate, as well as relevant project costs.
Date Placed: 28 Apr
Closes 26 May
Research Ireland Pathway PhD Studentship
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Location: Dublin
Salary: £21,744.90 annual stipend
Date Placed: 28 Apr
Closes 23 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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