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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 Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science
Location: Göttingen
Salary: TVöD E13 (75%)
Date Placed: 22 May
Closes 06 Jun
PhD Studentship: High light yield perovskite scintillators for Nuclear Security gamma applications
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: See advert
Date Placed: 22 May
Closes 12 Jul
PhD Studentship: Improving perovskite single crystals as radiation detectors using sonocrystallisation
Department of Chemistry
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: see advert
Date Placed: 22 May
Closes 12 Jul
PhD Researcher in Sociology
Department of Sociology - School of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Location: Dublin
Salary: Maintenance stipend of €25,000 per annum, tax-free, plus full tuition fees (EU/non EU) for 4 years
Date Placed: 22 May
Closes 12 Jun
PhD in Political Science and Public Management
Department of Political Science and Public Management
University of Southern Denmark
Location: Esbjerg, Odense, Sønderborg
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 22 May
Closes 08 Jun
NUAcT PhD Studentship – France in the Long Nineteenth Century
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 21 May
Closes 15 Jun
ESRC DTP Collaborative Studentship: Misinformation, Trust, and Vaccine Uptake: Theory and Evidence from the UK
University of Birmingham and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: Birmingham, University of Birmingham
Salary: Please see advert for details
Date Placed: 21 May
Closes 07 Jun
Closes 30 Jun
PhD Studentship - Developing Sustainable Supplies of Lithium-6 and Lithium-7 for the Nuclear Sector
Chemical Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 21 May
Closes 30 Jun
PhD Studentship - Liquid-liquid Extraction of Plutonium: Third Phase, Molecular Modelling and Molecular Theory
Chemical Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 21 May
Closes 30 Jun
Doctoral Fellow in GREET GLCS Supporting Mechanisms
Intracom Telecom
Location: Athens
Salary: £108,988.92 total maximum remuneration for the entire three-year duration of the engagement
Date Placed: 21 May
Closes 20 Jun
PhD in NeuroAI and Computational Neuroscience
University of Sussex
Location: Falmer
Salary: For 3.5 years, you will receive a tax-free stipend at a standard rate of £21,805 per year and your fees will be waived (at the UK or International rate). In addition, to a one-off Research and Training Support Grant of £2,000.
Date Placed: 21 May
Closes 12 Jun
PhD Studentship: Decommissioning Cultures and Communities: understanding culture change from operation to decommissioning in a large nuclear facility (NDA funded)
Geography
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £22,442 UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least the UKRI minimum stipend
Date Placed: 21 May
Closes 24 Jun
PhD Studentship: Bayesian Analysis of Relativistic Nuclear Energy Density Functionals
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 20 May
Closes 12 Jun
PhD Studentship: PhD Opportunity Title PhD in Complex Living Systems - Understanding Bacillus Spores Germination via microfluidics-based single-cell microscopy
HLS
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £21,805 per year
Date Placed: 20 May
Closes 30 Jun
PhD Studentship: Next-generation Electrified Membrane Reactor for Chemicals Production
Chemical Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £21,805 for 2026/27
Date Placed: 20 May
Closes 31 Jul
PhD Studentship: Development and Characterisation of High Thermal Conductivity Insulation Systems for Offshore Wind Generator Windings
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £21,805 annual tax-free stipend and tuition fees will be paid
Date Placed: 20 May
Closes 31 Aug
PhD Studentship: Smart On-Package Communication for Heterogeneous 2.5D Chiplet Systems
Department of Computer Science
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £21,805 annual tax-free stipend and tuition fees will be paid
Date Placed: 20 May
Closes 30 Jun
PhD Studentship - Solid State Substation Techniques for Future Electrical Energy Networks
Power Electronics and Machines Control Research Institute of the Faculty of Engineering
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 20 May
Closes 20 Aug
PhD Studentship - Determining the effects of Menopause on the Oral Microbiome and Systemic Health
Peninsula Dental 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 £19,830 per annum 2026-27 rate
Date Placed: 19 May
Closes 30 Jun
PhD Studentship: Sport and Exercise Science: #ifyougoigo: Challenging stereotypes and barriers to participation to get more teenage girls, more active, more often
Engineering and Applied Sciences School
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 19 May
Closes 01 Jun
PhD Studentship: Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology: PhD Studentship in Chemistry- Development of metallodrugs for use in cancer combination therapy
Engineering and Applied Sciences School
Swansea University
Location: Swansea
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 19 May
Closes 15 Jun
PhD Studentship: Generative and Hybrid AI for Pharmaceutical Reactor Design
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £21,805 annual tax-free stipend and tuition fees will be paid.
Date Placed: 19 May
Closes 30 Jun
PhD Studentship in Computer Science in AI and Machine Learning Explainability for Different Audiences
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 minimum tax-free annual living allowance and 100% home fees covered
Date Placed: 19 May
Closes 26 Jun
PhD in Addressing Macular Diseases using Ultrathin Digital Optics
Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science (Psychology)
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 19 May
Expires 17 Aug

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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