Studentships

Browse our frequently updated list of funded studentships open for applications. You may also be eligible to apply for other funding opportunities offered by the Doctoral College.

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Actuation methods for thin flexible composite deployable structures for space applications

Funding information:

This funding offer covers tuition fees at the UK resident rate, and provides a stipend of £20,000 p.a.
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Lung-deposited surface area deposition of airborne nanoparticles in different environments

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The studentship funding covers academic fees for UK/home students. Your home fee will be covered. You will also receive a standard EPSRC stipend amount of £20,688 per annum to cover your living expenses. Additional funding will be made available to present your work at a conference and for project-related costs. Any international candidate, who is not qualified as home/UK student, should have to cover the home and international fee difference of around £16,000 per year.
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Trustworthy AI for Socially Compliant Autonomous Driving

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A stipend of £18,622 for 23/24, which will increase each year in line with the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) rate, plus Home rate fee allowance of £4,712 (with automatic increase to UKRI rate each year). The studentship is offered for 3.5 years. For exceptional international candidates, there is the possibility of obtaining a scholarship to cover overseas fees.
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Assessing and modelling the performance of syntactic composite materials

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Funding covers a stipend £19,000 pa (tax-free) and UK “home” tuition fees for 3.5 years. Funding is available to cover travel, conferences and consumables. Eligibility follows standard research council rules and include UK/Irish citizenship or ordinary residence within the UK for 3 years prior to the funding commencing, but please note that in the latter case only home fees will be covered.
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PhD Studentship in quantitative genetics of neurodevelopment

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£18,622
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XPS for energy materials: development of methods for the chemical speciation of transition metals

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Funding covers a stipend  £20,000 pa (tax-free) and UK “home” tuition fees for 3.5 years. Funding is available to cover travel, conferences and consumables. Eligibility follows standard research council rules and include UK/Irish citizenship or ordinary residence within the UK for 3 years prior to the funding commencing, but please note that in the latter case, only home fees will be covered.
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Anaerobic Digestion Process Modelling, Optimisation, and Control using Artificial Intelligence

Funding information:

Full tuition fee waiver p.a. (UK students) and stipend at UKRI rates p.a. (£18,622 for 2023-24).
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Dispersion of fine particles in liquid

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Home student tuition fees will be covered Stipend of £17,668 per year.
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Experimental investigation of pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing

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Home student tuition fees will be covered Stipend of £17,668 per year.
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Uncertainty quantification in computer vision and natural language processing for medical imaging

Funding information:

UK/International tuition fee + UKRI stipend at £18,622 p.a. (2023/24 rate) + Research Training Support at £1,000 p.a. + Personal Computer (provided by the Department).
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PhD Studentship within DECaDE: Centre for the Decentralized Digital Economy - AI/Computer Vision/Blockchain

Funding information:

Funding will provide an annual tax-free stipend at the current EPSRC funding rate of £18,622 (for 2023-24) and coverage of the tuition fees for 3.5 years. 
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Dynamic lighting intervention to reduce falls and improve health in care home residents

Funding information:

UKRI standard stipend (currently £17,668 per annum) 100% of UK/home rate tuition fees (currently £4,596 per annum) Minimum of £3,000 per annum research training and support grant to support research costs Support to attend at least 1 international and 3 national research conferences over the course of the studentship.
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