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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Investigation into the impact of material properties on the gas transport behaviour of polyolefin materials

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Funding covers a stipend of £20,000 pa (tax free) and UK “home” tuition fees for 3.5 years. Funding is available to cover travel, conferences, and consumables. 
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Media provenance and authenticity

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We are offering the UKRI standard stipend (currently £18,622 per year) with an additional bursary of £1,700 per year for full 3.5 years for exceptional candidates. In addition, a research, training and support grant of £3,000 over the project is also offered. Full home or overseas tuition fees (as applicable) will be covered.
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Development of advanced measurement methods for high performance emerging photovoltaics

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EPSRC iCASE award Covering University (Home Fees) for four years Stipend: £19,237 per annum for four years Directly Funded Project (UK Students only)
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Developing hybrid physics-informed AI digital twins for bioenergy applications

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We are offering the UKRI standard stipend (currently £18,622 per year) with an additional bursary of £1,700 per year for full 3.5 years for exceptional candidates. In addition, a research, training and support grant of £3,000 over the project is also offered. Full home or overseas tuition fees (as applicable) will be covered.
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Industrial CASE

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The award will be for a period of three years and includes home tuition fees, plus a stipend (approx £14,296 p.a).
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Medical imaging standardisation for large scale studies

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A stipend of £18,285 for 21/22, which will increase each year in line with the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) rate, plus Home/EU-rate fee allowance of £4,407 (with automatic increase to UKRI rate each year). The studentship is offered for 4 years.
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Two full 3-year PhD Studentships in 6G wireless communications

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Antimicrobial resistance transmission in the environment: the role of soil as a reservoir and conduit in the transmission of AMR

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This call is for self-funded students.
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Sustainable foundation models for time series processing applied to sustainability

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A stipend of £18,622 for 2023/24, 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).
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Proteotranscriptomic investigation of equine exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage: a potential new era of clinical diagnostics

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3 years of stipend (currently £18,622 per year).
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Developing AI-driven survey technology for collecting patient-reported outcome measures

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UKRI standard stipend (£18,622 for 2023-2024), tuition fee covered, research training supports up to £1,000 per year. Only candidates who pay UK/home rate fees are eligible for the studentship/scholarship. International students are welcome to apply but they will need to either self-fund or secure funding from other sources.
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Finer scale residual stress evaluation of irradiated joints of nuclear fusion alloys

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Funding covers a stipend of £20,000 pa (tax-free) and UK “home” tuition fees for 3.5 years. Funding is also available to cover travel, conferences and consumables. 
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