PhD Studentship: Direct Recycling of Next-Generation Battery Materials for Sustainable and Circular Manufacturing

University of Birmingham – School of Metallurgy and Materials Qualification Type: PhD Location: Birmingham Funding for: UK Students Funding amount: Not Specified Hours: Full Time Placed On: 18th September 2026 Closes: 17th December 2026 The transition to electrified transport and renewable energy storage is driving unprecedented growth in battery manufacturing. However, large-scale battery production generates … Read more

PhD Studentship: Searching for New Physics with Highly Charged Ion Clocks

University of Birmingham – Physics and Astronomy Qualification Type: PhD Location: Birmingham Funding for: UK Students, EU Students, International Students Funding amount: Not Specified Hours: Full Time Placed On: 18th September 2026 Closes: 17th December 2026 Some of the biggest open questions in modern physics concern the limits of the Standard Model and General Relativity. … Read more

PhD Studentship: An investigation into the Interface Material Layer Created during Linear Friction Welding of Titanium Alloys

University of Nottingham Qualification Type: PhD Location: Nottingham Funding for: UK Students, EU Students Funding amount: £25,000 per annum. Hours: Full Time Placed On: 18th September 2026 Closes: 18th December 2026 An investigation into the interface material layer created during linear friction welding of Titanium alloys. Applications are invited for a PhD position at the … Read more

PhD Studentship: Developing and Applying Camera Monitoring Tools for Inshore Fish Assemblages

University of Plymouth – Marine Sciences Qualification Type: PhD Location: Devon, Plymouth Funding for: UK Students, EU Students, International Students Funding amount: Funding amount: The studentship is supported for four years and includes full Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £19,830 2026/27 rate Hours: Full Time Placed On: 18th September 2026 Closes: 29th October … Read more

PhD Studentship: Computational Chemistry Driven Design of Improved Thermal Batteries

University of Birmingham – School of Chemistry Qualification Type: PhD Location: Birmingham Funding for: UK Students, EU Students Funding amount: £21,805 Hours: Full Time Placed On: 18th September 2026 Closes: 1st January 2027 Thermal batteries (often termed primary reserve batteries) offer several key advantages over primary and secondary batteries due to their long shelf life, … Read more

PhD Studentship: Bioresorbable Intestinal Devices with Embedded Resorbable Sensors for Gastrointestinal Monitoring

University of Birmingham – Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering Qualification Type: PhD Location: Birmingham Funding for: UK Students Funding amount: £21,805 Hours: Full Time Placed On: 18th September 2026 Closes: 7th January 2027 Swallowable sensors are limited by how long they stay in place. A capsule passes through the gut within a day or two, … Read more

PhD Studentship in Tribology of Tyre & Road Emissions

Project Overview Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in the Tribology of Tyre and Road particle emissions within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial. The project is a collaboration between engineering scientists at Imperial College London and medical scientists at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Within this project, two PhD students will … Read more

PhD Studentship – Postgraduate Research Training in Social Sciences (ESRC funded)

The South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc) The South East Doctoral Training Arc (SEDarc) is pleased to offer Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funding for PhD students for September 2027 entry. We welcome applications from talented individuals working across the social sciences to be based at one of six higher education institutions in London … Read more

PhD Studentship: Powering the Future: Terahertz Technology for Next-Generation Batteries

University of Warwick Qualification Type: PhD Location: Coventry, University of Warwick, Warwick Funding for: UK Students Funding amount: £21,805 Hours: Full Time Placed On: 17th September 2026 Closes: 31st October 2026 From electric vehicles to grid-scale energy storage, the future of clean energy relies on breakthroughs in battery technology. This PhD will develop cutting-edge terahertz … Read more

PhD Studentship: Materials-reinforced multifunctional coatings for built environments

University of Exeter – ESE Qualification Type: PhD Location: Devon, Exeter Funding for: UK Students Funding amount: UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £21,805 per year Hours: Full Time Placed On: 8th September 2026 Closes: 2nd November 2026 Reference: 5554 https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSW230/phd-studentship-materials-reinforced-multifunctional-coatings-for-built-environments Porous construction materials, such as concrete, brick, or wood, … Read more