A-Z of current PhD opportunities
Our current PhD opportunities are projects which already have a topic and supervisor allocated. Some of these have funding already attached as studentships but some may require you to provide your own funding.
If you can't see a project you're interested in, discover how to create your own proposal and find a supervisor.
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PhD 3D printing a biohybrid lung
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD 3D printing and simulation in surgical planning
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD A biomimetic approach to peroxide-derived polyketide synthesis
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Chemistry
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2022
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PhD A bottom-up approach to muscle mechanics
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD A multiscale approach to model the biomechanical behaviour of human skin
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD A population-based computational modelling framework for prognosis of osteoporosis
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Additive manufacturing (3D printing) of tools for plastic injection moulding
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Addressing unmet clinical needs in the repair and rehabilitation of non-union fractures
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Advanced antenna arrays for 5G and space
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Advanced CFD methods for porous media flows
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Advanced electron beam sources
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Advanced materials and manufacturing processes for heterogeneous integration of compound semiconductor devices
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Advanced radiofrequency materials and dielectric property measurements for satellite antenna applications
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Advanced thermal management materials for high temperature and power electronics
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD An integrated approach for damage identification in composite materials
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Analytics to interpret acoustic emission generated by geotechnical infrastructure assets
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Applied radiation detection
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Physics
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 31 March 2023
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PhD Artificial intelligence in additive manufacturing: use of deep-learning in dimensional accuracy of stereolithography 3D printing
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Augmented reality enhanced object tracking from UAVs
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Autonomous navigation, guidance and control of an agricultural vehicle in challenging environments
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Autonomous underwater vehicles
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Computer Science
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2022
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PhD Bayesian marathon finish-time prediction
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2022
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PhD Benefits of peer assessment and feedback on learning
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematics Education Centre
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD Bio-tribology of synovial joint arthroplasty
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Biomarker development for intervention studies in aging
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Carbon reinforced 3D printing of personalised prosthetics
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Carbon-fibre-reinforced 3D printing
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Cell mechanics and tumour growth
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Cellular automaton to model rapid crystal growth and recrystallisation
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Chaotic transition states in tri-atomic molecules
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2021
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PhD City-scale Big Data and Simulation for Emerging Mobility
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Clean hydrogen production using well defined earth abundant metal based molecular catalysts
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Chemistry
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD Climate Gentrification
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Comparison of machine learning techniques using measurement uncertainty for analysis of cell and gene therapy manufacturing data
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Computational modelling of cement-implant and cement-bone fracture in Unicondylar Knee Replacements (UKR)
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Computer vision and deep learning for real-time action recognition and semantic interpretation of video images
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Computer Science
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2022
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PhD Deep learning-based health monitoring electronic system with multi-wavelength optoelectronic sensor
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Deep optimisation of microgrid based energy systems
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Deformation avalanches in small-scaled components and how to prevent them
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Design for mathematical thinking and learning in the early years
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematics Education Centre
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD Development of a computational model to assess the influence of COVID-19 infection on regional lung ventilation
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Development of a non-immunogenic pericardium percutaneous heart valve
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Development of novel functional interlayers for interconnects and integration of wide-band gap devices
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Dynamic deformation, damage and fracture of composites
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Edge AI for safety-critical systems
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Electric field assisted machining
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Electrochemically stimulated solid-liquid inter-diffusion bonding
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Engineering of artificial turf sports surfaces
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Enhancing the long-term performance of advanced engine materials by controlling microstructure
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Evaporation dynamics of metastable droplet in superheated liquid
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Exploring electric vehicle reliability using network theory
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Finite element analysis based assessment of recyclability of sheet metal parts
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Finite element modelling of tissue-implant interaction in mitraclip therapy
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Granular physics and accretion discs
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 1st January 2022
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PhD Harnessing structural homology in polycyclic ether synthesis
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Chemistry
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2021
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PhD High speed additive manufacturing of ceramic/metal multi-material structures
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD High trust low infrastructure architectures for future ad hoc vehicular networks
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Holistic building renovation algorithms for accelerating the agenda towards net zero carbon building
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Improving blast and ballistic resistance in composites through design
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Improving gain-scheduled and adaptive control for constrained systems
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Improving health in manufacturing
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Intelligent robotics in difficult and dangerous environments
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Intelligent signal processing for 5G and beyond communications systems
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Interacting transition states for reactions with several pathways
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2021
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PhD Interaction and feedback in online university learning resources
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematics Education Centre
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD Invariants of Fano varieties
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 December 2021
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PhD Investigating the computational complexity of algorithmic problems in combinatorics on words
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Computer Science
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 1 January 2022
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PhD Investigating the effectiveness and efficacy of using digital technology to reduce safety and health risks on construction sites
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Keyframe Extraction for Video Retrieval and Summarization
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Computer Science
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 1 September 2022
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PhD Kinesemiotics: a case for wearable sensor technology
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Lifetime simulation of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Lightweight damage tolerant composite enclosure structure for electromagnetic interference shielding
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Machine hearing for industrial fault diagnosis
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Machine learning solutions for computer network operations
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Machine learning solutions for scalable, mission-critical wireless networks
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Machine learning techniques for 6G wireless networks
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Machine vision and robotics for food industry automation
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Computer Science
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2022
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PhD Mathematical modelling of internal waves in rotating stratified shear flows
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD Mechanics of biomaterials
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Mechanics of materials
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Mobile air quality monitoring using UAVs
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Modelling how neural waves transfer information in brain cortex
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Physics
Funding status Studentship
Application deadline: 5 November 2021
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PhD Modelling of plasticity-microstructure interaction at a short crack tip
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Multi-modal Data fusion using Deep Learning
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Computer Science
Funding status Self funded
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PhD Multi-modal Transfer Learning for Cross-Modal Data Retrieval
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Computer Science
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 3 January 2022
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PhD Multi-scale modelling of bone fracture
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Multidimensional dispersionless equations: geometry and integrability
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD Multifunctional polymer composites for next-generation integrated strain and temperature sensors
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Materials
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Application deadline: 17 September 2021
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PhD Nano-composite advanced interconnects materials
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Nanofluids for lubrication and thermal management of electric powertrain systems
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD New routes towards asymmetric carbon dioxide incorporation for organic synthesis
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Chemistry
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD New signal processing in mobile communications based on machine learning techniques
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Next generation hybrid-hybrid machining of critical aerospace parts
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Nijenhuis Geometry: from singularities to global phenomena
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2021
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PhD Nonlinear dynamics and control of UAVs operating in urban environments
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Novel Polycyclic Beta-lactams: New Antibiotics?
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Chemistry
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD Novel synthetic approaches to antimicrobial natural products and investigations of their bioactivity
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Chemistry
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD On the prevalence of Spatial-Numerical Associations
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematics Education Centre
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2021
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PhD Optimizing muscle mechanics for smart prosthetic
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Out of the classroom, and into the wild: Mathematics anxiety in real-life contexts
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematics Education Centre
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2021
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PhD Performance aspects in the development of the smart prosthetic lower limb
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Performance psychology and management
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 October 2021
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PhD Physics of the early phase of biofilm formation
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 1st January 2022
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PhD Plasma agriculture
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Plasma Mediated Carbon Dioxide Disassociation: Applications to organic Synthesis
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Chemistry
Funding status Self funded
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PhD Predicting failure in crystalline materials using machine learning techniques
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Predicting urban evolution by means of human cognitive characteristics
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Prediction of microscale geometry and performance of 3D-printed medical implants
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Reliability analysis of platoons
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Selective Electrosynthesis for Late Stage Peptide Functionalization: A Green Chemistry Approach
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Chemistry
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2021
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PhD Self-powered wearable devices with embedded AI: next generation healthcare systems
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Simulation of implant-in-bone
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Social-aware mobile system optimization based on machine learning
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Spectroscopic signatures of correlated quantum magnets
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Physics
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 April 2024
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PhD Standing electron-vortex waves trapped between two reflective mirrors
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Physics
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 31 August 2022
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PhD Start up strategies for battery electric vehicles and aircraft in cold climates
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Study of vibration isolators for electric vehicle powertrain systems
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Superconducting Devices based on Arrays of Josephson Junctions
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Physics
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 1st January 2022
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PhD Supervised deep learning approach to decode breathing patterns for augmentative and alternative communication
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Sustainable food production: efficient cleaning processes
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Synthesis of Lamellarin alkaloids using a photoredox initiated cyclisation cascade
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Chemistry
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2022
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PhD The practice of teaching university mathematics post-pandemic
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematics Education Centre
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 1 November 2021
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PhD Tools for the measurement of underwater noise to assess potential impact on marine wildlife
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Ultraprecision machining in silicon carbide
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Using AI to ethically describe images using text
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Computer Science
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 1 August 2022
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PhD What do young children know about multi-digit numbers?
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Mathematics Education Centre
Funding status Self funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2021
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PhD Who cares? Knowledge production and emotional labour in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) work in higher education
Campus: Loughborough
Department: Business and Economics
Funding status Studentship
Application deadline: 1 September 2021
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