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PhD A socio-economic impact evaluation on wellbeing and community dynamics of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Business and Economics
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 31 August 2026
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PhD Access-Controlled Oxidation: Understanding the Role of Structure in Protein Damage
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 3 August 2026
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PhD Accessing New Chemistries: Tuning Reactivity Of Chemical Processes Using Ionic Liquids And Deep Eutectic Solvents
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 3 August 2026
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PhD Active Noise Control of Automotive Tyres
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: April 2026, July 2026, October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 10 January 2027
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PhD Advanced Modelling of Waste Immobilisation Materials for Long‑Term Nuclear Waste Storage
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2027
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PhD Advanced Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) Modelling for Critical Energy and Transport Systems
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2026
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PhD AI in Mechanics of Nonwoven Materials
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: Oct 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2027
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PhD AI-Enabled Acoustic Emission System for Industrial Condition Monitoring
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2026, April 2026, July 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2026
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PhD Airborne Intelligent Monitoring and Quantification of Greenhouse Gases
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2026
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PhD Antimicrobial Gels for Biomedical Applications
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 3 August 2026
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PhD Applications of multivariate orthogonal polynomials
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, January 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2026
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PhD Architecture of Flexibility in the UK: Towards Broader Customisation in Industrialised Construction
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Architecture of Flexibility in the UK: Towards Broader Customisation in Industrialised Construction
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Astrocyte Metabolism as Inspiration for Ultra‑Efficient Neuromorphic Computing
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027, October 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: July 2027
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PhD Avoiding Cancer Cells via Unbiased Resampling from Annual Tabulated Electronic screening data (ACCURATE)
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 August 2026
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PhD Behavioural Sleep Dysfunction as a Mechanistic Driver of Long COVID Symptom Severity: An Integrative Psychophysiological Investigation
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, February 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 18 December 2026
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PhD Beyond Normal - Proteins in Alien Environments
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 3 August 2026
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PhD BioDyes - Expanding the Scope of Renewed and Renewable Textiles
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 3 August 2026
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PhD Building Simulation And Digital Twins: New Methods Of Reducing The Performance Gap Of New And Existing Buildings
Campus:
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Characterisation of High Shear Mixers for Process Intensification
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering, Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 5 November 2026
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PhD Computability and Constrained Equations in Free Semigroups
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Computer Science
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 January 2027
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PhD Computational Modelling of Advanced Functional Materials
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 April 2027
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PhD Computational Modelling of Nuclear Materials
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2027
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PhD Creating Equitable Sanitation, Water and Hygiene Services in the Face of Climate Change
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Creep and Durability of Weakly Stabilised Clays
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Cultural Currents in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century: Continuities between 'Victorian' and 'Modernist' Literature
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): English
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: January 2026, April 2026, July 2026, October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 February 2027
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PhD Delivering an integrated and sustainable built environment
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Delivering efficient buildings, efficiently
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Delivering infrastructure and construction manufacturing
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Delivering sustainable environments within a changing climate
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 Decmeber 2026
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PhD Designing the Teaching of Problem-Solving Tactics in School Mathematics
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematics Education
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 April 2027
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PhD Developing Bio‑Inspired Adaptive Materials for Next‑Generation Neuromorphic Devices
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027, October 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: July 2027
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PhD Developing reduced-order models for long-term wave loading to enable accurate fatigue estimation in offshore wind turbines
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 31 August 2026
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PhD Development of Analytical Laboratory Simulations
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 March 2027
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PhD Development of Analytical Laboratory Simulations
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 March 2027
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PhD Development of novel bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes (BCP) bioisosteres from bench stable [1.1.1]propellane precursors
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: October 2027
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PhD Digital transformation of crystallization processes through model-based design of experiments and optimization
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 14 August 2026
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PhD Digitalisation towards Safety in Construction: The Facilitating Role of Industrialised Construction
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Digitalisation towards Safety in Construction: The Facilitating Role of Industrialised Construction
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Electronic, Thermal and Structural Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, January 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 October 2026
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PhD Enhancing Wind Turbine Performance through Informed Operation and Maintenance
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2026
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PhD Explainable cognitive systems as plastic dynamical systems
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences, Physics
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: January 2026, April 2026, July 2026, October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 July 2026
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PhD Exploring Alkali Charge Carriers in Novel Devices through Advanced X-ray Spectroscopy
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: February 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 November 2026
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PhD From Waste to Wardrobe: Circular Bio-Textile Manufacturing for Sustainable Fashion
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 7 August 2026
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PhD Governance in British Basketball: Funding Precarity, Structural Deficiencies, and Organisational Instability
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 August 2026
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PhD Hidden Electronic Device Detection for Enhanced Digital Forensic Capability
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2026
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PhD How can spatial skills improve mathematics learning?
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematics Education
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2027
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PhD How do the languages that we speak affect numerical processing and mathematics achievement?
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematics Education
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 7 January 2027
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PhD How Do We Acquire Number Names in a Second Language?
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematics Education
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2027
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PhD Human-in-the-loop machine learning for drone-assisted Structural Health Monitoring
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Computer Science
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 31 August 2026
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PhD Impact of Fluids of Different Densities
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027, October 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 July 2027
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PhD Integration of Circular Economy Principles into Industrialised Construction: A Design Typology for Reusable Infrastructure
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Integration of Circular Economy Principles into Industrialised Construction: A Design Typology for Reusable Infrastructure
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Intelligent Cardiovascular Digital Twin and Adaptive Control for Clinical and Sport Applications
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 1 October 2026, 1 February 2027, 1July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 January 2028
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PhD Intelligent Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET)
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Computer Science
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: February 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 October 2026
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PhD Ionic Innovations: Next-Generation Drug Delivery
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 3 August 2026
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PhD Lean Construction and Whole-Life Information Management Through Integrated Digital Twins
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Learning from Legacy: Using the Spirit of 2012 Knowledge Bank to Strengthen Sport Event Design and Impact
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 6 August 2026
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PhD Learning The Dynamics Of Turbulence To Inform Practical Fluids' Modelling
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Lieb-Thirring inequalities for Generalized Indefinite Strings
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 February 2027
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PhD Local-Global Conjectures for Spetses
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 July 2026
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PhD Luminescent Anion Receptors for High-Throughput Bioassays in Drug Discovery
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 February 2027
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PhD Luminescent Molecular Probes to Detect Phosphate in UK Waterways
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 February 2027
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PhD Mathematics Anxiety and Arithmetic Strategy Flexibility in Primary School Children
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematics Education
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2027
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PhD Memristive Reservoirs and Artificial Neurons for Neuromorphic Computing
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Physics
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Modelling Martial Arts
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Computer Science
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, January 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2026
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PhD Modelling of phases and interfacial behaviour to enhance sustainability in manufactured products
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, January 2027, April 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 January 2027
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PhD Modelling the Energy and Indoor Environment Performance of the Housing Stock
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Nanoparticle-reinforced coatings for leading edge protection of offshore wind turbine blades
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Materials
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 31 August 2026
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PhD Next-Generation Coordinated Lateral Stability Control for Electric Vehicles
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 1 October 2026, 1 February 2027, 1 July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 January 2028
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PhD Novel Compounds for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: April 2027
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PhD Novel High Performance Coatings - Product and Process Development
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemical Engineering, Materials
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 5 November 2026
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PhD Optimising Site Transport Deliveries: Modern Methods of Construction
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Optimising site transport deliveries: Modern Methods of Construction
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Parameterising wakes for oceanographic models
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 31 August 2026
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PhD Pedagogies of Disasters
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Personal Cooling Systems for Enhanced Thermal Comfort and Sleep Quality
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Placemaking through the Pedestrian's Eyes
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Point-Cloud-Based Structural Health Monitoring and Quality Control for Complex Heritage Morphologies
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Quantum Systems Engineering
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: Octrober 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 15 July 2027
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PhD Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous (De)(Re)Manufacturing of High-Value Products
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: February 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2026
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PhD Reinforcement Learning Swarm Systems for Autonomous Manufacturing in Unstructured Environments
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: February 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 October 2026
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PhD Resilient Intelligent Traffic Systems with Learning Optimisation and Chance Constraints
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Computer Science
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, February 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 September 2026
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PhD Risk Transfer, Homeowner Resilience, and Sustainable Urban Development in the UK
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Scalable Grey-Box Modelling For Adaptive Control Of Existing Housing
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Seasonal Energy Storage
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 September 2026
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PhD Solar Energy for De-carbonisation of Textile Dyeing: Enabling Sustainable Fashion Manufacturing
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 7 August 2026
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PhD Spectroscopic signatures of topological quantum matter
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Physics
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, January 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 30 September 2026
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PhD Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric MRI Contrast Agents for Advanced Imaging Applications
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 February 2027
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PhD Synthesis of Fluorinated Heterocycles
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Chemistry
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD The development of young children’s understanding of multi-digit numbers
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematics Education
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 7 January 2027
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PhD The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Recommendations on Sustainable Consumer Behaviors Across Generations
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Business and Economics
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: February, July, October,
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Project open until 2027 (intake dates October, February and July).
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PhD The Impact of Low Emission Zones in Cities
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD The Productivity Promise: A Critical Study of AI-Driven Monitoring Technologies and Their Impact on Construction Productivity
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Tyre Particulate Emissions Measurement and Prediction
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: April 2026, July 2026, October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 October 2026
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PhD Understanding the Impact of a Team-Based Sport Weight Loss Intervention on Men’s Health: Evaluation of MAN v FAT
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2027
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PhD Understanding the Relationship Between Patterning and Mathematics
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematics Education
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: July 2027, October 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: July 2027
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PhD Unravelling Sex-Specific Mechanisms Underpinning Long COVID: An Integrative Epidemiological and Biomarker-Based Investigation of Women’s Disproportionate Burden
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 18 December 2026
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PhD Utilisation of Textile Waste for Enhanced Biogas Production
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 December 2026
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PhD Variational principles and integrable PDEs
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Mathematical Sciences
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: July 2026, October 2026, January 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 April 2027
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