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University of Manchester

Manchester, England, United Kingdom · Public · Founded 1824

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Fully funded 25 Sept 2026

PhD Studentship: Super-Resolution of 4D Flow MRI for Cardiovascular Disease using Machine Learning

The University of Manchester · Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded by The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. The start date is October 2026 or January 2027. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. Phase-contras

Fully funded 13 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Calibration Methodologies for Industrial/Geophysics Granular Materials

The University of Manchester · Mathematics

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Mathematics
  • Dr Anthony Thornton

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded and home students are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. This PhD project addresses the "calibration problem" in particulate continuum models and particle simulations. Specifically, it focuses on developing robust methodologies for selecting and parameterising contact model

Fully funded 15 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: EPSRC: Spin-Lattice Dynamics in Advanced Magnetic Materials

The University of Manchester · Computer Science

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Computer Science

How to apply: https://uom.link/pgr-apply-2425 This 3.5 -year PhD studentship is open to Home (UK applicants). The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26, subject to annual uplift) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. EU students with settled or pre-settled status and international student can apply but their application eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis The start date is October 2026 or January 2027. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before th

Fully funded 19 Oct 2026

Phd Studentship: AI-Enhanced Flexible Antenna Systems for Resilient Next-Generation Wireless Networks

The University of Manchester · Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

This 3.5 year PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. This PhD will develop AI-enhanced flexible antenna systems for resilient next-generation wireless networks. By exploiting flexible antenna technologies, the project will investigate AI-driven approaches

Fully funded 28 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Bayesian Modeling of High-dimensional Structural Data

The University of Manchester · Department of Mathematics

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Dr Nilabja Guha

Application deadline: All year round This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded and home students are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. In many applications such as biological sciences, social science, and engineering, we encounter high-dimensional observations. Bayesian approach can provide a flexible modeling fra

Fully funded 2 Nov 2026

PhD Studentship: Magnon Spintronics for Neuromorphic Computing

The University of Manchester

  • Manchester, United Kingdom

This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded, and home students are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. This PhD project will develop nanoscale devices which use magnons (collective excitations in magnetic order) as information carriers for ultra-efficient, compact, brain-inspired computing. This project is positioned

Fully funded 15 Nov 2026

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PGRTAs: Enhanced PhD Studentship

The University of Manchester

  • Manchester, United Kingdom

Application deadline: 15.11.2026 This PhD will be undertaken over a total period of 70 months and will combine research and teaching responsibilities. This PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free part time stipend set at the UKRI rate (£13,200.80 for 2026/27) plus a salary which will bring the annual income to a minimum of £28,405.40per annum. We expect the stipend to increase each year. Tuition fee costs will be covered by School of Engineering. We seek to appoin

Fully funded 1 Dec 2026

PhD Studentship: Building Heterogenous Quantum-Dot–Atom Repeaters: Photon Generation, Storage and Conversion for Quantum Networks

The University of Manchester · Physics and Astronomy

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Physics and Astronomy

Application deadline: 01/12/2026 Research theme: Quantum communication, condensed matter, quantum optics How to apply: https://uom.link/pgr-apply-2425 This 3.5 year PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive and annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is January 2027. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. Long-distance quant

Fully funded 9 Dec 2026

PhD Studentship - Arc Fault Analysis in Modern Aerospace Power Drive Systems

The University of Manchester · Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Application deadline: All year round How to apply : uom.link/pgr-apply-2425 This 4-year project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual stipend of ~£25,518 and paid tuition fees. We are looking for someone to start as soon as possible. The project is an exciting opportunity to undertake industrially linked research in partnership with Rolls-Royce (RR) at the RR University Technology Centre (UTC) in Electrical Systems at University of Manchester(UoM). The UTC researches a wide range of

Fully funded 8 Jan 2027

PhD Studentship: Real time 4D Imaging System for Turbulent Multiphase Flows

The University of Manchester · Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Application deadline: All year round Research theme: Multiphase Flows, Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Bubbles, Droplets, Sustainable Energy UK only This 3.5-year project is funded by the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering. Tuition fees will be paid (at home rate) and you will receive a tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26). We expect the stipend to increase each year. Multiphase flows are common in natural and industrial processes, such as volcanic flows, bubbles in electrolysers, and blood flows. In many applications, these flows often exhibit transi

Fully funded 31 Jan 2027

PhD - EPSRC - Topological and Other Types of Photonics Devices for Sensing, Modulation and Other Applications

The University of Manchester · Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research theme: Applied physics, applied chemistry, applied materials How to apply: uom.link/pgr-apply-2425 This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded by the Doctoral Landscape Award; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is January 2027. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. Topological or meta-structured

Fully funded 30 Mar 2027

Fully Funded PhD Studentship for UK Home Fee Status Candidates in the Department of Materials

The University of Manchester · Materials

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Materials

Research theme: AI for Engineering How to apply: uom.link/pgr-apply-2425 This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is January 2027. This funding is not available to Overseas applicants unless they meet UK Home fee status requirements. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadl

Fully funded 1 Jul 2027

PhD Studentship - Mechanosensitive Nanochannels

The University of Manchester · Physics and Astronomy

  • Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Physics and Astronomy

Application deadline: All year round This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply (more details can be found here ). The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026. Self-funded home and overseas students are welcome to apply. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. Nano- and Angstrom-scale capillaries ha

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