Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Exeter, England invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced Quantitative Methods Pathway
Summary of PhD Program:
Post-graduate researchers on this interdisciplinary pathway will be located within one of three Faculties: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS); Environment, Science and Economy (ESE), or; Health and Life Sciences (HLS). Masters training will be provided through the MRes Social Science Research with further advanced training available through our partnership with the National Centre for Research Methods.
Application Deadline: 14th January 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
Exeter’s Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences is offering up to three PhD studentships (open to International fee paying students only) for candidates aiming to begin studying in September 2025. Exeter is a centre for world-leading research across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Our departments are consistently placed at the top of national and international rankings. Our PhD studentships are available to support any excellent project connecting with, or across, our departments:
- Arab and Islamic Studies
- Archaeology and History
- Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology
- Communications, Drama and Film
- English and Creative Writing
- Humanities and Social Sciences, Penryn (Cornwall)
- Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies
- Law School
- School of Education
- Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology
Application Deadline: 17 February 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing AI to identify normal and pathological periprosthetic osteoblastic activity for total knee arthroplasty
Summary of PhD Program:
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT-CT) imaging combines functional and anatomical data, enhancing diagnostics but remains underutilized and provides non-specific diagnosis. SPECT-CT’s clinical value in assessing painful knee replacements (TKRs) includes accurate 3D analysis of component positioning and tracer uptake. However, there is limited differentiation between expected and pathological radiopharmaceutical uptake equivocal results in many cases.
Application Deadline: 6th January 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Applying machine learning and natural language processing for high-fidelity clinical research using UK hospital data
Summary of PhD Program:
This fully-funded PhD studentship is a research-intensive programme providing training in cutting-edge data science and machine learning methods applied to large-scale UK electronic health records. The student will conduct independent research, joining Exeter’s world-leading, multi-disciplinary, and highly collaborative clinical diabetes research group (https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/exeterbrc/our-research/diabetes/), and linking with Exeter’s Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. The PhD programme will focus on harnessing NHS electronic health records from UK hospitals for research. UK hospitals are adopting fully electronic patient records for the first time, collecting high-fidelity data on patient journeys in hospital and as outpatients. This provides a major opportunity for new cutting-edge clinical research.
Application Deadline: 14th January 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Understanding the mechanisms driving the reduction of repetitive negative thought, Psychology
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD is located within a wider project examining the mechanisms driving the reduction of repetitive negative thought via cognitive-behaviour therapy. This large-scale flagship research project seeks to understand the active ingredients of cognitive-behavioural therapies that reduce worry and rumination, to optimise transdiagnostic interventions to prevent and treat common mental health disorders. The project will integrate experimental psychopathology approaches, close engagement with experts-by-experience/lived experience and a definitive international factorial treatment trial. The project involves collaboration between the University of Exeter, University of California Los Angeles, and LMU Munich.
Application Deadline: 13th December 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Exploring cardiovascular genetics in mid versus later life to improve understanding of biological mechanisms and clinical risk prediction
Summary of PhD Program:
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the UK increases in prevalence from 5% in middle age to over 20% in people aged 75+. Age affects many clinical features as well as the impact of these risk factors on CVD and resulting outcomes. Patient management is also complicated by increasing multimorbidity and polypharmacy as people age. When searching for genetic determinants of CVD risk, previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) predominantly focus on mid-life participants and simply adjust for age. However, it is known that risk varies with age, and subsets of individuals with higher genetic susceptibility have substantially greater disease risk.
Application Deadline: 3rd December 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Metamaterials
Summary of PhD Program:
Our work spans physics, engineering, maths, and computer science, including electromagnetism (from visible and infra-red through to THz and microwave), acoustics and fluidics, undertaken in parallel with research on numerical, analytical and AI modelling techniques. The materials we work with have wide application, e.g., imaging; sensing and spectroscopy; communication and antennas; acoustic and RF signature control; mechanical and vibration control; energy storage and harvesting etc.
Application Deadline: 2nd May 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Management and Business
Summary of PhD Program:
The University of Exeter Business School trains world-class researchers who will shape how we understand and respond to the most important societal challenges. We have a very generous funding scheme to support the most outstanding students who wish to complete a PhD in Management and Business. Successful applicants first receive funding to complete one of the University of Exeter. Business School’s Research Masters (MRes), which provides a rigorous foundation in the skills that are required to conduct high quality research. Students who meet the PhD entry criteria will then receive funding for full-time study in one of the University of Exeter Business School’s PhD programmes.
Application Deadline: 24th February 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Management and Business for Black British researchers
Summary of PhD Program:
We have a very generous funding scheme to support the most outstanding students who wish to complete a PhD in Management and Business. Successful applicants first receive funding to complete one of the University of Exeter Business School’s Research Masters (MRes), which provides a rigorous foundation in the skills that are required to conduct high quality research. Students who meet the PhD entry criteria will then receive funding for full-time study in one of the University of Exeter Business School’s PhD programmes.
Application Deadline: 24th February 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Finance for Black British researchers
Summary of PhD Program:
We have a very generous funding scheme to support the most outstanding students who wish to complete a PhD in Economics or Finance. Successful applicants first receive funding to complete one of the University of Exeter Business School’s Research Masters (MRes), which provides a rigorous foundation in the skills that are required to conduct high quality research. Students who meet the PhD entry criteria will then receive funding for full-time study in one of the University of Exeter Business School’s PhD programmes.
Application Deadline: 24th February 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Business School
Summary of PhD Program:
The University of Exeter Business School trains world-class researchers who will shape how we understand and respond to the most important societal challenges. We have a very generous funding scheme to support the most outstanding students who wish to complete a PhD in Finance. Successful applicants first receive funding to complete one of the University of Exeter Business School’s Research Masters (MRes), which provides a rigorous foundation in the skills that are required to conduct high quality research. Students who meet the PhD entry criteria will then receive funding for full-time study in one of the University of Exeter Business School’s PhD programmes.
Application Deadline: 24th February 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Economics for Black British researchers
Summary of PhD Program:
We have a very generous funding scheme to support the most outstanding students who wish to complete a PhD in Economics. Successful applicants first receive funding to complete one of the University of Exeter Business School’s Research Masters (MRes), which provides a rigorous foundation in the skills that are required to conduct high quality research. Students who meet the PhD entry criteria will then receive funding for full-time study in one of the University of Exeter Business School’s PhD programmes.
Application Deadline: 24th February 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Economics
Summary of PhD Program:
We have a very generous funding scheme to support the most outstanding students who wish to complete a PhD in Economics. Successful applicants first receive funding to complete one of the University of Exeter Business School’s Research Masters (MRes), which provides a rigorous foundation in the skills that are required to conduct high quality research. Students who meet the PhD entry criteria will then receive funding for full-time study in one of the University of Exeter Business School’s PhD programmes.
Application Deadline: 24th February 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Offshore Wind Engineering, Civil & Structural Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Software Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project aims to address key engineering and environmental challenges in the offshore wind sector. Successful candidates will contribute to pioneering research that supports the sustainable growth of offshore wind energy, both in the UK and globally. Candidates can align their expertise with one or more of the following research areas at the University of Exeter:
- Innovative transition piece designs for vibration control
- Data-driven methodologies for geotechnical investigation and design
- Software solutions for Virtual Reality (VR) applications in offshore wind farms
- Information Modelling for Offshore Engineering
- Discrete Element Modelling of degrading marine soils
Application Deadline: 16th December 2024
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Hybrid physics-based and data-driven modelling for fault and anomaly detection on wind energy systems
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD studentship is related to the digitalization of wind energy systems, with the goal of exploring and developing a data-driven paradigm for structural health monitoring and maintenance planning. The aim of the project is to create a digital twin of the structural and mechanical components of the system, which can be continuously updated to reflect the actual condition of the system and can detect anomalies and faults occurring during operation. As such, it will involve the development of state-of-the-art deep-learning techniques for computationally efficient models, and validation of the developed techniques using real-world data.
Application Deadline: 15th December 2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in An efficient medical Vision Language Models (VLM) for medical applications [Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Medical Imaging, Digital Healthcare]
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to develop an efficient Vision-Language Model (VLM) specifically designed for medical applications that not only enhances diagnostic accuracy but also addresses the substantial resource demands currently hindering LM implementation in healthcare settings. The model will focus on integrating domain-specific medical knowledge to reduce the computational cost while maintaining high performance in tasks such as medical image interpretation and clinical decision-making. By addressing both the computational efficiency challenges and the need for accurate multimodal processing, this project will provide a significant step forward in enabling the use of advanced AI in clinical practice, improving patient outcomes while conserving valuable medical resources.
