Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland 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 AI powered energy management of next-generation ship power systems
Summary of PhD Program:
Sustainable and net-zero shipping necessitates the development of novel technologies, overcoming significant barriers pertaining to costs, regulations, and uncertainty. Next-generation designs will rely on zero- and low-carbon fuels, energy storage, energy saving devices and wind-assisted technologies, rendering the future systems more complex compared to the state-of-the-art and their energy management challenging. Yet, the use of AI/ML methods and digital twins are expected to boost the development of innovative solutions to address the future power systems requirements.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Research into judgment & decision making in futures thinking
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is within the activities of the Leverhulme Doctoral School in Nature Inspired Acoustics. It focusses on judgment and decision making in anticipating the future. The research will explore (i) the quality of individual and group judgments about future technological and social change and (ii) the usefulness of structured approaches to improving judgment and decision making, such as Delphi and Scenario Planning. The research will use experimentally based methods.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Uncertainty quantification in CO2 calculations
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD research will explore the challenges associated with the reliable quantification of CO2 emissions using the latest cutting-edge uncertainty quantification methods combined with modern digital and generative tools. These methods will take explicit and quantitative account of the randomness, vagueness and limited quality of CO2 data. Current methods for CO2 calculations are deterministic and entirely based on coarse grid conversion factors with little–if at all–mention of the uncertainty that such calculations can incur. This research seeks to bridge this gap, providing a more rigorous framework for CO2 emissions assessment.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in High Voltage Technologies for Avionic Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
The High Voltage Technologies Research Group of the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde is offering an exciting opportunity to join the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre as a PhD student in breakthrough aerospace technologies. This prestigious, fully-funded EPSRC iCASE 4-year PhD program will involve extensive training, experimental research and strong industry engagement. Net-zero emissions is a strategic goal of the aviation industry, and to achieve this goal, radical, advanced electrical technologies are required. With progress in the development of more-electrical and hybrid aircrafts, advanced high-voltage systems are attracting strong interest for electrically assisted propulsion and combustion.
Application Deadline: 1 September 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Large Language Models for Accelerating Industrial Ultrasonic Data Analysis
Summary of PhD Program:
Sensor Enabled Automation, Robotics, and Control Hub (SEARCH) at the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE), Strathclyde has been driving the NDE automation for the past decade. In recent years, there has been a notable shift towards adopting automated solutions in the NDE workflows, leveraging advancements in robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other technologies, recognized as NDE 4.0. This transition aims to redefine the roles of human NDE operators, moving them towards more supervisory positions where they oversee and address specific parts of the process, while automated systems handle the bulk of repetitive tasks.
Application Deadline: 30 November 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Recycling wind turbine blades into composite materials
Summary of PhD Program:
The project involves carrying out feasibility studies into new recycling techniques scalable with the characteristics of low energy consumption, emission, environmental impact, and costs. An artificial intelligence (AI) driven approach coupled with life-cycle analysis (LCA) will be developed to guide the design of recycling processes. This will be extended to encompass the scope for post-recycling methods in terms of reuse of recycled materials.
Application Deadline: 1 September 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Exploring degradation mechanisms for materials in extreme environments
Summary of PhD Program:
This will be a detailed, materials-focused investigation, with specific research tasks to be identified in line with the candidate’s skills and interests. The project will study the effect of Weir technology’s operating conditions on material degradation in order to deliver solutions for prevention and promote more sustainable practices.
Application Deadline: 1 November 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigation of the flow behaviour, anisotropy and forming limits of 6000 series aluminium extrusions with significant recycled material content
Summary of PhD Program:
Constellium has unique facilities for recycling aluminium alloys via direct extrusion into sheet. This process has cost and sustainability benefits in support of Constellium’s long-term goal of reducing CO2 emissions to 1kg per 1kg of aluminium but it potentially introduces variability into the alloy chemistry and impacts on downstream formability and final properties. Direct extrusion results in differences in microstructure, crystallographic texture, and how they are distributed across and through the sheet compared with traditional rolled material.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in What makes particle packings stable? Explaining and engineering random loose packing
Summary of PhD Program:
How particles pack together to make stable structures is a puzzle that has been addressed by many illustrious scientists and engineers, including Kepler, Coulomb and James Clerk Maxwell. Recent interest has grown from a need to design porous packings or materials for a range of critical applications, such as absorption and molecular storage for CO2 and H2, effective filtration eg in water treatment, understanding sediment formation and soil instabilities in natural phenomena and for climate resilience, improving particulate processes such as tableting in foods and pharmaceuticals, and designing innovative materials such as structured low-density solids for construction, aerospace, transport and packaging.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Multiscale modelling & optimisation of renewable plastic films
Summary of PhD Program:
The project will build on previous work at the University of Strathclyde to model the development of microstructure in renewable and compostable semi-crystalline plastic films. The plastic’s microstructure, that is how its crystalline domains are spatially arranged to leave amorphous polymer pathways throughout the material, dominates its material properties. These include its strength, flexibility, and optical transparency, as well as the essential gas barrier properties required, for example, in food packaging applications.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Application of laser imaging techniques to thermal synthesis of carbon materials
Summary of PhD Program:
Research in this area is nevertheless still characterised by a gap between research disciplines. In materials science, carbons are often prepared in simple or uncontrolled flames, such as by igniting a sample of precursor powder. On the other hand, research on thermal reacting flows has led to the adoption of standard laboratory burners whose characterisation has been advanced by the development of custom laser imaging methods for in situ spatial mapping of temperature, concentration of major and minor species, and volume fraction and size of particulates.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sustainable manufacturing of quantum dots by femtosecond laser
Summary of PhD Program:
A project jointly funded by the University of Strathclyde and National Manufacturing Institute Scotland. The project aims at researching a new sustainable femtosecond laser nanomanufacturing process to overcome the challenges of atomic sale precision, feature size and defects rates for quantum dots. In this project, molecular dynamics simulation study of light matter interaction, digital twin enabled process development and life cycle assessment will be researched.
Application Deadline: 8 August 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Uncertainty quantification in CO2 calculations
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD research will explore the challenges associated with the reliable quantification of CO2 emissions using the latest cutting-edge uncertainty quantification methods combined with modern digital and generative tools. These methods will take explicit and quantitative account of the randomness, vagueness and limited quality of CO2 data. Current methods for CO2 calculations are deterministic and entirely based on coarse grid conversion factors with little–if at all–mention of the uncertainty that such calculations can incur. This research seeks to bridge this gap, providing a more rigorous framework for CO2 emissions assessment.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Numerical modelling of pulsed injection protocols for subsurface energy and CO2 Storage
Summary of PhD Program:
Fully funded PhD opportunity to develop cutting-edge computational models that will optimize fluid flow in porous media for CO₂ storage, hydrogen storage, geothermal energy, and other climate solutions. Work with leading researchers, access high-performance computing resources, and collaborate with industry partners in Australia. Gain multidisciplinary expertise, international exposure, and hands-on training with state-of-the-art facilities, preparing you for a career in academia or industry.
Application Deadline: 4 August 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Novel sustainable retrofitting techniques to mitigate building/infrastructure damage due to drought-induced ground subsidence
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims to develop innovative techniques to mitigate building and infrastructure damage caused by drought. It will be conducted in collaboration with Uretek France, a company specialising in ground reinforcement. The PhD research will explore sustainable, low-carbon approaches such as the installation of capillary barriers and the creation of rainwater-harvesting wells. The project will include both experimental and numerical components.
Application Deadline: 25 September 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Aerodynamic modelling of the X-Rotor offshore wind turbine concept
Summary of PhD Program:
The X-Rotor is a radical offshore wind turbine concept that has potantial to reduce the levelised cost of energy from offshore wind by 20-30%. The concept combines a vertical axis promary rotor with horizontal axis secondary rotors to reduce both capital cost and maintenance costs of offshore wind energy. Other benefits of the X-Rotor concept include greater potential for high density wind farms, floating wind and wind energy at low wind speed sites.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Study of high voltage direct current grids for zero-emission aircraft
Summary of PhD Program:
With the integration of many new electrical technologies and close coupling between electrical and flight critical propulsion and flight control systems, there exists new risks for propagating failures through hidden and/or complex cascade mechanisms. Without comprehensive foundational knowledge and in-service flight experience of these new systems, innovative research is required to predict, map and mitigate against these new failure modes, enabling leading industry stakeholders to build the necessary body of proof around the effectiveness and reliability of failure prediction, detection and separation countermeasures.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigation of the suitability of low-emissions concrete for the construction of floating offshore wind turbines
Summary of PhD Program:
PhD in the Engineering Hydrogen NetZero (EnerHy) CDT which is a new EPSRC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) focusing on research and training in the areas of Hydrogen and Wind Energy. The University of Strathclyde will lead the wind energy training and research elements of the programme. Funded by ESB and EPSRC, this 4 year this PhD studentship, at the University of Strathclyde is in the area of floating offshore wind turbines with sustainable concrete floaters.