Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom 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 Time-varying vibro-acoustic analysis for sustainable digital twins
Summary of PhD Program:
Vibro-acoustic digital twins have the potential to increase the sustainability of machines and vehicles by making them more silent, while keeping performance high and energy consumption low. This project will focus on time-varying vibro-acoustic phenomena (rotation of a wheel, shifting gears) to improve the performance of vibro-acoustic digital twins.
Application Deadline: 28 Feb 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting for wearables
Summary of PhD Program:
The proposed project is aimed at developing a new generation of micro thermoelectric (TE) generators capable of being integrated into textiles for powering wearable electronic systems. Wearable electronics such as smart watches, smart glasses or smart pacemakers, have been hailed as the next generation of mobile electronic gadgets that can transform our daily lives. Despite the explosive growth of wearable technology the majority of wearable devices are still powered by batteries that require frequent recharging and replacement even though these devices require energy autonomy for an extended service time without the user’s intervention.
Application Deadline: 1 Apr 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in AI directed laser synthesis, patterning and manufacture of 2D materials
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD studentship, the candidate will contribute to the development of a facile, low cost system exploiting direct laser printing of 2D semiconductor based nanodevices. This new technology allows film patterning on various substrates, including flexible and curved, all processed under room temperature ambient conditions with instant spectroscopic feedback, making it highly suitable for neural network driven, scalable rapid prototyping and additive manufacture.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Hollowcore optical fibres embedded with 2D materials
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD studentship, you will further develop novel composite material ARF (CM-ARF) technology, spanning the multidisciplinary remit between cleanroom based, 2D materials fibre integration technology for the highly innovative CM-ARF platform, with applications in active photon management and light processing functions.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Artificial optical nervous system
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this project is to establish a new class of sensing system that is capable of mapping strain distribution at thousands of points using a single strand of optical fibre thinner than a human hair. The study of the mechanical properties of any large, complex structures such as a space launch vehicle or Earth’s crust relies on a large array of sophisticated and, often, expensive sensors. Constrained by budget, the number of sensing nodes deployed in such projects often does not exceed a few hundred, limiting the scale and scope of these studies.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing next-generation marine sensors using intracavity absorption spectroscopy for advanced ocean monitoring
Summary of PhD Program:
This exciting PhD project focuses on advancing single-wavelength intracavity absorption spectroscopy for marine sensing. This cutting-edge technique, proven for hydrocarbon detection, will be optimized to detect specific analytes or pollutants. Key aspects include:
- designing sensor materials and ensuring compatibility with permeable membranes
- adapting sensors for varying environmental conditions like temperature, water type, and depth
- integrating sensors with sea vehicles considering payload size, depth, and battery constraints
- addressing cross-sensitivity to enhance detection accuracy
Application Deadline: 31 Dec 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Optical levitation in hollow core fibres
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will explore the radiation pressure of laser light, to levitate, guide and accelerate particles within novel hollow core fibres (HCFs), targeting both fundamental studies and new applications such as radiation sensing and hypervelocity particle acceleration. The trapping and guidance of microscopic particles using the radiation pressure of light has been well known since the pioneering work of A. Ashkin in the 1970’s, which has led to several important applications including optical tweezers in biology.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Integrating bat pollination services into market value chains: the mezcal industry
Summary of PhD Program:
Bats are key pollinators in both natural and agricultural ecosystems providing important pollination services. However, bats are often considered pests and research quantifying their importance as pollinators is scarce. In this PhD project, you will determine the effectiveness of bat-pollination for agave plants, a major crop in Mexico, and will quantify the market value and benefit distribution of bat pollination for mezcal, one of the most important products obtained from agave.
Application Deadline: 13 May 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Development of advanced CFD Tools for 3D Simulation of hollow-core optical fibre drawing process
Summary of PhD Program:
Hollow-core optical fibres represent a transformative advancement in fibre technology, enabling exceptional light confinement and performance. However, the intricate microstructure required to guide light and dynamics of the fibre drawing process present significant challenges. By developing high-fidelity CFD models that simulate the interactions between molten glass and pressurized gas, you will help optimize fibre geometries and enhance optical performance, paving the way for advanced manufacturing solutions.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in 2D material enhanced photonic integrated circuits based quantum sensing for point-of-Care diagnostics and environmental monitoring
Summary of PhD Program:
This project focuses on developing a cutting-edge quantum sensing platform based on Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and 2D materials such as Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDCs) for ultra-sensitive point-of-care diagnostics and environmental monitoring.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Transforming CO2 into sustainable fuels for marine transportation
Summary of PhD Program:
This project, funded by the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, aims to revolutionize maritime fuel production by developing a single-step catalytic process to convert CO2 into Dimethyl Ether. Combining experimental and computational approaches, the research focuses on catalyst development, performance evaluation, and reaction modeling to create sustainable shipping fuel solutions.
Application Deadline: 28 Feb 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Verifying the quality of metal additively manufactured components
Summary of PhD Program:
Additive manufacturing enables the fabrication of engineering components with a high degree of geometric complexity. This geometric complexity makes the measurement and inspection of metal AM components very difficult. In this project, You will develop new methods for measuring and inspecting complex AM components.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigation of high efficiency configurations of Hall thrusters in the 500 – 5000 W Power range
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD will investigate novel methods to improve the operation and efficiency of Hall thrusters, the dominate type of propulsion used in space. This will be in particular towards their lower operational power range, using techniques such as changing their geometry and increasing their current density. Electric propulsion (EP) continues to revolutionise space, including missions such as the redeployment of satellites over Ukraine for improved communication following the Russian invasion.
Application Deadline: 30 Apr 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Algorithm development and simulation of ultrafast dynamics on quantum computer for chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD project, you will dive into the world of quantum computing for chemistry with a specific focus on designing and applying quantum algorithms for ultrafast dynamics of molecules. You will develop classic and quantum computing code together with senior researchers and your PI, learn about ultrafast dynamics in chemistry from the classic approach, simulate classic and quantum computing experiments and finally run your newly developed algorithms and code for the first time on actual quantum computing hardware.
Application Deadline: 28 Feb 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in AI-based virtual microphone technique for automotive applications
Summary of PhD Program:
Are you interested in AI, acoustics, and active sound control? This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to merge these fields and develop groundbreaking AI-based technology that predicts the sound at the ears of car occupants using signals from microphones placed elsewhere in the vehicle, ultimately enabling localized active sound control within the car interior.
Application Deadline: 15 Feb 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Virtual acoustics system for car interior
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this PhD project is to design and realise an advanced auralisation system. The work will involve developing state-of-the-art 3D audio capture techniques using microphone arrays, designing and implementing a multi-channel loudspeaker system, and creating and experimentally validating the signal processing algorithms underpinning the auralisation process. This innovative research has the potential to set new standards in the automotive audio industry.
Application Deadline: 15 Feb 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in User-centred security and privacy for internet-connected devices in elderly care
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims to understand the security and privacy concerns that older adults and their caregivers face throughout the entire life cycle of these Internet-connected devices. It also aims to eventually develop usable prototypes that resolve or alleviate concerns by gathering ideas from and responding to real-world older adults and caregivers.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Securing cyber-physical systems with neural network components
Summary of PhD Program:
Having robust methods and tools for ensuring safety and security of cyber-physical systems is a key to their future development and deployment. The long-term objective of this project is to develop formal methods that will verify and ensure the security of cyber-physical systems with AI (neural network) components.
Application Deadline: 1 Mar 2025
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Wideband fibre optical parametric amplifiers for space division multiplexing technology
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims at developing a novel idea of fibre optical multimode parametric amplification where four-wave-mixing between different fibre modes is exploited to amplify several modes in a wide bandwidth covering the main telecom windows (C+L bands). This is done through the design of novel optical fibres having special refractive-index profile.