Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Southampton, Southampton, 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 Ultra-high speed imaging based organotypic and hydrogel model for ultrasound stimulated bone and soft tissue
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to investigate frequency and amplitude influence of the tools on bone and cartilage cutting, and soft tissue cauterisation, determine the effect of common tissue properties in affecting strain rate which cells embedded in these materials are exposed to, and finally, explore the optimal mechanical parameters which will not only excel in tissue cutting but also control cell death and promote healing, using three dimensional organotypic tissue models and engineered hydrogel or cell constructs.
Application Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigating immune responses to controlled human infection with Bordetella pertussis using multi-omics
Summary of PhD Program:
To advance our understanding of the immunological mechanisms that underpin protection against B. pertussis infection in humans, and with a view to guiding novel vaccine design, a B. pertussis Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) was recently established by the Southampton Controlled Human Infection Group. To date, we have demonstrated that the model is acceptable and safe, that immune status prior to challenge predicts subsequent colonisation status, and that colonisation with B. pertussis results in formation of B. pertussis-specific adaptive immune responses.
Application Deadline: 18 Jun 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in One Horton Heath
Summary of PhD Program:
Eastleigh Borough Council with John Hansard Gallery and Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton have established a partnership to offer artist residencies at One Horton Heath (OHH) as PhD Studentships.
Application Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced data-driven control of active distribution networks
Summary of PhD Program:
Traditional circuit theory, grounded in transfer functions and state-space models, fall short at addressing the complexities of modern, bidirectional power networks. This project investigates data-driven control methodologies tailored for active networks, with a particular focus on coordinated control strategies, distributed controllers, and their practical implementation on power converter devices.
Application Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advancing membrane electrochemical systems for sustainable resource recovery and CO₂ capture
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will develop an integrated membrane electrochemical system (MES) for efficient lithium separation and CO₂ capture. By combining advanced membrane materials development with electrochemical process design and optimisation, it aims to deliver a transformative solution for sustainable resource recovery and carbon management.
Application Deadline: 31 Jul 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ultrasonic gas leak localisation and characterisation in complex environments
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project will develop advanced ultrasonic array techniques for hydrogen leak detection, localisation and characterisation in complex, noisy environments. Combining mathematical modelling and physics-informed signal processing with AI-driven methods (including PINNs), the research aims to enhance robust, cost-effective leak detection with industrial applications on complex sites.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Visible Light Integrated Sensing and Communication (VL-ISAC)
Summary of PhD Program:
ISAC is anticipated to serve as a pillar of 6G. However, the seamless integration of communication and sensing technologies remains challenging in the highly congested Radio Frequency (RF) bands. By contrast, the bandwidths available in the unlicensed Visible Light (VL) band ranging from 400 THz to 800 THz offers the potential of achieving both Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) communication and millimeter-precision sensing.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2026
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Stacked Intelligent Metasurface (SIM) for Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS)
Summary of PhD Program:
Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces (SIM) are composed of multiple layers of programmable meta-atoms that can dynamically manipulate electromagnetic (EM) waves as they propagate through them. Each meta-atom acts as a reconfigurable artificial neuron with tunable weights—drawing a strong parallel with Deep Neural Networks (DNNs), but Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are no longer required. This architecture enables real-time wireless computing such as beamforming and Fourier transform to be performed at the speed of light, as EM wave propagates through multiple layers of metasurfaces.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2026
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Development of a low-cost wearable system for respiration monitoring using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
Summary of PhD Program:
Continuous respiratory monitoring is crucial as many conditions develop progressively. Wearable medical devices offer a promising solution for real-time and continuous health tracking, but an ideal, cost-effective, and comfortable long-term respiratory monitoring system is lacking. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) uses light to interrogate the optical properties of tissue. The dynamical changes of these properties are closely related to physiological signals such as respiration, heart rate, and tissue oxygenation. This project aims to investigate the feasibility of long-term respiration monitoring using NIRS and to develop a wearable monitor using NIRS technology.
Application Deadline: 20 Jul 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Virtual testing and design of additively manufactured lattice metamaterials
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is in the emerging field of design of advanced materials. It aims to facilitate applications of lattice metamaterials through development of computational material characterization tools. These tools will enable the formulation of design strategies, guidelines, and methods as a long-term objective.
Application Deadline: 28 Jun 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Multi-physics simulation of hypersonic thermal structures
Summary of PhD Program:
Our Adaptive Mesh Refinement Object-oriented C++ (AMROC) software infrastructure provides a validated dynamically adaptive strand mesh hypersonic solver for high-temperature gas dynamics. AMROC also permits coupling to structure mechanics solvers through our open-source Virtual Test Facility (VTF) routines. Here, we will tightly couple AMROC to the general-purpose thermal solver EDF Syrthes, combining accurate aerothermodynamic flow simulation with complex multi-material heat conduction and surface radiation modelling.
Application Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Accounting
Summary of PhD Program:
Southampton Business School has an ambitious quality-driven strategy of growth. To enable world-leading research and to generate knowledge that is recognised in the global academic community, we are seeking to award full PhD scholarships to outstanding candidates in several disciplines. Our Accounting department are seeking top-rated PhD applications from candidates with interests in all areas of accounting including quantitative and qualitative accounting specialisms.
Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Banking at Southampton Business School
Summary of PhD Program:
Southampton Business School has an ambitious quality-driven strategy of growth. To enable world-leading research and to generate knowledge that is recognised in the global academic community, we are seeking to award full PhD scholarships to outstanding candidates in several disciplines.
Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Decision Analytics and Risk at Southampton Business School
Summary of PhD Program:
Southampton Business School has an ambitious quality-driven strategy of growth. To enable world-leading research and to generate knowledge that is recognised in the global academic community, we are seeking to award full PhD scholarships to outstanding candidates in several disciplines. Our Decision Analytics and Risk department is seeking outstanding students in our members’ areas of expertise, including Business Analytics and Risk Analysis that provides assessment and quantification of risk and an understanding of Risk Behaviour; Information Systems; Management Science and Operations Management.
Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
Summary of PhD Program:
Southampton Business School has an ambitious quality-driven strategy of growth. To enable world-leading research and to generate knowledge that is recognised in the global academic community, we are seeking to award full PhD scholarships to outstanding candidates in several disciplines.
Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Marketing at Southampton Business School
Summary of PhD Program:
Southampton Business School has an ambitious quality-driven strategy of growth. To enable world-leading research and to generate knowledge that is recognised in the global academic community, we are seeking to award full PhD scholarships to outstanding candidates in several disciplines.
Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Summary of PhD Program:
Southampton Business School has an ambitious quality-driven strategy of growth. To enable world-leading research and to generate knowledge that is recognised in the global academic community, we are seeking to award full PhD scholarships to outstanding candidates in several disciplines. Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: welcoming applicants interested in all areas of strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Flow batteries for renewable energy storage
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will focus on electrolyte design to address critical scientific and engineering challenges in next-generation flow batteries, aiming to understand the relationship among redox couples, electrode materials, transport phenomena, and electrochemical mechanisms. It will develop high-performant semi-organic flow batteries with increased capacity retention.
Application Deadline: 15 Aug 2025
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Next Generation Ophthalmic Testing: “Continuous Psychophysics” for Rapid and User-Friendly Assessment of Visual, Movement, and Cognitive Disorders
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD develops “Continuous Psychophysics”—a rapid diagnostic tool for precise, patient-friendly assessments of visual, motor, and cognitive disorders in conditions including Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, and Cranial Nerve Palsies. It aims to streamline clinical evaluations, facilitating quicker, accurate diagnoses, treatment decisions, and improved patient outcomes in ophthalmology and neuroscience.
Application Deadline: 30 Jun 2025
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Aero-engine and aircraft noise research: multiple opportunities from multi-fidelity modelling to community impact
Summary of PhD Program:
The projects offered span from fast, empirical tools for aero-engine noise prediction, based on high-fidelity CFD or experiments, to full-aircraft and fleet-level noise modelling. These projects will be conducted within the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Propulsion Systems Noise.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2025
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in The ancient DNA and palaeoenvironments of classical ports
Summary of PhD Program:
Port harbours were the umbilical cords of Classical (Greek and Roman) civilisations providing unique windows on population, diet/health, technology and environmental change. Silted-up harbours also provide an archive of pollen and sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA). PortGEN will explore this potential using sediments already collected from some of the largest ancient harbours and smaller sites in the UK.
