Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Exeter, 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 Communications, Drama and Film
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Communications, Drama and Film encompasses the long-established subject of Drama, renowned for practice-based research and teaching; with Film and Television covering a diverse range of areas and practices; and Communications providing approaches to the creative industries, media, and global communication. The department has world-class facilities, and provides a supportive and high-quality environment for learning, with excellent links to cultural industry partners. We have an established track record of supporting doctoral research by Global Majority students, and would strongly encourage such candidates to apply.
Application Deadline: 19th May 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Gene Regulation in Brain Development and Disease
Summary of PhD Program:
This funded PhD project will investigate how enhancers regulate neural differentiation in stem cell models and how their disruption may contribute to neurological disorders. Using human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) models, the candidate will explore the epigenetic regulation of enhancers during neural differentiation, identify key regulatory factors, and examine how alterations in enhancer function contribute to disease.
Application Deadline: 18th April 2025
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3. 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.
Application Deadline: 17th April 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in The impact of climate change on the mental health of parents & carers
Summary of PhD Program:
Climate change is a fundamental threat to human health. However, in particular the mental health impacts of climate change are understudied. This project will focus of parents / carers of young children to understand parental concern about climate change with a particular focus on overheating. Hot temperatures will lead to increased overheating in buildings which is particularly dangerous to young children. The research will establish to what extent parents are concerned about overheating and how it affects their own mental health. The student will also work with antenatal and postnatal care providers, e.g. midwives.
Application Deadline: 15th April 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in enzymes for malodour removal on clothes in laundry
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to develop enzymes that can degrade malodorous compounds found on fabrics in laundry that create an unpleasant dank/moldy smell upon drying. This is important as removing such compounds will give consumers a significantly better experience of clothes cleanliness, hygiene and freshness, and has the potential to reduce the volume of clothes going to landfill due to persistent odour. This odour issue on clothes has increased in relevance over recent years where there is a trend towards leisurewear and synthetics for everyday clothing.
Application Deadline: 7th April 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigating RNA processing defects in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis using iPSC models, genomics and imaging
Summary of PhD Program:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a deadly disease marked by the loss of motor neurons (MNs). A prevalent characteristic in ALS is the nuclear loss and cytoplasmic accumulation of the RNA-binding protein (RBP) TDP43, leading to splicing defects and cryptic exon inclusion in key genes. These splicing errors potentially disrupt MN function, yet the exact mechanism and therapeutic potential of targeting these defects remain unclear. Our research uses a novel model of TDP43 proteinopathy in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived MNs to mimic TDP43 mislocalization without external stress.
Application Deadline: 31st March 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Optimising Observations To Improve Early Warning Skill of Predicting Tipping Points
Summary of PhD Program:
This is a 3.5 year PhD studentship that will focus on developing methods for understanding the impact of observations, including those from multiple static and mobile autonomous platforms, in improving early warning skills of predicting tipping points with relevance to understanding potential future changes in the subpolar gyre of the North Atlantic. The integration of advanced climate models with strategic observational data is expected to improve the predictions. The considerations could be a few among many such as understanding the effects of measurement patterns, variability, timescales, sparsity and heterogeneity.
Application Deadline: 15th May 2025
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8. 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
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in How can we efficiently simulate extreme weather risks?
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this project is to develop and test a new method for determining extreme weather risks. This method relies on successively branching simulations to focus resources on the extremes; a class of methods known as ‘rare event algorithms’. This approach is motivated by recent work in our group (Kent et al. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106288) which has shown the ability to significantly alter the forecast probability of rare events with very small perturbations. The project will begin by studying an archetypal extreme event called a Sudden Stratospheric Warming, which often precedes extreme winter weather, such as the 2018 ‘Beast from the East’.
Application Deadline: 21st April 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Atmospheric heat transport across a range of planetary climates
Summary of PhD Program:
Planetary atmospheres exhibit a wide range of behaviours, from the multiple jet streams of Jupiter to the complex interplay of atmosphere, ocean and land on Earth. One of the primary roles played by a planet’s atmosphere is to redistribute the energy it receives from the planet’s host star, as the amount of stellar radiation absorbed can vary in space and time. The Earth’s atmosphere, for example, transports a substantial amount of the energy received from the sun in low latitudes to higher latitudes, thereby influencing the equator-to-pole temperature gradient.
Application Deadline: 21st April 2025
11. 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: 18th April 2025
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12. 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: 17th April 2025
13. 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: 17th April 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Business School
Summary of PhD Program:
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: 17th April 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Business
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: 17th April 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Business
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: 17th April 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Estimating the skill of early warnings for tipping events in nonautonomous dynamical systems
Summary of PhD Program:
This is a 3.5 year PhD studentship that will focus on advancing the nonlinear dynamics and statistical rigour of and methodologies for early warnings for tipping points in nonautonomous systems models that are of relevance to understanding potential future changes in the subpolar gyre of the North Atlantic. An ideal candidate will have a first degree with a strong background in mathematical and statistical methods, and an interest in working within an interdisciplinary team. The studentship is funded as part of Task 1.4 of the project “Advancing Tipping Point Early Warning” (AdvanTip), a major consortium funded by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).
Application Deadline: 17th April 2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Assessing the skill of early warnings signals for climate tipping points
Summary of PhD Program:
This is a 3.5 year PhD studentship that will focus on advancing the methods for early warning detection of tipping points in climate systems, with a strong focus on the collapse of the Subpolar Gyre in the North Atlantic ocean. An ideal candidate will have a first degree with a strong background in mathematical and statistical methods and/or climate change, with an interest in working within an interdisciplinary team. The project will involve the use of Machine Learning and as such the ideal candidate will have at least a desire to learn these techniques. The studentship is funded as part of work package 2 of the AdvanTip project.
Application Deadline: 17th April 2025
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains
Summary of PhD Program:
Understanding supply chains—how goods start from raw materials to being sold—is crucial in the modern, global business environment. The bullwhip effect is a phenomenon commonly observed in supply chains which makes it difficult for companies to manage their inventory. This project aims to measure and explore this phenomenon starting from a theoretical perspective. This project will be multi-disciplinary across statistics, operations research, and computing. Knowledge of basic statistics is essential along with some experience in statistical computing or programming (preferably in R).
Application Deadline: 16th April 2025
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Remote tactile sensing through optical fibres for robotics in extreme environments
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this project is to develop a new type of laser-based tactile sensor designed for robotics operating in extreme environments where conventional electronics fails. Tactile sensors provide information about stimuli arising from mechanical interactions of a system with its environment and are widely used in robotics. However, current tactile sensor technology relies heavily on electronic systems, which prohibits their use in extreme environments where conditions damage electronic systems – such as the highly radioactive chamber of a fusion reactor.
Application Deadline: 10th April 2025
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advancing Machine Learning for Extreme Wind Speed Prediction, Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
Climate change is amplifying the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, creating significant risks for infrastructure, economies, and communities. It highlights the urgent need for innovative methods to accurately forecast extreme weather events and reduce their impacts. Nevertheless, the unpredictable and infrequent nature of extreme weather events poses distinct challenges, requiring the development of advanced, data-driven solutions that can handle their complexity and rarity.
Application Deadline: 7th April 2025
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Quantifying the impact of upland valley mire restoration activities on ecohydrological function
Summary of PhD Program:
Quantifying the effects of upland valley mire restoration activities is critical given these often-overlooked components of inter-dependent peatland complexes are themselves in poor condition and are negatively impacting the blanket bogs surrounding them. In a degraded condition, these wetlands are vulnerable to climate change and emit carbon from their vast stores. Valley mire restoration has the potential to improve the biodiversity and ecological resilience of these degraded habitats in the face of climate change, promote carbon storage and sequestration, provide natural flood management benefits and support the ecological resilience of the surrounding blanket bogs.
Application Deadline: 31st March 2025
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Exploring the efficacy of Virtual training for x-ray scanning image interpretation in aviation security
Summary of PhD Program:
The project is focused on a new virtual training system being developed by Smiths Detection, which will train the cognitive, perceptual and procedural skills needed to operate x-ray equipment used to screen baggage and cargo. As such the PhD project is being set up to answer important questions about especially when viewed on mobile) how the training system supports learning, and how subsequent performance in the real-world is affected ,and how trainees acquire the perceptual skills needed to interpret the x-ray images produced by the x-ray equipment. In terms of discipline, the work will be a combination of Psychology, Human factors, and Pedagogy.
Application Deadline: 31st March 2025
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Does peatland restoration mitigate or liberate metal contamination from historic tin mining sites?
Summary of PhD Program:
Quantifying the aquatic and terrestrial impacts of historic metal mining sites is crucial, as surface waters from these protected historic environment features are commonly used for drinking water, despite failing water quality standards for metals (manganese, nickel, cadmium, lead) and metalloids (arsenic). The impact of peatland restoration activities around these features is unknown and may have diametrically opposed outcomes; either reducing metal(loid) loading to the environment or liberating contamination from spoil heaps and river sediments. With a government drive to restore 280,000 hectares of peat by 2050, peat in and around these features must be restored where possible, but not at the expense of downstream water quality.
Application Deadline: 31st March 2025
25. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computational and ML Modelling of Low Temperature Plasmas
Summary of PhD Program:
The University of Exeter and Oxford Instruments Plasma Technologies are offering a jointly funded PhD position in computational and machine learning modelling of low temperature plasmas. Oxford Instruments (OI) develops and markets a range of manufacturing and scientific equipment using low temperature plasmas for etching and deposition. Plasma is a complex state of matter which can be considered as a fluid or as individual particles; moreover, complex chemical reactions can occur between species in the plasma. Modelling a plasma is accordingly a very complex and challenging task.
