Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Nottingham, Nottingham, 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 Bespoke hydrogels for modelling cancer metastasis to the liver
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is part of the international “Mac4Me” Doctoral Network, which aims to improve our limited understanding of how to treat metastatic cancer. Adopting an innovative, multidisciplinary and cross-sectional approach, Mac4Me aims to understand tumour cell-immune host interactions at the metastatic site, including immune and matrix changes induced by tumour cells. It will use innovative animal-free organ-on-chip systems, reproducing early metastasis in brain, bone and liver.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Next-generation cancer diagnosis and treatment using integrated snake-like robot with optical imaging
Summary of PhD Program:
The cancer of the bile ducts affects around 3000 people in the UK each year and its incidence and mortality are increasing. We are seeking a Ph.D. student to join our multidisciplinary team developing a radical solution for better detection and treatment that uses ultra-thin snake-like robots and advanced optical imaging techniques. We aim to combine Raman spectroscopy, a powerful label-free analytical technique that measures the molecular composition of tissue by using light to excite molecular vibrations, with imaging techniques in optical fibres, hair-thin pieces of glass, for 3D mapping of cancer tissue.
Application Deadline: 07 February 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Identifying repurposed treatments for rare lung diseases
Summary of PhD Program:
This studentship, based at the University of Nottingham is aligned to the LifeArc. Translational Centre for Rare Respiratory Diseases. The Centre funded at £9.5M over five years is a national collaborative grouping that will change the research landscape for people affected by rare lung diseases. The studentship will focus upon modelling and drug discovery in one of the Centre’s exemplar diseases, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). LAM is a rare disease which almost exclusively affects women and is caused by somatic or germline mutations in the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) genes.
Application Deadline: 03 February 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Health economic evaluation of community acquired pneumonia in the UK
Summary of PhD Program:
The first stage of the project will be a study of the economic burden of community acquired pneumonia within the UK. The student will analyse large datasets such as the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital Episode Statistics to identify activity related to the treatment of community acquired pneumonia. This will require identifying relevant treatments and their associated Health Resource Group (HRG) codes to link hospital care provided with NHS Reference Costs, as well as linking any primary care activity with Unit Costs of Health and Social Care, and British National Formulae (BNF).
Application Deadline: 03 February 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Humanities
Summary of PhD Program:
With generous funding from The Wolfson Foundation, we are now inviting applications for Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships starting in the 2025/26 academic year for doctoral (PhD) study in the broad subject areas of history, literature and languages. The Wolfson Foundation awards funding to outstanding students who demonstrate potential to make an impact on their chosen field. Wolfson Scholarships will be awarded solely on academic merit. Ideally, the successful applicants should aspire to becoming significant contributors to society, whether in the academic sphere or in other areas of intellectual and cultural leadership.
Application Deadline: 13 January 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D printing of integrated quantum sensors
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, 3D printing will be used to create novel multimaterial functional structures capable of new ways of sensing underlying material properties. Low dimensional materials, including graphene, perovskites and nanodiamonds will be incorporated into polymer and glass matrices, with the ultimate aim to develop and integrate sensing capabilities for quantum technology devices.
Application Deadline: 16 January 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Metal Additive Manufacturing of Multi-Functional and Multi-Material Structures
Summary of PhD Program:
We seek a student who could lead the maturation of this multi-metal MetalJet technique, which offers substantial prospects in the direct manufacturing of multi-functional metallic structures. The successful candidate will develop a comprehensive understanding of the Drop-on-demand Metal Jetting process and the compatibility of dissimilar materials within the printed structure. There is a particular interest in exploring novel designs and manufacturing techniques for cartridges used in producing molten droplets.
Application Deadline: 23 January 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Functional Devices and Structures through 3D Multi-material Printing Scale-Up
Summary of PhD Program:
Inkjet printing allows multiple materials to be 3D-printed simultaneously, useful for printing functional devices. Discovering the interactions of these materials and how to leverage this advanced manufacturing process will open new opportunities: devices with variable mechanical and chemical properties; fully 3D-printed electronics; and devices with mechanical or electrical responses encoded into their structure. However, we don’t yet know how to design these complex printed parts and we are still developing new leading-edge materials to grant them new capabilities.
Application Deadline: 23 January 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Simultaneous production of hydrogen and structured carbon
Summary of PhD Program:
The transition to a low-carbon economy demands innovative processes that provide clean energy while also minimising waste/emissions. This project aims to achieve a dual-purpose approach: generating H₂ and valuable structured carbon (such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, or carbon fibres) from hydrocarbons, enabling a circular economy approach in energy production and material synthesis.
Application Deadline: 28 January 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigating building physics for the Design of Resilient, Healthy and Energy-Efficient homes
Summary of PhD Program:
We aim to minimise the building energy consumption that is required for the heating and ventilation purposes by achieving refined building operations, which enables us to provide the building with heating and ventilation only where it is required and when it is required. To help achieve this target, it is essential to gain an in-depth understanding of the building physics under various building operational conditions. Therefore, we need to understand how the building physics affects the heat and air transfer not only between indoor and outdoor environment, but also between different zones in the building.
Application Deadline: 30 January 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing a Miniaturised End-effector for Repair in Confined Spaces (UK Atomic Energy Authority sponsored)
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will be part-funded by the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s RACE (Remote Applications in Challenging Environments, https://www.race.ukaea.uk) robotics and remote handling centre. RACE was founded in 2014 as part of the UKAEA’s Fusion Research and Development Programme to design and test robots for operating in some of the most challenging environments imaginable. UKAEA’s wider mission is to lead the commercial development of fusion power and related technology and position the UK as a leader in sustainable nuclear energy.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in high performance electrical machines with advanced cooling techniques
Summary of PhD Program:
This research will investigate the most advanced cooling techniques to improve the performance of electrical machines, including jet and spray cooling, based on CFD and lumped parameter thermal networks. Cryogenic fluids will also be considered, and analytical models will be used to evaluate the coolant system approaches for electric propulsion systems in future aircraft.
Application Deadline: 01 February 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Space Systems and Astrodynamics
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD will focus on formation flying, rendezvous, and in-orbit operations, incorporating astrodynamics and systems design. The research will explore trajectory optimization, robust guidance, navigation and control systems, and simulation of in-orbit docking and coordinated maneuvers. These critical areas aim to advance the capabilities of collaborative satellite operations and in-orbit servicing missions.
Application Deadline: 14 February 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Analysis and Optimization of Wound Field Synchronous Machine e-NVH for Vehicle Traction Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a highly motivated and ambitious individual with a strong background in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field. The ideal candidate will possess a master’s degree and have expertise in electromagnetics, machine design, and numerical simulations. Proficiency in software tools for electromagnetic analysis and optimization is desirable. The successful candidate should demonstrate excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, along with exceptional communication and teamwork abilities.
Application Deadline: 16 February 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing Next-Generation Laser Technologies for Advanced Materials
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is an exciting opportunity to undertake industrially linked research in partnership with Laser Processing Group at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). It is based within the Advanced Materials Research Group (AMRG) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, which amongst its wide research portfolio, conducts cutting edge research into the development of next-generation manufacturing technologies for advanced materials.
Application Deadline: 28 February 2025
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Winding Development for Electric Motors Enabling Net Zero
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking for a highly motivated PhD student to conduct cutting edge research with support from state-of-the-art electric motor manufacturing platforms both at the MTC and at PEMC Institute, University of Nottingham. Based on rapidly advancing Carbon Nanotube (CNT) material technology, the PhD project will be focused on development of next generation electric motors with CNT windings for electric vehicle traction and aerospace propulsion, featuring opportunity for significant improvements on performance, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness.
Application Deadline: 28 February 2025
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced Litz Wire Modelling and Manufacturing for Ultra-High Speed Propulsion Motors
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to conduct cutting-edge research with support from state-of-the-art electric motor manufacturing platforms both at the MTC and at the PEMC Institute, University of Nottingham. Based on the emerging Litz wire winding technology, this PhD project will focus on multi-physics modelling and characterisation of “programmable” Litz wires. By leveraging the MTC’s exclusive high-spec braiding machine, this research has the vision of significantly enhancing the design and manufacturing process of Litz wire winding for next-generation high-spec electric propulsion systems.
Application Deadline: 28 February 2025
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in A continual learning approach for the development of robust robotic control systems
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is an exciting opportunity to undertake industrially linked research in partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). It is based within the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Group (AMTG) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, which amongst its wide research portfolio, conducts cutting edge research into the development of future Intelligent Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.
Application Deadline: 28 February 2025
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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Enhancing Maintenance Strategies Through Reliability-Centred Condition Monitoring
Summary of PhD Program:
This research, inspired by the philosophy of Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), aims to design innovative frameworks for condition monitoring that optimise data sampling and facilitate the digitalisation of current and future systems. Rooted in the principles of reliability and efficiency, the project will prioritise the criticality of components and their probability of failure to establish appropriate condition monitoring strategies and adaptive sampling techniques that achieve a harmonious balance between efficiency and reliability.
Application Deadline: 28 March 2025
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced 3D/4D-Printing of Responsive Biomaterial Devices
Summary of PhD Program:
Responsive 3D-printed functional devices interact with their environment, responding to stimuli (temperature, light, etc.), and “4D-printed” devices respond over time (e.g. changing shape), controlled by the arrangement of differential materials within them. The goal of this project will be to develop responsive 4D-printed biomaterial devices for drug delivery or regenerative medicine. The student will formulate new 3D-printable materials and develop new design methods, for functional 4D-printed devices with either fast self-resetting responses or complex multi-scale shape changes, applicable to biomedical, micromechanical, or optoelectronic applications.
Application Deadline: 28 March 2025
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D-printing next-generation electro-actuators for soft robots and devices
Summary of PhD Program:
3D-printing of soft robotics is a growing field, with many applications in biomedical devices, electronics, and autonomous machines. Actuators to drive these robots utilise electronic, chemical, pressure, magnetic, or thermal mechanisms, with the current generation having significant drawbacks, including low energy efficiency, high operating voltage or temperature. This project will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print the next generation of electro-responsive soft-actuators. The overall aim is to develop and exploit new designs or new materials to attain large, fast, high-efficiency actuation responses comparable to living muscles.
Application Deadline: 28 March 2025
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Adaptive Mesh Refinement for More Efficient Predictions of Wall Boiling Bubble Dynamics
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this PhD is to robustly validate and demonstrate the utility of an adaptive mesh refinement approach in interface resolving Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of flow boiling at conditions relevant to nuclear thermal hydraulics. Boiling is a technology central to both fusion and fission nuclear reactors, also including thermal management of several reactor components. The aim of these simulations is to generate data that can be leveraged to account for the detailed characteristics of a heat transfer surface on bubble dynamics during flow boiling, to provide an approach for generating more representative inputs for the wall boiling models used in component scale CFD assessments.
Application Deadline: 28 March 2025
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in New approaches for studying the structure of high-temperature molten materials
Summary of PhD Program:
Understanding the structure and properties of high-temperature molten materials is of key importance in a diverse range of applications including optical glass manufacture, nuclear waste storage, green platforms for growth of functional materials, fuel cell hermetic seals, electrolytes, carbon capture solvents and thermal energy storage media. It is also vital for understanding natural magmatic processes on earth & other planetary bodies.
Application Deadline: 28 March 2025
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D-Printing Devices with Responsive Structural Colour
Summary of PhD Program:
Small and repetitive structures with spacings on the nanometre scale can refract and reflect light to create vibrant “structural” colours, which are being explored to produce anti-counterfeit markings, dye-free colour images, humidity and chemical sensors, anti-glare coatings and optical filters. This project will develop additive manufacturing of devices with actively-controlled structural colours that respond to stimuli. You will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print the next generation of structural colour devices, integrating optically- and electronically-active materials, including 0D and 2D nanomaterials.
Application Deadline: 28 March 2025
25. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D-Printed Drug Delivery “Microbots” for Personalised Healthcare
Summary of PhD Program:
The field of medical therapeutics has valuable applications for mobile devices for efficient drug delivery, called micro-robots. Recently, 3D printing has been used to manufacture such devices with functional features that enabled them to respond to environmental cues, including temperature, pH, light, magnetic fields, and ultrasound. This project will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print the next generation of medical micro-robots targeting drug delivery, exploiting combinations of functions to achieve complex and customisable micro-robots to provide personalised healthcare solutions.
