Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Newcastle University, 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 Geospatial Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
One of the processes that challenge this assumption is related to crustal deformation due to fluctuations in terrestrial water storage. The seasonal exchange of water between the continents and the oceans generates changes in surface loading that causes elastic deformation of the Earth’s surface. This project will focus on using GNSS observations to characterize crustal deformation caused by the redistribution of water mass across a broad range of timescales, and assess how this affects our ability to estimate meaningful secular velocities of the Earth’s crust. This will also improve our understanding of the broad-scale continental hydrological signals.
Application Deadline: 26th January 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Condensed Matter Physics
Summary of PhD Program:
Theoretical physics plays a central role in understanding diamond, with an increasing focus upon accurate, quantitative computational methods. Such modelling is computational demanding, and this project includes the use of high-performance computing, coding and data analysis. Training in the materials physics, the use of the operating system and application of the software used will be provided; although not essential, previous experience using computational methods and coding would be an advantage. Postgraduate students can also take part in a range of paid teaching activities for which training is provided.
Application Deadline: 31st January 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computer Science
Summary of PhD Program:
Autonomous agent systems have the promise to improve our lives with applications ranging from a swarm of drones in mission-critical tasks to sophisticated robots in care homes. To realise this potential, these systems need to be trustworthy (safe to employ by users), transparent (accountable for humans to scrutinise), and self-ware (capable of collaborating with other agents/humans), in particular, under an environment pervaded by uncertainty.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computer Science: Trusted Edge-Cloud Continuum
Summary of PhD Program:
The proposed research aims to develop a comprehensive framework for data confidentiality and integrity within the trusted edge-cloud continuum, leveraging Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX), and ARM TrustZone as key components. These trusted execution environments, in conjunction with advanced encryption and access control methods, provide a robust foundation for safeguarding sensitive information during data transfers and ensuring the authenticity and integrity of exchanged data, all while optimising resource efficiency and enhancing system security.
Application Deadline: 30 January 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computer Science: Interaction Design – Techno-Spirituality for Community Wellbeing
Summary of PhD Program:
Interested in designing interactive tools and experiences to support people’s spiritual journey? Techno-Spirituality is a growing design space in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) at the intersection of spirituality and interactive technologies. Religious and/or spiritual (R/S) practices are intertwined with everyday life and intrinsically linked to people’s wellbeing. This PhD will explore how interactive technologies can support R/S practices and wider wellbeing whilst critically investigating new challenges posed by digital and data-driven tools.
Application Deadline: 28 March 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computer Science: Human-Computer Interaction – Rural Computing for Resilient Rural Communities
Summary of PhD Program:
The increased dependence on communications technologies during the Covid-19 pandemic further emphasised that access to connected digital technologies are important to social cohesion and community resilience. However, despite rural communities facing ecological, social, and economic uncertainties, civic technology and ICTs are not designed with the rural in mind.
Application Deadline: 28 March 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computer Science: Computational Neurology (Epilepsy)
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to develop computer models of the brain in order to optimise epilepsy treatments such as surgery and stimulation, and develop new treatments such as chronotherapy. By using real-world patient data from EEG, MRI, wearable sensors, etc. the student will process the data, develop advanced analytic tools, and perform computer simulations of the treatments. The goal is to ultimately use these computer models and software tools to contribute to clinical decision making in collaboration with our partners in the NHS & med tech industry.
Application Deadline: 24 January 2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Chemical Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
This research aims to understand how process parameters and initial particle size distribution affect size distribution changes in AFDs, by developing and carrying out drying experiments in a small-scale jacketed vessel, which mimics the AFD process. A population balance model will be developed from the experiments and coupled with differential equations for moisture evaporation and temperature rise throughout the bed, to predict particle size distribution from a given drying operation. Such predictions will be compared to pilot or industrial scale results.
Application Deadline: 30.06.2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Bayesian computational statistics
Summary of PhD Program:
In Bayesian inference, the posterior distributions often exhibit a multi-modal characteristic. It is a challenging problem to draw random realisations from such multimodal posteriors via traditional Monte Carlo methods, such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) which could get stuck in a local mode of the posterior. To tackle this challenge, methods based on ‘mode jumping’ or ‘space augmentation’ have been proposed in the literature.
Application Deadline: 05 January 2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Bayesian computational statistics
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this project is to develop a novel sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) method, based on space augmentation of continuous Markov chains. Convergence properties of the new SMC method will be studied as well. This project will be supervised by Prof. Hongsheng Dai, and Dr. Murray Pollock. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join the PINCODE project team, and work with Prof. Gareth Roberts at University of Warwick and Dr. Louis Aslett at Durham University.
Application Deadline: 19 February 2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Archaeology: Windows into Ancient Recycling at Fishbourne Roman Palace
Summary of PhD Program:
The luxury and everyday glass from the Roman Palace at Fishbourne will for the first time be fully catalogued and published, with a particular focus upon the site’s exceptional collection of early window glass. This will address a pressing conundrum – the scale and nature of Roman recycling, and its impact upon our understanding of the economy – via a tailored ‘round-robin’ of techniques, from chemical analysis to experimental reconstruction. Key transferable skills will be developed in examining this assemblage of manageable size yet major potential, addressing the question: are windows the missing pieces to the puzzle of Roman glass recycling?
Application Deadline: 15th January 2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Animal Reproduction
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project a bovine in vitro embryo production model will be used to develop a post-hatching model of embryo development and biopsy procedures in preimplantation embryos. These techniques will be critical for future experiments investigating embryo toxicology and for the identification of biomarkers of embryo viability. Our goal is to minimise losses in animal production systems using advance breeding techniques, which has a knock-on effect of improving livestock animal welfare and environmental sustainability.
Application Deadline: 31/12/23
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces for Cognition and Control
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD you will investigate the neural mechanisms underlying human sensorimotor and cognitive function and explore how neural signals could be decoded and modulated by closed-loop BCIs. This work will impact both basic science and clinical translation. Your research activities will be based on existing data, and novel data collection through intracranial and intracortical electrodes. Data is collected and analysed at Newcastle University, UK, and in collaboration with the University of Colorado, USA.
Application Deadline: 1st March 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing a Novel Imaging Flow Cytometer for Label
Summary of PhD Program:
You will develop a 3D Imaging Flow Cytometer, including hardware (fast-imaging, optics and microfluidics) and software, for the acquisition and real-time processing of WBCs. You will become an expert in several techniques and will be supervised by academics from the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the School of Engineering to deliver this ambitious research. Previous experience in optics, image processing and coding is desirable.
Application Deadline: 5th January 2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Molecular Microbiology
Summary of PhD Program:
ExPEC encode an arsenal of virulence determinants and clinical isolates are often resistant to multiple antibiotics. The bloodstream triggers unique gene expression patterns in ExPEC, but how these complex pathways are regulated to promote infection, resist drugs and evade host defences remains unknown. This project therefore aims to identify the genetic regulatory pathways and underlying molecular basis of BSI.
Application Deadline: 1st February 2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in molecular transport at confined interfaces
Summary of PhD Program:
The exploration of molecular transport at small scales is less studied compared to its electronic transport counterpart. However, a remarkable progress has been made in the last decade in creating nanometer-sized artificial capillaries, giving rise to new research frontiers, notably in nanofluidics. Now is the opportune moment to transcend traditional molecular transport measurements and pioneer contemporary experiments to probe and elucidate the physics of molecular transport. Therefore, this PhD project involves creating confined interfaces and investigate physics of static and dynamic molecules. The student will gain expertise in cleanroom activities including electron microscopy, lithography, and electrical measurements. Additionally, certain aspects of the project may involve electrokinetic and spectroscopic measurements.
Application Deadline: 31st January 2024
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Astrophysics: Magnetism in hot Jupiters
Summary of PhD Program:
Hot Jupiters are Jupiter like planets very close to their host stars. They are hot enough that much of their atmospheres are ionised which allows magnetic fields, generated in their deep interiors, to be coupled to their atmospheric dynamics. This coupling can lead to variation in atmospheric winds, Ohmic heating which could “inflate” the planet and atmospheric dynamos. All of these behaviours can be observed to help us understand hot Jupiter atmospheres and evolution. Yet, much of this rich dynamics has yet to be explored. This project will use primarily multi-dimensional numerical simulations, in conjunction with observational constraints to investigate the effects of magnetism on hot Jupiters.
Application Deadline: 31st January 2024
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Climate justice and youth in Northeast England
Summary of PhD Program:
The School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University invites applications for a doctoral studentship on climate justice and youth in Northeast England. The candidate will be supervised by Dr Catherine Walker, Professor Anoop Nayak and Dr Clifton Evers and will join a vibrant research community with internationally recognised expertise in youth geographies, cultural geographies and creative, community-engaged research.
Application Deadline: 26/02/24
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in French Popular Entertainment in the Long Nineteenth Century
Summary of PhD Program:
The School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University invites applications for a doctoral studentship within the broad area of French popular entertainment in the long nineteenth century. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape their own research project related to this broad topic. Their research will be supervised by Dr Hannah Scott and is anticipated to relate to the general framework of the research she is conducting on popular performance culture as a Newcastle University Academic Track (NUAcT) Fellow. This PhD is emphatically interdisciplinary, and applications are welcomed from students of Modern Languages, Music, History, Theatre Studies, or other related fields in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Application Deadline: 17 January 2024
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in East Asian Studies
Summary of PhD Program:
The Konishi Foundation Scholarship provides support to an excellent candidate who wishes to pursue a PhD in Politics in topics related to East Asian politics within the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University. For purposes of this call, East Asia includes China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Application Deadline: 19th February 2024
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Architecture, Planning and Landscape
Summary of PhD Program:
This studentship is School and Cambridge University Press-funded and is offered for a three year period. The studentship attracts a bursary of £12,500 per year (part-time) over three years, to cover fees and living costs, and some research expenses. At present, our expectation is that the scholarship can be extended in due course to cover the remaining years of a part-time PhD candidature beyond the first three years, but we cannot guarantee that at this stage. Because of the editorial work, candidates must possess a native speaker or near-native speaker standard of English.
Application Deadline: 31 December 2023
22. 10 Fully Funded PhD Position in Social Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
Newcastle University offers NINE DTP studentships in the following areas:
- Economic and Social History
- Education
- Environmental Planning (Planning, Environment, Food and Rural Development)
- Human Geography
- Language-based Area Studies
- Law
- Linguistics (Education, Communication and Language Sciences)
- Linguistics (English Language, Literature and Linguistics)
- Management, Business and Economics
- Politics and International Relations
- Psychology
- Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work
- Health, Well-being and Society (a thematic Pathway across the Population Health Sciences Institute, Geography, Sociology, Architecture, Planning and Landscape and the Centre for Rural Economy.
- Children, Youth and Families (a thematic pathway across Geography, Sociology, Politics, Law, Education, and the Human Nutrition Research Centre).
- Conflict, Security and Justice (a thematic pathway across Geography, Politics and Law).
- Environment, Climate and Sustainability (a thematic pathway across Environmental Planning, Human Geography, Politics, Law, Language Based Area Studies, Global Urban Research Unit and Centre for Rural Economy).
Application Deadline: 22 January 2024
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Arts and Humanities
Summary of PhD Program:
Newcastle University offers Northern Bridge Consortium PhD studentships in the following areas:
- Archaeology
- Architecture: History, Theory and Practice
- Classics and Ancient History
- Creative Writing
- Cultural Geography
- Drama and Theatre Studies
- East Asian Studies
- English Language and Linguistics
- English Literature
- Fine Art: History, Theory and Practice
- French Studies
- German Studies
- History
- Law
- Linguistics (School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences)
- Media, Culture and Heritage (including Film)
- Music
- Philosophy
- Political Science and International Studies
- Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
- Translation and Interpreting Studies
Application Deadline: 9 January 2024
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Geospatial Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The Geospatial Systems CDT is training a world-leading generation of engineers, scientists and practitioners with advanced knowledge and skills in geospatial data science, including big data and artificial intelligence approaches. Successful applicants will conduct interdisciplinary PhD research with elective application into one or more of: smart cities; urban and infrastructure resilience; spatial mobility (transport); energy systems; sustainable spatial planning; structural monitoring; social inclusion and healthy living; environmental applications; the translation of geospatial methods to global challenges. Students will benefit from graduating with both a MRes in Geospatial Data Science (Year 1) and a PhD in Geospatial Systems (Year 4).
Application Deadline: Open until filled
25. Fully Funded PhD Position in NERC ONE Planet
Summary of PhD Program:
ONE Planet offers a cohort-based doctoral training partnership at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities. Our vision is to provide a training environment that supports, develops, and fosters innovative, transformative ways of working. We aim to produce independent research scientists for the future. You will design the sustainable transdisciplinary responses needed to address intensifying global change. Our internationally recognised research excellence spans the NERC science remit, including:
- Climate and Climate Change
- Earth System Processes
- Anthropocene
- Environmental Informatics
Application Deadline: 11 January 2024
26. Fully Funded PhD Position in Quantum Dynamics for Understanding Excited State Properties
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD studentship forms part of a large, concerted research effort in this area initiated through the EPSRC funded Programme Grant, Universal Approach for Solving Real-World Problems Using Quantum Dynamics: Coherent States for Molecular Simulations (COSMOS). It will be based in Prof. Thomas Penfold’s Theory and Computational Chemistry research group at Newcastle University, and will develop and deploy new quantum dynamics strategies that will uniquely deliver impact and insight for real-world applications across a range of technological and biological domains. These simulations will be directly connected with the new experiments made possible by X-ray Free Electron Lasers.
Application Deadline: 31st January 2024
27. Fully Funded PhD Position in Effects of the predictability of oxygen fluctuation on aquatic benthic community dynamics
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will assess the role of the magnitude and predictability (Helmut et al., 2006 Ecological Monographs, 76:461–479) of the aquatic oxyscape on the ecophysiological response of aquatic organisms. The project will include (but not be limited to) metabolic analysis to determine the physiological traits of the organisms that will inform the community dynamics and interactions under different scenario of oxyscape.
Application Deadline: 1 February 2024
28. Fully Funded PhD Position in Digital Health Engagement and Behaviour Change
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD, you will examine how to incorporate psychological theory and insights from related fields into the design of digital interventions, investigate how and when such strategies should be incorporated to optimise user engagement with the intervention and target health-related behaviours and evaluate their impact on behavioural and health outcomes. You will learn to conduct systematic literature reviews, collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data, and design and develop digital health interventions.
Application Deadline: 19th January 2024
29. Fully Funded PhD Position in Simulating the evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of this project is to push our theoretical understanding of how supermassive black holes and galaxies form in the early Universe. You will develop brand new numerical models to incorporate unexplored physical processes (e.g. radiation from active galactic nuclei) into new simulations of galaxy evolution. You will perform and forward-model new cosmological simulations and test your new theoretical models against cutting-edge telescope data. This project is intensively numerical in nature and especially suited to a candidate who is passionate about code development and theoretical physics.
Application Deadline: 31st January 2024
30. Fully Funded PhD Position in Representation Theory and Quantum Groups
Summary of PhD Program:
The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics anticipates that a fully funded PhD studentship in Pure Mathematics with a start date in September 2024 will be allocated in an open competition. We invite applications in all areas of Pure Mathematics, but particularly encourage candidates interested in the project ‘Representation Theory and Quantum Groups’, supervised by Dr Martina Balagovic and Dr Stefan Kolb.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2024
31. Fully Funded PhD Position in Pure Mathematics- Representation Theory and Tensor Categories
Summary of PhD Program:
The category of finite dimensional representations of a group or an affine group scheme or a quantum group is a tensor category. One would like to understand the fusion rules that describe the decomposition of tensor products or one seeks qualitative information like the classification of tensor ideals or the connection to other categories via tensor functors.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2024
32. Fully Funded PhD Position in Psychology
Summary of PhD Program:
Accelerating global urbanisation is having significant detrimental impacts on human and non-human species and environments. This is an intellectual and practical challenge in cities globally as governments struggle to meet the needs of growing populations with increasing demands on natural resources. Suites of concepts for environmental policy have been embraced by the planning profession to promote sustainable cities. However, most approaches have fault-lines: they separate ‘humans’ from ‘nature’ thus failing to account for mutual interdependence, and view land as a commodity to be owned and exploited, failing to recognise it as a vital resource for ecosystems and communities to flourish together.
Application Deadline: 9th January 2024
33. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physics – Computing with electromagnetic waves
Summary of PhD Program:
Electromagnetic waves and light-matter interaction can be manipulated by spatially engineering geometries of different materials where the waves travel. This PhD project seeks to develop new paradigms for computing using electromagnetic waves. The project involves the theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies of photonic structures able to emulate basic graphical modelling primitives (such as those in Petri Nets). This PhD project aims to open new research avenues for future high-speed computing systems using light.
