Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Search PhD projects
Topic
Topic
Archaeology
Art, design, media and fashion
Biological sciences
Business studies
Chemistry
Economics
Education
Electronics and computer science
Engineering
English
Film studies
Geography and environmental science
Gerontology
Health sciences
History
Law
Mathematical sciences
Medicine
Modern languages and linguistics
Music
Ocean and earth science
Philosophy
Photonics and optoelectronics
Physics and astronomy
Politics and international relations
Psychology
Social statistics and demography
Sociology, social policy and criminology
Funding status
Funding status
Fully funded (UK only)
Fully funded (UK and international)
Competition funded
239 research degree projects
-
Photonics and optoelectronics | Electronics and computer science
Spatial effects in high-power fibre lasers and amplifiers
This project will exploit computer simulations to investigate the dynamics of the generation of light in such large, few-mode or multimode, optical fibres.
-
Photonics and optoelectronics
Picophotonics: the science of light-matter interactions at sub-atomic scale
This project will develop new concepts of optical imaging, metrology and device functionality at the atomic scale, leveraging recent advances in topology, the structuring of optical fields, metamaterials, and artificial intelligence. -
Photonics and optoelectronics | Engineering | Physics and astronomy
Photoreactor modelling, design and fabrication
This multifaceted project targets the development of an all-in-one photoreactor described using multi- phase chemical models to incorporate the kinetics of photocatalysts, reactant flow and photon behaviour. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Metamaterials and nano-machines driven with light
The balance among elastic, electromagnetic and quantum forces changes dramatically at the nanometre scale. This project will explore the remarkable range of functional materials and devices that can be reconfigured with light and electromagnetic forces. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Photonic time crystals and timetronics
Time crystals are an eagerly sought phase of matter in which time-translation symmetry is broken. This project will explore the physics of optically-driven transitions to the time crystal state in nanostructured materials, and potential applications to ”timetronics” - a new data processing technology harnessing the unique functionalities of time crystals. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Multimode fibre lasers
This project aims to develop novel fibre lasers where the interaction among spatial modes is the keystone to achieve light generation over a wide spectral bandwidth, well beyond what is possible with current fibre laser technology. -
Mathematical sciences
Mathematical modelling of poro-mechanics of soil
All human food supply, ecosystem and infrastructure services depend on soil, yet we have very little understanding of what happens in soil. Soil is one of the most complex and important self-assembling organo-mineral composites in the world. Developing an understanding of soil composition is important, as climate change is likely to alter soil function. We need to find new robust engineering practices and modify existing ones to enable effective soil resource management. -
Engineering
Modelling soil dewatering and recharge for cost-effective and climate resilient infrastructure
Soil is one of the most complex and important self-assembling organo-mineral composites in the world. All human food supply, ecosystem and infrastructure services depend on soil. Movements of water into, within and out of soil are especially important. -
Engineering
Building-resolved large-eddy simulations of wind and dispersion over a city scale urban area
This project will investigate across-scale physical processes in urban areas, with a focus ranging from the metre to kilometre scales.