PhDs in Engineering and Physical Sciences
4 weeks ago
Why the University of Southampton?
We are ranked 11th in the UK’s Best University Guide by Times Higher Education, one of the UK’s top 20 universities by the Complete University Guide 2024, and a top 100 university globally. We are a founding member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-focused institutions.
As a University of Southampton PhD student you’ll be an important member of a vibrant research environment with access to cutting-edge facilities and staff who are leaders in their fields. You’ll be supported by a dedicated Doctoral College team throughout your PhD journey with a range of opportunities to enhance your professional development and transferable skills.
The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences covers diverse topics in the areas of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Photonics and Optoelectronics, Electronics and Computer Science, and Engineering.
We invest millions of pounds in our research facilities to ensure you have the tools you need to achieve your goals. Our extensive facilities include clean rooms, unique flight simulators funded by Boeing, anechoic chambers, and the largest towing tank in the UK. Many of our faculties are also used in commercial testing and consultancy. The University makes a global impact by working extensively with industry, governments and research funders and these links in turn benefit the work of our students and staff.
“The research facilities and professional supervisory team, with their wide international connections, have eased my PhD journey and opened doors for a promising future career.” Noor Laham (she/her/hers) PhD Offshore Geotechnical Engineering, second year
The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences counts 12 Fellows of the Royal Society, 20 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education, and several Faculty members have received Queen’s honours. Alums include business and industry leaders, eminent scientists and engineers, and government advisors. The Faculty has a diverse community of nearly 5,600 undergraduate and over 1,000 postgraduate research students from around the globe, representing over 30 different nationalities.
Financial support for PhD study at Southampton
Your doctoral research at the University of Southampton will change your career – and potentially the world. We’ve made a range of financial support available to help you begin your PhD journey.
You may qualify for one of our postgraduate scholarships or fee waivers that cover your tuition fees and more:
Black Futures scholarship is aimed at talented UK-domiciled Black and mixed-Black heritage students.
Innovation and Social Impact scholarships for researchers looking to drive social impact through their work. Deadline for Black Futures Scholarship applications to be received is Friday 23 February 2024.
Horizon Europe fee waivers introducing a new programme to support the reassociation of the UK with the Horizon Europe programme, and the University strategy to grow the international diversity of its doctoral cohort.
The University will apply a fee waiver - equivalent to the difference between overseas and UK fees - for eligible postgraduate research students commencing their doctoral studies in the 2024-25 academic year.
Presidential Bursaries for overseas postgraduate researchers, cover the fee difference between UK and overseas fees.
For more information on Postgraduate fees visit here.
To join our world-leading researchers, click on the apply button above.
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PhDs in Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeWhy the University of Southampton? We are ranked 11th in the UK’s Best University Guide by Times Higher Education, one of the UK’s top 20 universities by the Complete University Guide 2024, and a top 100 university globally. We are a founding member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-focused institutions. As a University of Southampton PhD...
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PhD Studentship
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory Team: Ioannis ZeimpekisProject description:Revolutionising the semiconductor industry with next generation 2D materials and devices.Moore's Law is currently being challenged with Nvidia CEO recently claiming it is over. The scaling of transistors cannot continue due to physical limitations of silicon posing a threat to the sustainable evolution...
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Southampton, United Kingdom UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Full timeFaculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Location: Highfield Campus Salary: £34,980 to £41,732 Full Time Fixed Term Closing Date: Sunday 30 June 2024 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: 2667024A3-R The Energy Technology Group at the University of Southampton invites applications for a post-doctoral research assistant...
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Southampton, United Kingdom UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Full timeFaculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Location: Highfield Campus Salary: £34,980 to £41,732 Full Time Fixed Term Closing Date: Sunday 30 June 2024 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: 2667024A3-R The Energy Technology Group at the University of Southampton invites applications for a post-doctoral research assistant...
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Southampton, United Kingdom UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Full timeFaculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Location: Highfield Campus Salary: £34,980 to £41,732 Full Time Fixed Term Closing Date: Wednesday 31 July 2024 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: 2667024A3-R In-situ Investigation of Thin Films Using Novel Microscopy Technology The Energy Technology Group at the University of Southampton...
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Full timeFaculty of Engineering and Physical SciencesLocation: Highfield CampusSalary: £34,980 to £41,732Full Time Fixed TermClosing Date: Sunday 30 June 2024Interview Date: To be confirmedReference: A3-RThe Energy Technology Group at the University of Southampton invites applications for a post-doctoral research assistant position in the area of lubrication, soft...
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Full timeFaculty of Engineering and Physical SciencesLocation: Highfield CampusSalary: £34,980 to £41,732Full Time Fixed TermClosing Date: Sunday 30 June 2024Interview Date: To be confirmedReference: A3-RThe Energy Technology Group at the University of Southampton invites applications for a post-doctoral research assistant position in the area of lubrication, soft...
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Full timeFaculty of Engineering and Physical SciencesLocation: Highfield CampusSalary: £34,980 to £41,732Full Time Fixed TermClosing Date: Wednesday 31 July 2024Interview Date: To be confirmedReference: A3-RIn-situ Investigation of Thin Films Using Novel Microscopy TechnologyThe Energy Technology Group at the University of Southampton invites applications for a...
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Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeProject title: Biometric deepfake to physical attack instrument assessment Supervisory Team: Richard Guest and Jennifer Williams Project description: Deepfake technologies have increased the challenges to biometric systems. Generative AI tools are rapidly advancing, enabling the creation of media tuned to descriptive parameters that can be used within...
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Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeProject title: Biometric deepfake to physical attack instrument assessment Supervisory Team: Richard Guest and Jennifer Williams Project description: Deepfake technologies have increased the challenges to biometric systems. Generative AI tools are rapidly advancing, enabling the creation of media tuned to descriptive parameters that can be used within...
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeProject title: Biometric deepfake to physical attack instrument assessment Supervisory Team: Richard Guest and Jennifer WilliamsProject description:Deepfake technologies have increased the challenges to biometric systems. Generative AI tools are rapidly advancing, enabling the creation of media tuned to descriptive parameters that can be used within...
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PhD Studentship
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory Team: Ioannis ZeimpekisProject description:Enabling integrated and free space photonics with advanced reprogrammable materials.The current increase in data generation is expected to reach unsustainable rates by the end of the decade. This has a strong impact on the environment and therefore new solutions are sought after. In addition, specific...
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PhD Studentship
2 weeks ago
Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory Team: Ioannis ZeimpekisProject description:Enabling integrated and free space photonics with advanced reprogrammable materials.The current increase in data generation is expected to reach unsustainable rates by the end of the decade. This has a strong impact on the environment and therefore new solutions are sought after. In addition, specific...
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PhD Studentship
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory Team: Dr N.C. Townsend, Prof D.A. Hudson and Dr J.A. Bowker (industrial)Project descriptionShip model testing is expensive and time consuming. Can we derive hydrodynamic seakeeping and manoeuvring characteristics with focused datasets, eliminating time consuming single variable investigations?In this PhD program you will develop and test novel...
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PhD Studentship
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory Team: Dr N.C. Townsend, Prof D.A. Hudson and Dr J.A. Bowker (industrial)Project descriptionShip model testing is expensive and time consuming. Can we derive hydrodynamic seakeeping and manoeuvring characteristics with focused datasets, eliminating time consuming single variable investigations?In this PhD program you will develop and test novel...
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PhD Studentship
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory Team: Chris-Kriton Skylaris (80%) Jeremy Frey (20%)Project description:Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations are typically limited to tens of atoms due to the steep increase of the computational effort with the number of atoms. Recent developments have led to "linear-scaling" reformulations of DFT which allow calculations with thousands of...
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PhD Studentship
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory Team: Benjamin CameronProject descriptionThis PhD is focussed on a new theoretical/computational method to measure material properties in places where they are really difficult to measure: e.g. in a shock wave, in a shear band, or at a crack tip. These are all of critical importance in many engineering problems such as car crashes, manufacturing...
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PhD Studentship
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory team: Dr. Michal Kalkowski, Dr. Thomas BlumensathProject descriptionExplore the space where physics-based modelling and artificial intelligence meet We seek applicants for a fully-funded 3.5-year research on developing new methods for ultrasonic non-destructive characterisation of complex materials.We invite you to join the Dynamics Group within...
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southampton University, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory Team: Prof. Ali ElhamPhD Supervisor: Ali ElhamProject description:Topology optimisation is one of the most powerful engineering design technologies. It is superior to shape and size optimisation as it can theoretically create an optimum object from scratch. There is an ever-growing interest in using topology optimisation in industries for...
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PhD Studentship
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Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full timeSupervisory Team: Dr N.C. Townsend, Prof D.A. Hudson and Dr J.A. Bowker (industrial)Project descriptionWave energy can be used to improve the performance of ships and boats. By exploiting hydrodynamically the available wave energy, the motions, emissions, and powering requirements of ships operating in adverse weather conditions can be significantly...
