Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Gambling related harm: PhD Psychology studentship – Gambling Harms Research UK (RS972)
The GREAT Centre at Swansea University is a world-leading centre of excellence for research on gambling behaviour and gambling-related harm. The GREAT Centre oversees basic, applied, translational and clinical treatment research to mitigate the impact of gambling-related harm for individuals, families, and communities. Its members co-create and disseminate their policy-led work with the support and input of those with lived experience of gambling harm.
Swansea University was ranked Welsh University of the Year in The Times Good University Guide 2025. Our commitment to research with real-world benefits has led to 86% of the University’s overall research being rated world-leading or internationally excellent in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021). The proportion of graduates in employment, study and/or other activities is 94% (HESA 2024).
Our stunning waterfront campuses make us a desirable location for students and staff from around the world, and our multicultural community provides a global perspective, enabling those who join us to develop skills and knowledge that set them on successful and enriching careers.
Deadline : 13 July 2026
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Electrical and Electronic Engineering: Data-driven Microgrid Control (RS971)
To combat climate change and achieve the UK’s target of Net Zero, it is expected that the integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) at the distribution/consumption level will keep increasing. The volatile and intermittent nature of RESs causes significant difficulties for the network operator to balance generation with demand and maintain power quality, which makes the network prone to instability and blackouts. In addition to their volatile nature, RESs cannot provide the ancillary services (such as voltage and frequency control) that conventional synchronous generators naturally deliver, exacerbating the situation as the penetration of RES increases, especially at the distribution level.
In this context, microgrids (MGs) refer to clusters of consumers, prosumers (consumers + producers), energy storage systems (ESSs), and electric vehicles (EVs) that collectively form a local energy community (EC). ECs are supposed to facilitate direct peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading mechanisms to optimize objectives such as reduced bills, reduced emissions, or minimization of the exchanged energy with the grid. Such ECs can also potentially provide ancillary services to the grid, such as power balancing, peak shaving/shifting, voltage and frequency support, and virtual inertial response.
Due to the volatile and intermittent nature of RESs, in this project, machine learning (ML) methods are used to accurately forecast local generation and demand. To do so, historic local data (e.g., the active buildings in Swansea University) and Met Office data will be used to train and validate the proposed ML model. These forecasted data will then be used to propose and optimize an energy management strategy for an EC comprising a number of prosumers, consumers, ESSs, and EVs. Different vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-community energy trading strategies will also be proposed and investigated to achieve optimized P2P trading within the EC.
Deadline : 24 June 2026
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Mechanical/Materials Engineering Science: Electro-active and magneto-active elastomers for smart vehicle applications (RS970)
The main challenge of this project is to synthesize suitable polymeric composites that can have highest actuations under both electric and magnetic fields. In this case, after synthesizing polymer composites (e.g., natural rubbers filled with various conductive particles), different sets of samples will be prepared to conduct microscopic and rheological characterisations. Afterwards, further samples will be prepared that will undergo various mechanical tests (e.g., viscoelastic under different strain rates, fatigue-fracture tests etc). Once rheological, microscopic, and mechanical characterisations are done, prepared polymeric composites will be tests for both electric and magnetic actuations under various magnitudes of field activations. These actuation ranges will be planned targeting potential applications in smart vehicles where following targets will be explored, i) change tread pattern (or tread groove depth), ii) aerodynamics by changing the surface texture of sidewall, iii) noise cancelling (vibration), iv) mechanical properties (hardness).
Deadline : 22 June 2026
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Engineering: Additive Manufacture: LB-PBF SS316 Powder Oxygen Content Effects on Microstructure, Fatigue and Toughness (RS969)
The oxygen content of LB-PBF SS316 material its typically much higher than wrought or HIP SS316. This high oxygen content can be traced back to the raw material supply. Improved methods of powder production could potentially enable starting powder oxygen content to be reduced significantly. Conversely, new LB-PBF hardware can recover powder currently wasted during the process that may have an increased oxygen content. This project aims to understand the impact of oxygen content on heat treatment, microstructure, fatigue performance and fracture toughness.
Deadline : 22 June 2026
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology: PhD Studentship in Chemistry- Development of metallodrugs for use in cancer combination therapy (RS967)
Swansea University is looking for a highly motivated candidate for a PhD studentship focused on the development of metallodrugs for use in cancer combination therapy. This exciting project is funded by Cancer Research Wales and offers the opportunity to work at the interface of chemistry, biology and medicine.
The aim is to utilise ruthenium polypyridyl chemistry developed by the Gill group (Elgar et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, James et al. Dalton Trans. 2024) to develop a potent “PARPi sensitizer” that activates PARP inhibitors (PARPi) in BRCA-proficient aggressive ovarian cancer cells. This will involve the targeted chemical design of a lead candidate PARPi sensitizer, a detailed biological analysis of derivative compounds to synergise with clinically employed PARP inhibitors, and the assessment of compound and PARPi combination safety in genotoxicity studies.
Working in both the Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry and Genotoxicity and the In vitro Pharmacology groups at Swansea University led by Dr Martin Gill and Professor Gareth Jenkins, respectively, you will utilise inorganic chemistry to synthesise and characterise a series of “second generation” PARPi sensitizers, perform cytotoxicity assays and mechanistic studies in cancer cell lines, and asses in vitro safety and genotoxicity. This work aims to establish both the therapeutic potential and safety profile of these agents.
You will have access to modern laboratories with state-of-the-art facilities in inorganic and analytical chemistry, including NMR, mass spectrometry, photophysical characterisation, along with cancer cell biology, including access to advanced imaging techniques.
Experience of chemical synthesis is essential and, as the project is interdisciplinary, in-depth training in other techniques will be provided so that project goals may be achieved. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with academics and other researchers in both chemical and biological sciences will be required.
Professional development is enhanced through workshops such as grant writing and career planning, while the Chemistry Department provides numerous outreach and teaching opportunities to improve employability. Pastoral care, counselling, and peer networks further ensure that students are well supported to achieve their research objectives and develop as independent researchers.
Deadline : 15 June 2026
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About Swansea University, Wales, United Kingdom –Official Website
Swansea University (Welsh: Prifysgol Abertawe) is a public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it changed its name to the University of Wales Swansea following structural changes within the University of Wales. The title of Swansea University was formally adopted on 1 September 2007 when the University of Wales became a non-membership confederal institution and the former members became universities in their own right.
Swansea University has three faculties across its two campuses which are located on the coastline of Swansea Bay. The Singleton Park Campus is set in the grounds of Singleton Park to the west of Swansea city centre. The £450 million Bay Campus, which opened in September 2015, is located next to Jersey Marine Beach to the east of Swansea in the Neath Port Talbot area. The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £369.9 million of which £69.2 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £446.3 million.
It is the third largest university in Wales in terms of number of students. It offers about 450 undergraduate courses, 280 postgraduate taught and 150 postgraduate research courses to 20,375 undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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