University of Southampton, England 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 University of Southampton, England.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Transforming CO2 into sustainable fuels for marine transportation
The aim of this project is to reimagine the conventional approach to maritime fuel production by integrating advanced reaction engineering with predictive modelling to transform CO2 into DME through a single step catalytic process. The project focuses on achieving the following key objectives:
- identifying the role of the surface chemistry, including nature and properties of the catalyst active sites, in the one-pot DME production process;
- evaluating the performance of the engineered bifunctional catalysts;
- predicting the kinetic behaviour of the reacting system across a range of operating conditions.
Deadline : 28 Feb 2025
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Verifying the quality of metal additively manufactured components
Additive manufacturing enables the fabrication of engineering components with a high degree of geometric complexity. This geometric complexity makes the measurement and inspection of metal AM components very difficult. In this project, You will develop new methods for measuring and inspecting complex AM components.
Deadline :31 Aug 2025
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Investigation of high efficiency configurations of Hall thrusters in the 500 – 5000 W Power range
This PhD will investigate novel methods to improve the operation and efficiency of Hall thrusters, the dominate type of propulsion used in space. This will be in particular towards their lower operational power range, using techniques such as changing their geometry and increasing their current density.
Deadline : 30 Apr 2025
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Algorithm development and simulation of ultrafast dynamics on quantum computer for chemistry
In this PhD project, you will dive into the world of quantum computing for chemistry with a specific focus on designing and applying quantum algorithms for ultrafast dynamics of molecules. You will develop classic and quantum computing code together with senior researchers and your PI, learn about ultrafast dynamics in chemistry from the classic approach, simulate classic and quantum computing experiments and finally run your newly developed algorithms and code for the first time on actual quantum computing hardware.
Deadline : 28 Feb 2025
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: AI-based virtual microphone technique for automotive applications
Are you interested in AI, acoustics, and active sound control? This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to merge these fields and develop groundbreaking AI-based technology that predicts the sound at the ears of car occupants using signals from microphones placed elsewhere in the vehicle, ultimately enabling localized active sound control within the car interior.
Deadline : 15 Feb 2025
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Virtual acoustics system for car interior
Are you passionate about 3D-audio, acoustics, and signal processing? This collaborative project with automotive audio leader ASK Industries offers a unique opportunity to develop innovative spatial audio measurement and reproduction techniques, as well as design and implement a multi-channel loudspeaker system capable of reproducing the acoustics of a car interior.
Deadline : 15 Feb 2025
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Securing cyber-physical systems with neural network components
Having robust methods and tools for ensuring safety and security of cyber-physical systems is a key to their future development and deployment. The long-term objective of this project is to develop formal methods that will verify and ensure the security of cyber-physical systems with AI (neural network) components.
Deadline : 1 Mar 2025
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Wideband fibre optical parametric amplifiers for space division multiplexing technology
This project aims at developing a novel idea of fibre optical multimode parametric amplification where four-wave-mixing between different fibre modes is exploited to amplify several modes in a wide bandwidth covering the main telecom windows (C+L bands). This is done through the design of novel optical fibres having special refractive-index profile.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Advancing respiratory care at the bedside using machine learning assisted on-chip vibrational spectroscopy
This project is focused on transforming respiratory care at the bedside to develop a user-friendly, palmtop spectrometer that brings rapid bedside biomarker diagnosis within easy reach for clinicians.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: 2D material enhanced photonic integrated circuits based quantum sensing for point-of-Care diagnostics and environmental monitoring
This project focuses on developing a cutting-edge quantum sensing platform based on Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and 2D materials such as Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDCs) for ultra-sensitive point-of-care diagnostics and environmental monitoring.
Quantum sensing, which leverages phenomena like coherence and superposition, offers unprecedented sensitivity, far beyond classical detection limits. TMDCs, with their tunable optical properties, are ideal for enhancing light-matter interactions in Mid-IR and Raman spectroscopy. By integrating these materials with on-chip spectroscopy, this platform aims to detect disease biomarkers, such as cancer or ARDS, and environmental pollutants, such as VOCs or toxic gases, in real time.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Development of advanced CFD Tools for 3D Simulation of hollow-core optical fibre drawing process
Hollow-core optical fibres represent a transformative advancement in fibre technology, enabling exceptional light confinement and performance. However, the intricate microstructure required to guide light and dynamics of the fibre drawing process present significant challenges. By developing high-fidelity CFD models that simulate the interactions between molten glass and pressurized gas, you will help optimize fibre geometries and enhance optical performance, paving the way for advanced manufacturing solutions.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Integrating bat pollination services into market value chains: the mezcal industry
Bats are key pollinators in both natural and agricultural ecosystems providing important pollination services. However, bats are often considered pests and research quantifying their importance as pollinators is scarce. In this PhD project, you will determine the effectiveness of bat-pollination for agave plants, a major crop in Mexico, and will quantify the market value and benefit distribution of bat pollination for mezcal, one of the most important products obtained from agave.
Deadline : 13 May 2025
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Optical levitation in hollow core fibres
This project will explore the radiation pressure of laser light, to levitate, guide and accelerate particles within novel hollow core fibres (HCFs), targeting both fundamental studies and new applications such as radiation sensing and hypervelocity particle acceleration.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Developing next-generation marine sensors using intracavity absorption spectroscopy for advanced ocean monitoring
This exciting PhD project focuses on advancing single-wavelength intracavity absorption spectroscopy for marine sensing.
This cutting-edge technique, proven for hydrocarbon detection, will be optimized to detect specific analytes or pollutants. Key aspects include:
- designing sensor materials and ensuring compatibility with permeable membranes
- adapting sensors for varying environmental conditions like temperature, water type, and depth
- integrating sensors with sea vehicles considering payload size, depth, and battery constraints
- addressing cross-sensitivity to enhance detection accuracy
Deadline : 31 Dec 2025
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Artificial optical nervous system
The aim of this project is to establish a new class of sensing system that is capable of mapping strain distribution at thousands of points using a single strand of optical fibre thinner than a human hair.
The study of the mechanical properties of any large, complex structures such as a space launch vehicle or Earth’s crust relies on a large array of sophisticated and, often, expensive sensors. Constrained by budget, the number of sensing nodes deployed in such projects often does not exceed a few hundred, limiting the scale and scope of these studies.
This project will develop a new class of sensing system that is capable of mapping strain distribution at thousands of points using a single strand of optical fibre
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Hollowcore optical fibres embedded with 2D materials
In this PhD studentship, you will further develop novel composite material ARF (CM-ARF) technology, spanning the multidisciplinary remit between cleanroom based, 2D materials fibre integration technology for the highly innovative CM-ARF platform, with applications in active photon management and light processing functions.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: AI directed laser synthesis, patterning and manufacture of 2D materials
In this PhD studentship, the candidate will contribute to the development of a facile, low cost system exploiting direct laser printing of 2D semiconductor based nanodevices.
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted global interest for atomically thin next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices, opening up exciting opportunities for technological applications at the monolayer limit. Their extraordinary properties could revolutionise areas ranging from printed electronics to life sciences, imaging and quantum technologies to name just a few.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting for wearables
Applications are invited for a prestigious international PhD Singapore A star studentship to work on an exciting interdisciplinary project between the Schools of Chemistry and Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton and the Institute of Materials Research (IMRE) in Singapore.
The project is funded for 4 years and welcomes applicants from the UK and EU who have or expect to obtain at least an upper second class degree in either Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics or related discipline. The 4 year PhD programme will require successful applicants to split their time between the University of Southampton and IMRE in Singapore and will involve two year periods in both Southampton and Singapore. The final PhD degree will be awarded by the University of Southampton.
Deadline : 1 Apr 2025
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Time-varying vibro-acoustic analysis for sustainable digital twins
Vibro-acoustic digital twins have the potential to increase the sustainability of machines and vehicles by making them more silent, while keeping performance high and energy consumption low. This project will focus on time-varying vibro-acoustic phenomena (rotation of a wheel, shifting gears) to improve the performance of vibro-acoustic digital twins.
To optimise sustainability, the knowledge of noise and vibrations is important throughout the life cycle of machines and vehicles, since noise is a major health concern. During operation, they ideally have a low energy consumption, a high performance and a low vibro-acoustic emission, which is difficult to achieve.
Deadline : 28 Feb 2025
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(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Intelligent light: smart lasers for advanced manufacturing
This PhD project is about pushing the boundaries in manufacturing, and making lasers become autonomous decision-makers, guiding us into a future of faster, cleaner, and more precise production processes.
This project stands to reshape industries and make next-generation manufacturing truly intelligent.
In the ever-evolving landscape of advanced manufacturing, lasers have emerged as one of the most powerful and versatile tools. But imagine a world where these lasers are not just precise instruments, but intelligent systems capable of optimising their own processes in real-time.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Efficient optical modulators in silicon
In this project you will be working with a large research team in Southampton and with our colleagues from the University of Texas, USA on heterogeneous integration of silicon photonics devices with barium titanate (BaTiO3 or BTO), a material that has one of the largest modulation effects, using mass manufacturable techniques and new design ideas.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Therapeutic drug monitoring using silicon photonics circuits
In this project you will be working on the design and fabrication of silicon photonics circuits that operate in the mid-infrared wavelength region where the drugs have distinct absorption fingerprints.
The main aim is to achieve detection of clinically relevant concentrations of drugs using inexpensive silicon chips that can be mass manufactured. You will be working with a large research team based in the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) and University Hospital in Southampton on technologies that will change the way healthcare is managed.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Next generation UV-green photonic integrated circuits
The project will involve:
- material exploration and optimization: investigating materials suitable for blue-green wavelengths and optimizing their properties to achieve low optical losses.
- design and simulation: using computational tools to design photonic circuits such as waveguides, demultiplexers, ring resonators, and interconnects.
- fabrication: developing and refining fabrication techniques in state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities.
- characterization and testing: measuring the performance of fabricated devices and analysing data to improve designs.
- system integration: combining individual components into cohesive photonic circuit.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Programmable silicon photonic circuits
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) based on silicon have recently become an established and powerful technology that supports many applications such as optical communications, chemical and biological sensors, and LiDAR systems. Programmable photonic circuits have attracted a lot of research interest recently as a means of further extending the functionality and feasibility of PICs. A programmable photonic circuit can be readily fabricated and then programmed to perform multiple photonic processing functions by using the same hardware programmed into different configurations. This approach has the benefit of providing greater flexibility and is more cost-effective mass fabrication of photonic products as compared to application-specific PICs.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(25) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Revolutionising specialty optical fibre fabrication with Machine Learning
This PhD project invites you to transform specialty fibre fabrication through the application of machine learning.
Specialty optical fibres are foundational to breakthroughs in fields spanning high-power lasers, advanced manufacturing, high-speed telecommunications, healthcare, and quantum technology. Each of these domains demands fibres with unique properties, such as power handling for industrial lasers, stability for quantum applications, or precision for healthcare diagnostics.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(26) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Advanced beam shaping for next-generation fibre lasers
Join our pioneering PHD project and be part of the future of laser technology. Fibre lasers are revolutionizing the field, providing unmatched stability without the need for moving parts or mirrors, making them an ideal solution for next-generation laser systems.
This PhD opportunity is part of the UK’s EPSRC funded Programme Grant, HiPPo project, which aims to revolutionize fibre lasers by integrating artificial intelligence (AI). As a key contributor in this cutting-edge project, you will work alongside leading researchers at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) and collaborate with global industry leaders, including Trumpf Laser, TWI, and Microsoft.
Deadline : 31 Dec 2025
(27) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Energy efficient multicore fibre amplifier development for sustainable optical communications
This PhD project will focus on developing cutting-edge optical fibre amplifier technologies designed to reduce power use, lower the cost-per-bit, and enhance overall data capacity.
Optical fibre networks form the backbone for the internet, transmitting 99% of the world’s data at the speed of light and playing a critical role in the digital transformation of our society and economy. However, the environmental impact of the internet is significant, accounting for ~10% of the world’s total electricity consumption and 3.7% of global CO2 emissions. As data traffic continues to grow, there is an urgent need for energy-efficient technologies to support green optical communications.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(28) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Photonics integrated circuits at 2-microns
We’re on the lookout for a passionate and innovative PhD student to push the boundaries of on-chip sources in the 2-micron wavelength window.
Are you ready to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology? Integrated photonics is revolutionizing the way we communicate and sense the world around us, thanks to advancements in nano-fabrication.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(29) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Advanced crystalline-photonics engineering
We’re looking for a passionate PhD student to join our team and push the boundaries of what’s possible with Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD).
Are you fascinated by the potential of light and lasers? Novel crystalline photonic devices are opening up incredible possibilities for efficient lasers and light manipulation.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(30) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Compact high-power cryogenic lasers
Are you excited about the future of high-energy laser systems? Cryogenically cooled lasers are paving the way for next-gen high-power applications. We’re looking for a passionate PhD student to help us develop cutting-edge, compact “turn-key” solid-state lasers that operate in the visible and UV wavelength bands.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(31) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Advancing marine sensing with novel surface plasmon resonance techniques for ocean monitoring
This innovative project aims to advance marine sensing technologies by expanding the range of analytes and pollutants that can be detected using a novel surface plasmon resonance technique.
This technique has already shown promise in the detection of ocean hydrocarbons and will be further developed for a broader range of applications.
Ocean monitoring is a critical aspect of environmental preservation and human survival, as it directly impacts global climate change and the sustainable development of ocean resources. Effective marine sensing requires timely and accurate data collection from various environments, including space, the sea surface, and deep-sea locations.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(32) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Next generation of Lab-on-Chip (LOC) ocean sensors
This innovative project will enable the miniaturization of Lab-on-Chip (LOC) systems, making them compatible with smaller, more compact Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for real-time, in situ environmental monitoring.
Currently, LOC sensors are crucial for measuring essential ocean parameters such as nitrate, phosphate, silicate, iron, and pH. However, the current systems are relatively large and not optimized for deployment on miniaturized platforms, limiting their flexibility in marine research applications.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(33) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Ultrabroadband solutions for intra data-centre comms
The aim of this project is to provide a solution for intra data centre communications which is sustainable, and uses minimal power.
This is clearly going to be an optical solution, which is considerably less energy hungry than electronic counterparts.
With the advent of machine learning and AI, more and more technologies are reliant on data centres, that already absorbs few % of the world generated power and it is forecasted to exceed 20% over the next decade.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(34) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Essential Ocean Variables detection using microfibre devices
The project aims to advance LOC technology by creating more compact and integrated sensor systems. Femtosecond laser writing will allow for the precise fabrication of LOC sensors that are smaller, more robust, and highly efficient, making them ideal for use in harsh marine environments. These sensors will be capable of detecting multiple analytes with high precision, allowing for continuous, long-term monitoring in the deep sea.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(35) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Advancing the next generation of optical communications
This is a predominantly experimental project that makes use of the strong facilities of the telecommunication systems laboratory of the ORC.
These include full electronic and optical signal generation and diagnostic capabilities at state-of-the-art frequencies (up to 110 GHz), equipment enabling experimentation over new wavelengths for communications, and a direct connection to an installed fibre transmission line originating from the lab, linking the ORC to other collaborating laboratories across the UK (the UK’s NDFF).
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(36) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Silicon devices for nonlinear photonics and applications
This research project will follow the development of silicon devices fabricated both from conventional planar waveguides on-chip as well as those based on an emerging platform that incorporates semiconductor materials directly into the cores of optical fibres.
In particular, the silicon fibre platform offers a unique possibility to seamlessly link semiconductor technologies with the silica fibre infrastructures that are used to transmit light around the globe – one of the key challenges facing the mass uptake of integrated photonic chips.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
(37) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Topological materials for efficient light control
Topological photonics is a rising field of research that combines geometric ideas with optical physics. The topological states are robust against sharp corners, defects, and disorders. They then make excellent solutions for building low-loss optical devices in on-chip systems. This project will explore the engineering of topological states based on metamaterials or nanostructures, aiming to deliver recipes for building topological devices.
Deadline : 31 Aug 2025
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The University of Southampton (abbreviated as Soton in post-nominal letters) is a public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities in the United Kingdom, and ranked in the top 100 universities in the world.
The university has seven campuses. The main campus is located in the Highfield area of Southampton and is supplemented by four other campuses within the city: Avenue Campus housing the School of Humanities, the National Oceanography Centre housing courses in Ocean and Earth Sciences, Southampton General Hospital offering courses in Medicine and Health Sciences, and Boldrewood Campus housing an engineering and maritime technology campus and Lloyd’s Register. In addition, the university operates a School of Art based in nearby Winchester and an international branch in Malaysia offering courses in Engineering. Each campus is equipped with its own library facilities. The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £666.8 million of which £114 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £733.7 million.
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