Over 60 fully funded PhD scholarships for Engineering and Computing at University of Leeds

We have a thriving postgraduate community here at Leeds, with more than 3,000 postgraduate researchers studying across the University. We welcome applications from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in doctoral training.
Open to all
Leeds Anniversary Research Scholarships
15 fully funded scholarships available covering fees and a maintenance of £14,254 in 2016/17. Applicants can choose from the range of studentships listed below:
Civil Engineering
- Autonomous maintenance of infrastructure – implications for infrastructure regulation and operation
- Smart retrofit of historical neighbourhood
- New Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Model for Nuclear Waste Disposal
- The effect of modularisation on energy infrastructures
- Impact of climate change on the deterioration of historic infrastructure
Chemical and Process Engineering
- Flow Assurance: The Asphaltene Problem
- Nanostructural Characterisation of Thin Film Magnetic Materials
- Multi-Scale Modelling and Simulation for Energy-Related Engineering Applications
- Non-invasive photonic multiple sensor for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Advanced integrated optics with femtosecond laser plasma processing for optical communication
Computing
- Multi-Robot Manipulation Planning for Manufacturing Operations
- Monads and Combinators for High-Level Resource-Aware Programming
- Solving and proof complexity of quantified Boolean formulas
- Optimal algorithms for elastic fibre networks
- Development of a surgical planning tool to predict three-dimensional facial appearance of patients with facial deformities following surgery
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- Electronic Biosensors
- Microwave communications and wireless power transfer for mobile robotics
- Terahertz quantum cascade lasers
- Big Data and Internet of Things Architecture and Protocols
- Modelling of Smart Grid Systems
Mechanical Engineering
- Surface Design Approach against Fretting-Corrosion Degradation of Automotive Electrical
- Liquid infused surfaces for oil and gas applications
- Fabrication of Next-Generation Soft Popup Robotics
- Markerless Assessment of Posture
- Engineering Soft Surfaces
University Research Scholarships
2 fully funded scholarships available
Centres for Doctoral Training - 4 year funded integrated PhD studentships in: Bioenergy; Complex Particulate Products and Processes; Fluid Dynamics; and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
50 fully funded scholarships available