PhD Projects Directory
Many funded PhD projects are available throughout the year. Projects are listed below by Faculty, then by Department. There may be other projects available and you should always check with the department for other opportunities.
Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
Cross-Faculty Projects
Cross-Faculty Projects
‘Nuclear Societies’ PhD Studentships - Cross-faculty studentships at the University of Sheffield, beginning in September 2013. These exciting studentship opportunities arise from an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) investment to create a multi-disciplinary cohort of students around a shared topic, trained and supervised between the ESRC White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre (WRSSDTC) and the EPSRC Nuclear First Centre for Doctoral Training. Closing date 5 July 2013.
PhD Studentships in the Florey Centre for Host-Pathogen Interactions - Understanding bacterial pathogenesis - closing date 17 May 2013
PhD Studentships in Imaging Life - Development and application of super-resolution and correlative microscopy approaches for biological applications - closing date 17 May 2013
The Human Face in Contemporary Anglo-American Culture - interdisciplinary network scholarship supervised by the School of English & the School of Clinical Dentistry - closing date 28 June 2013
Sheffield Centre for Robotics (SCentRo) EPSRC studentships - closing date 31 May 2013.
Building Economies And Resilient Societies (BEARS) - BEARS is an exciting new multi-disciplinary postgraduate research network of four linked PhD studentships will each seek to tackle pressing social and economic problems by drawing on fresh disciplinary perspectives - closing date 24 April 2013.
Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Department of Archaeology
Department of Biblical Studies
School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
The Human Face in Contemporary Anglo-American Culture - interdisciplinary network scholarship supervised by the School of English & the School of Clinical Dentistry - closing date 28 June 2013
White Rose Consortium Network PhD Studentship - Stylistic and creative critical approaches to heroism and anti-heroism in early 20th century poetry - closing date 8 May 2013.
For other projects check with department.
Department of History
School of Modern Languages & Linguistics
Department of Music
Department of Philosophy
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering
Industrial CASE PhD Studentship: Prognosis for Gas Turbine Engine Health Management in collaboration with Rolls-Royce plc - closing date 31 July 2013
For other available projects please check with department.
Department of Civil & Structural Engineering
Department of Computer Science
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
EPSRC Studentship - available immediately - 'Simulating the nucleation and growth of biominerals'
Industrial CASE Studentship with Sarantel Ltd - available immediately - 'High permittivity ceramics for dielectrically loaded antennas'
Other currently available projects in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health
Department of Cardiovascular Science
Currently available projects in the Department of Cardiovascular Science.
Department of Human Communication Sciences
Currently available projects in the Department of Human Communication Sciences.
Department of Human Metabolism
Currently available projects in the Department of Human Metabolism.
Department of Infection & Immunity
PhD Studentships in the Florey Centre for Host-Pathogen Interactions - Understanding bacterial pathogenesis - closing date 17 May 2013
Other currently available projects in the Department of Infection & Immunity.
Department of Neuroscience
Currently available projects in the Department of Neuroscience.
Department of Oncology
Currently available projects in the Department of Oncology.
School of Clinical Dentistry
Other currently available projects in the School of Clinical Dentistry.
School of Health & Related Research
Interdisciplinary PhD Studentship - part of the inter-disciplinary network scheme Building Economies and Resilient Societies - 'Exploring socio-economic spatial polarisation, health and well-being' supervised by Dr Dimitris Ballas (Department of Geography) and Professor Liddy Goyder (Section of Public Health, School for Health and Related Research) - closing date 17 April 2013.
Other currently available projects in the School of Health & Related Research.
School of Nursing & Midwifery
Currently available projects in the School of Nursing & Midwifery.
Faculty of Science
Department of Animal & Plant Sciences
Department of Biomedical Science
Department of Chemistry
PhD Studentships in Imaging Life - Development and application of super-resolution and correlative microscopy approaches for biological applications - closing date 17 May 2013
For other projects check with department.
Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
PhD Studentships in the Florey Centre for Host-Pathogen Interactions - Understanding bacterial pathogenesis - closing date 17 May 2013
PhD Studentships in Imaging Life - Development and application of super-resolution and correlative microscopy approaches for biological applications - closing date 17 May 2013
For other projects see the department webpages.
Department of Physics & Astronomy
PhD Studentships in Imaging Life - Development and application of super-resolution and correlative microscopy approaches for biological applications - closing date 17 May 2013
For other projects please check with department
Department of Psychology
Current PhD projects in the Department of Psychology.
School of Mathematics & Statistics
Current PhD projects in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Architecture
School of East Asian Studies
Department of Economics
School of Education
Department of Geography
University of Sheffield & British Library PhD Scholarship - Freedom, oppression and resistance: Evolving stories in South African political ephemera and propaganda, 1948-2004 - closing date 31 May 2013.
Information School
Department of Journalism Studies
School of Law
Department of Landscape
Management School
Department of Politics
Department of Sociological Studies
Department of Town & Regional Planning
Two scholarships linked to the ESRC large grant Sanctions, Support and Behaviour Change: Understanding the Role and Impact of Welfare Conditionality - closing date 10 May 2013.