Funded Studentships

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An extensive portfolio of PhD projects, with expert supervisory teams based in one of our leading research centres.
A number of PhD programmes with international partner universities around the world.

Please note: projects are updated regularly.

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Non-funded studentships

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Making Motion Tangible: Embodied and Critical Research at the Human-machine Interface

This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. The successful applicant will spend the first year at Coventry University and the following year at Deakin University, and then the final one and a half years at Coventry University. The supervision team will be drawn from the two Universities.

Stability and transition in compressible shear flows

Coventry University (CU) is inviting applications from suitably-qualified graduates for a fully-funded PhD studentship

Multiphase flow in responsive media: Hydrate formation in Carbon Geosequestration

This interdisciplinary project aims to improve understanding of the physics underlying hydrate formation in porous media during carbon geosequestration.

Stigmatisation and discrimination in transport towards individuals with disabilities: understanding how the effect on mobility and mitigating deleterious consequences with design.

Research shows that poor transport design, whether public or private, can create challenges for disabled people and their ability to make door to door journeys.

Smart Composite Materials for Aircraft (DU Led)

This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

The impact of prolactin to the neuronal metabolism

Coventry University (CU) is inviting applications from suitably-qualified graduates for a fully-funded PhD studentship in the Research Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences (CSELS).

Safeguarding Communication Protocols using Post-Quantum Cryptosystems

This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Sustainable planning for techno-centric home healthcare systems in a stochastic environment

This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Study of toxicity of microplastics and chemical additives using animal zebra fish model and human epithelial cell lines

This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia and Coventry University, UK.

Developing Regional Cooperation in South Asia

This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Computer Aided Design of Sustainable Aluminium Alloys for Future Lightweight and Low-emission Transport

Coventry University (CU) is inviting applications from suitably qualified graduates for a fully funded PhD studentship in the area of sustainable materials and manufacturing.

The contribution of trees and urban forests to ecosystem services and biodiversity in Coventry

This PhD project will evaluate the contribution of trees and urban forests to ecosystem services and biodiversity in Coventry.

AI-IoST: Artificial Intelligence Towards Reliable, Resilient and Timely Internet of Space Things

Coventry University is inviting applications from suitably qualified graduates for a fully-funded PhD studentship which includes tuition fees and living expenses over 3.5 years.

Universality principles and scaling theory of disordered systems at three dimensions and beyond

Coventry University is inviting applications from suitably-qualified graduates for a fully-funded PhD studentship.

Universality in Non-Equilibrium Quantum Systems

Coventry University (CU) is inviting applications from suitably-qualified graduates for a fully-funded PhD studentship.

Well-being in space: measuring and monitoring affective stress using wearable sensors, machine learning, and virtual reality

This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Precarious Men’s Engagements in the Manosphere: Examining Formative Conditions in the Online Construction of Toxic Masculinity

Informed by a ‘critically empathetic’ approach, the aim of this project is to assess the appeal of toxic online spaces among ontologically at-risk men.

“Hooked on a Feeling”: Realising the full potential of haptic human-machine interfaces.

Coventry University (CU) is inviting applications from suitably qualified graduates for an exciting fully funded PhD studentship opportunity within our National Transport Design Centre (NTDC).

Nonequilibrium two-phase flow in disordered media: Memory, hysteresis and energy dissipation

This interdisciplinary project aims to resolve this knowledge gap. To that end, we will develop state-of-the-art computational and experimental methods, in close collaboration with prof. with M. Dentz (IDAEA-CSIC) and J. Ortin (Uni. of Barcelona), including short stays in their laboratories in Barcelona. The project also aims to use the insights gained from the small-scale investigation towards reservoir simulations of carbon geosequestration, in collaboration with the British Geological Survey.