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EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award 2026/27: Electronic & Electrical Engineering - Carrier transport modelling in group-IV SiGeSn quantum well semiconductor lasers
This PhD research opportunity focuses on carrier transport modelling in multiple quantum well (MQW) laser structures using group-IV SiGeSn semiconductors. The project aims to advance the development of electrically pumped lasers operating at room temperature, which would enable monolithic integration of group-IV based photonics and CMOS technology. The research will model carrier trapping and transport in quantum wells to achieve homogeneous distribution of electrons and holes across MQW structures, using methodologies adapted from III-V semiconductor lasers. The work involves calculating electronic structures of SiGeSn-based MQWs and designing optimal well and barrier configurations within practical material composition constraints. This represents a pathway toward overcoming the indirect bandgap limitation of conventional silicon and germanium semiconductors for large-scale optoelectronics integration.
EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award 2026/27: Electronic & Electrical Engineering
The EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award offers 2 talented budding researchers the opportunity to join the thriving community of leading researchers within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Leeds. These are highly competitive studentships that provide full tuition fees, together with a tax-free maintenance grant (currently £20,780 for academic session 2025/26) for 3.5 years, along with comprehensive training and support. This opportunity is open to UK applicants only and selection is based on academic merit through a competitive process. Applicants study in a world-leading research environment (REF 2021) with access to UK-leading facilities, close industry links, professional skills development, and comprehensive wellbeing support. The award is linked to specific research projects in the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, including topics such as carrier transport modelling in semiconductor lasers, digital twinning of energy hubs, digital twin of open radio access network, and terahertz frequency devices for future communication systems.
EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award 2026/27: Chemical & Process Engineering
The University of Leeds is offering 2 highly competitive EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award Studentships for talented budding researchers to join the thriving community within the School of Chemical and Process Engineering. These prestigious awards provide full coverage of tuition fees plus a tax-free maintenance grant (currently £20,780 for academic session 2025/26) for 3.5 years, along with comprehensive training and support. The opportunity is designed to develop innovators in chemical and process engineering research within a world-leading research environment where 97% of research is rated as world-leading (REF 2021). Successful candidates will study in an active research environment with UK-leading facilities and work alongside researchers at the forefront of their areas. The program offers strong industry links, professional skills development, mental health and wellbeing support, and access to the Leeds Doctoral College network. Students will be part of a global community welcoming members from more than 140 countries. This opportunity is open exclusively to UK applicants. All candidates will be placed into the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award Studentship Competition, with selection based on academic merit. The competitive selection process involves application processing, supervisor shortlisting and interviews, followed by a School Selection Panel to determine funding awards.
Functional data analysis with informative missingness (UK Only)
This PhD research project focuses on developing functional principal component analysis (FPCA) and multivariate FPCA (MFPCA) frameworks for functional data with informative missingness. The increasing availability of extensive datasets with variables measured over a continuum has opened new frontiers in research across disciplines. These datasets, known as functional data, are prevalent in fields ranging from environmental monitoring and education to biomedical sciences and engineering. However, analysing such data remains challenging due to their high dimensionality, multivariate structure, and critically, the presence of missingness that is not completely at random. This project aims to fill the gap by developing advanced statistical methods to handle informative missingness in functional data analysis. Real-world datasets often suffer from different types of informative missingness, and applying FPCA or MFPCA without accounting for these issues can lead to biased results, misrepresenting relationships among variables and undermining downstream analyses such as prediction, classification, and decision-making. The application will be within biomedical studies, such as Alzheimer's disease and scleroderma. The position offers a highly competitive EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award providing full academic fees, together with a tax-free maintenance grant at the standard UKRI rate (£20,780 in academic session 2025/26) for 3.5 years. Training and support will also be provided, and candidates will be automatically considered for a School of Mathematics Scholarship.
EPSRC DLA Scholarship in the School of Computer Science
The School of Computer Science at the University of Leeds is offering a fully-funded, 3.5 year PhD studentship for UK fee-rated applicants, to start on 1 October 2026, as part of the EPSRC DLA scheme. This highly competitive EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award provides full academic fees, together with a tax-free maintenance grant at the standard UKRI rate for 3.5 years, with training and support also provided. Applicants can propose research in any area of computer science for which the school is actively engaged in research. This includes five main research themes: Artificial Intelligence (robotics, biomedical analysis and imaging, reasoning, natural language processing), Computer Science in Biology, Medicine and Health (computational neuroscience, healthcare process analytics), Algorithms and Complexity (graph theory, scheduling), Distributed Systems and Services (cloud and edge computing, digital democracy), and Computational Science and Engineering (computational fluid dynamics, high-performance graphics, physics-informed neural networks). The School of Computer Science collaborates extensively with other universities and companies across the world, including Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and participates actively in the Alan Turing Institute and other national and international centres of excellence. The school holds the Athena Swann silver award for gender equality, and 99% of its research was classified as world-leading or internationally excellent in the most recent REF exercise. Up to 2 funded places are available. Selection is based on academic merit through the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award Competition. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact supervisors for an informal discussion before making a formal application.
Terahertz frequency devices for future communication systems
This PhD project is part of a £7M research programme between the Universities of Leeds, Swansea and UCL to develop the first high throughput wireless communication systems operating at terahertz carrier frequencies for both terrestrial and low-earth-orbit satellite applications. The research aims to enable a two orders-of-magnitude increase in data rates over state-of-the-art radio frequency and microwave systems, beyond 100 Gbit/s and towards 1 Tbit/s. The project focuses on developing quantum cascade lasers (QCLs), semiconductor devices comprising more than 1000 separate layers, each patterned with atomic monolayer precision. Research areas include developing edge- and surface-emitting QCLs tuned to atmospheric windows, with suitable output powers, beam quality and operational temperatures. The candidate will gain extensive experience in semiconductor device modelling, device fabrication, and electrical and optical characterisation of lasers. Related research opportunities also include developing new terahertz amplitude and phase-resolved coherent detectors, as well as fast optical and electrical signal modulation methodologies. This opportunity is suitable for applicants with a good first degree in Physics, Electronic Engineering, Materials Science, or an aligned subject. The project offers a highly competitive EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award providing full academic fees and a tax-free maintenance grant at the standard UKRI rate for 3.5 years, with training and support.
EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award 2026/27: Civil Engineering
The EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award for Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds offers a highly competitive studentship for talented researchers to join the thriving research community within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. The award provides comprehensive funding including full tuition fees and a tax-free maintenance grant (currently £20,780 per year for 2025/26 academic session) for 3.5 years. An additional top-up of £3,000 per year for 3.5 years is available to previous University of Leeds graduates. The studentship is part of the EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership and provides training and support throughout the doctoral program. The opportunity is open exclusively to UK applicants and selection is based on academic merit through a competitive process. Applicants must apply through specific linked project opportunities, and while candidates may receive an academic offer for a project, funding is awarded separately on a competitive basis. The School of Civil Engineering at Leeds is part of a university where 97% of research is world-leading (REF 2021), offering students access to UK-leading facilities, close industry links, professional skills development, and a global research community. Successful candidates will benefit from studying in an active research environment alongside leading researchers, receiving support from the Leeds Doctoral College, and gaining access to networking opportunities at industry talks, seminars, and conferences. The university provides comprehensive personal and wellbeing services and welcomes students from over 140 countries, fostering a diverse and inclusive research community.
EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award 2026/27: Physics & Astronomy
The EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award offers 2 talented budding researchers the opportunity to join the thriving community of leading researchers within the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds. These are highly competitive EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award Studentships offering the award of fees, together with a tax-free maintenance grant (currently £20,780 for academic session 2025/26) for 3.5 years. Training and support will also be provided. This opportunity is open to UK applicants only and selection is based on academic merit. There are 2 funded places available and 4 projects in competition for this funding. Applicants can apply through specific projects in areas including quantum criticality, quantum simulation of gauge theories, black hole simulation, and topological quantum systems. The University of Leeds' research in physics is world-leading, with 99% of research rated as world-leading in REF 2021. Students will work in a professional research environment with UK-leading facilities and have access to extensive support through the Leeds Doctoral College.
EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award 2026/27: Computer Science
The EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award for Computer Science at the University of Leeds offers highly competitive studentships for talented budding researchers to join a thriving community of leading researchers. These awards provide full tuition fees, a tax-free maintenance grant (currently £20,780 for academic session 2025/26) for 3.5 years, plus training and support. The program invites proposals in any area of Computer Science where the school is actively engaged in research, including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science in Biology, Medicine and Health, Algorithms and Complexity, Distributed Systems and Services, and Computational Science and Engineering. For 2026/27 entry, 2 studentships are available exclusively for UK applicants. Candidates are placed into the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award Studentship Competition, with selection based on academic merit. The School of Computer Science at Leeds has 99% world-leading research (REF 2021) and provides students with access to UK-leading facilities, close industry links, professional skills development, and comprehensive personal and wellbeing services. Applicants must have at least a first class or upper second class British Bachelors Honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate discipline. The selection process includes application processing, supervisor shortlisting and interviews, and a final School Selection Panel to determine funding awards. Academic and funding offers will be issued by no later than 31 March 2026.