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The Department regularly advertises PhD opportunities that are available across the Department.  Some, but not all, of these opportunities include funding.  A list of open opportunities is available below. Please click the relevant link to find out more about them. 

• Five Department PhD projects are currently open as part of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø College School of Convergence Science Doctoral Landscape Awards. Closing date 27 February 2026.

• Composite Materials and Structures. Contact: . 
• Understanding the socioeconomic implications of resource emergencies and associated mitigation policies using Bayesian material flow analysis. Contact: .
• Accelerating the discovery of low carbon cements using machine learning and thermodynamic modelling. Contact: .
• Harnessing data to advance life cycle assessment of emerging technologies. Contact: .
• Resource requirements for ecosystem conservation and sustainable development. Contact: .
• Zero emissions reinforced concrete Contact: .
• PhD Post in Environmental Fluid Mechanics - Laboratory investigation of ocean mixing by stratified turbulence. Contact: .
• PhD post in Contrail mitigation in the context of operational oceanic airspace. Contact: .
  
• PhD post in Observation-based investigations of contrail formation and evolution. Contact: .
• Engineering Nature-Based Artificial Reefs for Coastal Protection & Biodiversity. Contact: Dr Ioannis Karmpadakis
• Open uncontrolled burning of plastic waste. Contact: Dr Costas Velis
• Effects of Carbon Dioxide Removal on the water-carbon-food-biodiversity nexus. Contact: Dr Yiannis Moustakis

• The investigation of coastal cliff instability due to extreme weather conditions. Contact: Dr Tiago Gaspar

• Pathways to a Circular Bioeconomy: Strategic Systems Modelling for Sustainable Biomass Valorisation into Biofuels. Contact: Professor Evina Katsou
• Unravelling the chemo-mechanical degradation of concrete. Contact: Dr Evzen Korec 
• Hybrid Machine Learning–Integrated Modelling of Global Agricultural Systems. Contact: Professor Ana Mijic
• Integrating monitoring and citizen science in water security assessment. Contact: Professor Wouter Buytaert
• Muon tomography for non-invasive geotechnical investigations. Contact: Dr Tiago Gaspar 
• Structural Energy Storage in Clay-Based Soils. Contact: Dr Angela Casarella

• Engineered densified wood products for sustainable construction. Contact: Dr Rupert Myers

Information on the annual cost of living in London and PhD tuition fees can be found on the College fees and funding pages.