Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
453 research degree projects
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Electronics and computer science
Novel Phase Change Materials for integrated photonics
Enabling integrated and free space photonics with advanced reprogrammable materials. The current increase in data generation is expected to reach unsustainable rates by the end of the decade. This has a strong impact on the environment and therefore new solutions are sought after. -
Engineering
Tackling the geotechnical challenges of floating offshore wind
Join the UK-wide Offshore Renewable Energy Supergen Hub project, and contribute to the geotechnical engineering of floating offshore wind. We’re using innovation to streamline seabed characterisation, farm-scale design and anchoring technologies. -
Photonics and optoelectronics
Qubit transmission: Connecting single photon sources with emerging hollow core optical fibres
In this project we will develop novel ways to interconnect a new class of optical fibres with single photon sources and detectors used in quantum memories, computers and networks. The Optoelectronics Research Centre is world-leader in design and manufacturing of these novel fibres that guide light through a hole (hence the name, hollow core fibres) rather than through glass. -
Business studies
Full PhD Scholarship in Digital and Data Driven Marketing
Southampton Business School has an ambitious quality-driven strategy of growth. To enable world-leading research and generate knowledge that is recognised in the global academic community, we are seeking to award one full PhD scholarship to an outstanding candidate in the discipline mentioned below. -
Electronics and computer science
On-chip quantum cryptography using two-dimensional materials
The objective of this project is to develop an on-chip entangled photon source that can be integrated within a quantum cryptography system to enable ultimate security of digital communication based on the laws of quantum physics. -
Physics and astronomy | Chemistry
Molecular design of rare-earth-ion complexes for quantum light-matter interactions on nanophotonic platforms
The future Quantum Internet requires efficient devices that store and recall arbitrary quantum states of light. These devices, known as quantum memories, can synchronise entanglement operations between distant locations. This project focuses on the development of rare-earth molecular complexes integrated with silicon nitride integrated photonic circuits. -
Engineering | Electronics and computer science
Wearable Thermoelectric Generators Using Advanced Materials
Wearable technologies are revolutionising our daily lives, integrating everyday objects into our clothes, accessories and even our bodies. But how can we power these without using rigid batteries that require overnight charging? The answer is renewable energy sources such as ourselves. Using our body’s heat, thermoelectric generators can provide uninterrupted renewable energy for wearable devices. -
Chemistry
Optimal control methods for strongly coupled spin systems in solid materials
This project will use quantum optimal control to design and experimentally demonstrate new Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) quantum optimal control methods. -
Engineering
Quantum topology optimisation for aerospace design
This project investigates the development of quantum algorithms to enable large-scale topology optimisation in aerospace. The goal is to overcome computational barriers in designing energy-efficient, sustainable aircraft configurations by leveraging quantum methods, advancing beyond the limits of conventional optimisation for practical aerospace applications. -
Engineering | Electronics and computer science
Learning for control: enabling efficient networked autonomous systems
You will design control policies for autonomous systems combining control, optimization, and machine learning tools. The challenges include limited computing resources to run for example complex neural networks models, or limited communication resources for example in networks of robots, and the safety and robustness analysis of the learned policies.