Commonwealth PhD Scholarships

Brunel University of London and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) are offering 20 full PhD scholarships for academically outstanding Chinese students. The opportunity is open across all disciplines at Brunel University of London, with study starting in October 2027 or January 2028 . The scholarship provides full tuition fees for up to 48 months . The CSC also covers a living stipend (including medical insurance), one international round-trip economy airfare between China and the UK, and reimbu...

Imperial College London is offering the President's PhD Scholarships for outstanding candidates seeking a PhD place with full funding. This is a highly competitive doctoral scholarship for talented applicants from Imperial, the UK, and worldwide, with no nationality restriction. The scholarship supports a research project of the student’s choosing, supervised by an Imperial academic supervisor. It is designed for candidates with strong academic performance and clear research potential across a w...

PhD opportunity at the University of Manchester in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in 2D Materials of Tomorrow (2DMoT) . This project is titled Graphene-Based Membranes for Water Filtration and focuses on graphene , 2D materials , membranes , water filtration , and water treatment . The student will fabricate graphene-based membranes and study water, ion, and molecular transport through 2D material nanochannels, with the goal of improving permeability, contaminant rejection, selectivity, ...

University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) is advertising Doctoral Training Partnership Scholarships with joint supervision from UNNC and the Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS), UCAS. This is a PhD opportunity in the Faculty of Science and Engineering across three research areas: Physics and Optoelectronic Science & Technology , Chemistry and Materials Engineering , and Ecological Environment Science and Engineering . The programme offers 4 scholarship places , with up to 8 additiona...

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore is recruiting a PhD student for the Jan 2027 intake in the area of seawater batteries. The opportunity is posted by Professor Hong Jin Fan, who is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University and serves as Editor in Chief of Materials Today Energy . The research topic suggests a strong focus on energy storage, electrochemistry, and materials science, with possible overlap in chemistry and electrical engineering. The post states that the PhD positio...