
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
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Universities with open positions in experimental physics in the United Kingdom include University of Bath and University of Southampton.
Kristina Rusimova
University of Bath
United Kingdom
3 days ago
The University of Bath is offering two exciting PhD opportunities in quantum science within Kristina Rusimova’s established and well-funded NanoBioPhotonics Research Group. The projects explore how light can be used to control individual molecules and investigate their quantum behaviour. Project 1: Loading the Quantum Dice: Controlling Matter One Molecule at a Time . Project 2: A Photon and a Molecule Walk into a Tunnel Junction: Quantum Optics Meets Single-Molecule Science . The opportunities a...
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University of Southampton
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Postgraduate research project at the University of Southampton : Next-generation gas sensing with hollow-core optical fibres . This is a PhD opportunity in physics , photonics , optical fibres , and gas sensing , with strong links to electrical engineering , materials science , chemistry , and environmental science . The project explores how gas composition, pressure, and temperature affect light propagation in hollow-core fibres, including optical loss, phase, dispersion, molecular absorption, ...
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University of Southampton
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PhD project at the University of Southampton in the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) , within the Multimode Photonics Group . This project focuses on next-generation miniaturised optical sources and the design, fabrication, and testing of broadband light-emitting devices with exceptionally wide frequency ranges. The research combines nanophotonics , light-matter interactions , computational simulation , nanofabrication , and optical measurements . Research aims include understanding how nan...
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University of Southampton
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University of Southampton is advertising a PhD project in engineering quantum measurements to test the quantum Zeno effect in levitated mechanics . The project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and is based in the School of Physics and Astronomy . The research asks whether repeated measurements can slow or inhibit the evolution of a quantum system, using a levitated nanoparticle trapped and measured with light. You will work with Southampton’s non-cavity optical tweezer pl...
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University of Southampton
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United Kingdom
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PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Polarisation Maintaining Hollow-Core Fibre Fabrication , based in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC). This project focuses on hollow-core fibre technology, polarisation maintaining optical fibres , fibre design, fabrication, and experimental characterisation. The research aims to create a new generation of optical fibres that guide light in air rather than glass, with potential applica...
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University of Southampton
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PhD opportunity in hollow-core fibres for global communications at the University of Southampton , Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, working in the internationally recognised Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) with Microsoft Azure Fiber . This project focuses on photonics , optical physics , experimental physics , materials science , and communications networks . You will help design, fabricate, and test advanced hollow-core optical fibres that guide light through air rather than ...
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University of Southampton
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United Kingdom
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PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Spatiotemporal Control of Ultrafast Multimode Fibre Amplifiers . This project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and is supervised by Dr Lin Xu and Dr Duanyang Xu . The research focuses on ultrafast fibre lasers , multimode fibre amplifiers , spatiotemporal control , nonlinear optics , and optical physics . The aim is to develop innovative multimode fibre amplifiers that can generate high-energy, ultrashort pulses with tai...
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University of Southampton
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United Kingdom
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PhD opportunity in nanophotonics at the University of Southampton This project, titled Controlling Light at the Nanoscale with Optical Nanoantennas , is hosted by the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton and linked to the Multimode Photonics Group at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC). The research focuses on optical nanoantennas, light scattering, electromagnetism, optical physics, computational physics, experimental physics, and nanotechnology. T...
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University of Southampton
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United Kingdom
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PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences , based at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) in Southampton, United Kingdom. This project is titled Mid-Infrared Hollow-Core Fibres and Lasers and focuses on photonics , optical fibre design , fibre fabrication , laser development , laser characterisation , experimental physics , and materials science . The research aims to develop mid-infrared hollow-core optical fibres and custom-design...
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University of Bath
United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
University of Bath, Department of Mechanical Engineering, is advertising a competition-funded PhD studentship on Robust Control of Magnetically Levitated Wind Turbines . The project sits at the intersection of mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , mechatronics , control systems , and renewable energy . The research will investigate advanced control strategies for magnetically levitated wind turbines, with a focus on robust control , rotor stabilisation, vibration attenuation, and dis...
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University of Bath
United Kingdom
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PhD opportunity at the University of Bath in Passive Flow Rectification for Hydrogen and Energy Systems , hosted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering . This competition-funded studentship sits within Bath Engineering & Design Studentships and focuses on hydrogen technologies , liquid hydrogen , cryogenic engineering , fluid-structure interaction , computational fluid dynamics (CFD) , experimental fluid mechanics , oscillatory flows , fluid power , aerospace engineering , and energy system...
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University of Bristol
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Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Automotive Aeroacoustics, CFD and AI at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with Jaguar Land Rover through the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures. The project, Quiet Efficiency: Reducing Wind Noise for Low Drag Cars (Br.27.3), investigates how advanced computational fluid dynamics and artificial intelligence can support the design of quieter, more aerodynamically efficient vehicles. Research will combine large-eddy simulation, ...
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Estimated costs in United Kingdom.
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![]() University Accommodation On-campus student housing per year | £5.1k $6,500/yr |
![]() Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | £948 $1,200/yr |
![]() Books & Academic Supplies Textbooks, stationery, and academic materials per year | £474 $600/yr |
![]() Utilities & Connectivity Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year | £758 $960/yr |
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