
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
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University of Texas at Dallas
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United States
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The University of Texas at Dallas is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for experimental power electronics and power conversion systems at the High Power Density Electronics Center in Richardson, Texas. The researcher will support existing projects and help develop new projects and proposals involving power electronics circuits and converters for data centers, electrical grids, and energy-storage applications. The work combines new hardware architectures with intelligent control strategies for hi...
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SooJean Han
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KAIST
South Korea
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KAIST and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are advertising multiple postdoctoral researcher positions in Resilient Human-Machine-AI Autonomy through September 2027. The appointment is jointly hosted across the two institutions and is based primarily in Korea, with the selected researcher working under Prof. SooJean Han at KAIST and Prof. Hiroyasu Tsukamoto at UIUC. The project sits at the intersection of autonomy, control, and intelligent systems, with emphasis on Human-Machine-AI Aut...
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DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
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United States
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The DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory Flight Sciences Branch is seeking researchers to contribute to ongoing work in aeroballistics and the control of guided and unguided Army munitions. The opening is centered on flight dynamics and control, with emphasis on understanding how munitions respond to aerodynamic forces and moments and how those responses can be shaped to improve range, accuracy, and survivability in flight. The research scope spans both unguided and guided flight. On the unguided sid...
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DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
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United States
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This opportunity is centered on limbed robotics and the development of dynamic whole-body mobility and manipulation for autonomous robot platforms. The work aims to improve robust autonomous behaviors for agile traversal and manipulation in complex environments, with emphasis on how robots move, balance, and interact with their surroundings. The project uses physics-based, multi-body simulation to support the design of robot behaviors and to build understanding of the dynamics governing the syst...
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DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
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United States
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This research opportunity at the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory focuses on the control of structurally adaptive small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The project is centered on enabling unusual and highly maneuverable flight behaviors for Army-relevant small aircraft operating in congested, low-altitude environments. The work addresses the control challenges created by compliant and adaptive structures designed for complex behaviors such as high-speed object avoidance, perching, and soaring. A m...
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DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
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United States
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The DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory is recruiting a scientist/engineer for research in distributed systems state estimation within the Electronics for Sense and Control effort. The project sits at the intersection of navigation and localization , small-scale autonomous systems , and human physiological state monitoring , with the expectation that the researcher will contribute across this interconnected research space. The work emphasizes the development of novel methods for distributed state es...
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Eugenio Schuster
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Lehigh University
United States
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The Lehigh University Plasma Control Laboratory is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to advance control systems, artificial intelligence, and scientific machine learning for fusion energy . The role sits within the Lehigh University Plasma Control Group (LU-PCG) , directed by Professors Eugenio Schuster and Tariq Rafiq , and centers on research for magnetically confined fusion plasmas in tokamaks. The postdoc will contribute to a program that combines theory-based modeling, predictive simulation...
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University of Mississippi
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United States
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The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mississippi is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Robotics and AI to join Dr. Xiaopeng Zhao’s research group. The position centers on robotics and autonomous systems with a strong emphasis on turning AI-enabled robots into systems that can be deployed and trusted in the real world. The research scope is broad and includes manipulation, mobile and legged robots, autonomous navigation, perception and computer vision, motion...
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DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
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United States
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This postdoctoral fellowship at DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory focuses on machine learning for state estimation and decision propagation in highly heterogeneous environments where humans are coupled to machine decision agents. The project is framed around a Network of Networks research program and aims to develop novel theories, validation experiments, and hardware implementations for human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning , transfer learning , and the transfer of learned behavior across hete...
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The University of Manchester
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United Kingdom
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[£20,780 annual tax-free stipend (for 2025/26) plus full tuition fees for 3.5 years. Stipend expected to increase each year. Available to home students and EU students with settled status.] This fully funded 3.5-year PhD studentship at The University of Manchester offers an exciting opportunity to advance the field of multi-robot coordination and embodied decision-making. The project is designed for highly motivated candidates with a strong background in control theory and practical robotics exp...
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University of Southampton
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PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in robotics, ultrasonic sensing, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, and materials characterisation . This project, Robotic ultrasonic drilling for real-time, minimally invasive subsurface damage characterisation in degraded concrete , develops a robotic ultrasonic drilling system for high-resolution assessment of internal damage in concrete exposed to harsh conditions such as marine environments, fire, radiation, and freeze-t...
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University of East Anglia
United Kingdom
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Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia (UEA) is offering a funded PhD programme for students worldwide, with a strong research environment in Political Science , International Relations , Public Policy , Political Theory , Communication Studies , and Media Studies . The programme welcomes research proposals across several broad themes: Critical Global Politics (foreign policy, global and regional governance, borders, international security, international org...
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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 |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
Industrial Automation
Energy Engineering
Monitoring And Control
Fault Detection
Power Generation
Lecturer in Control Engineering
De Montfort University
United Kingdom
Control System
Flight Dynamics
Continuous-time Systems
Robust Control
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Senior Lecturer in Control Systems
University of York
United Kingdom
Flight Dynamics
Control System
Fault Tolerant Control
Robust Control
Multi-robot Systems
Senior Lecturer
University of Kent
United Kingdom
Control System
Flight Dynamics
Robust Control
Sliding Mode Control
Discrete-time Systems
University of Plymouth
United Kingdom
Control System
Flight Dynamics
Robust Control
Stabilization Theory
Dynamic Systems
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Control System
Industrial Automation
Optimal Control
Intelligent Control
Sliding Mode Control

UKRI funds research training and fellowships across the United Kingdom, mainly for PhD and postdoctoral study. Support often includes tuition fees, a stipend at the UKRI rate, and research costs.

The Leverhulme Trust funds a wide range of research scholarships, studentships and fellowships, mainly in the United Kingdom, across disciplines from humanities to sciences.

ESRC supports social science research training in the United Kingdom, mainly through funded PhD studentships and some postdoctoral fellowships delivered via doctoral training partnerships.
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