
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
ApplyKite Editorial 3 Nov 2026
334 professors found
University Of Strathclyde
United Kingdom
Quantum Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Optical Physics
Photonic
Quantum Optics
University Of Strathclyde
United Kingdom
Quantum Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Electronics
Quantum Computing
Quantum Optics
The University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy
United Kingdom
Quantum Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Photonic
Quantum Electronics
Topological Insulator
Heriot-Watt University
United Kingdom
Quantum Physics
Medical Imaging
Optical Physics
Optical Imaging
Quantum Optics
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
Quantum Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Computing
Quantum Electronics
Quantum Optics
Academic, Professor, Professor of Physics and Quantum Technology
University of Portsmouth
United Kingdom
Quantum Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Optical Physics
Quantum Optics
Quantum Computing
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
Quantum Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Optics
Photonic
Quantum Electronics
University Of Strathclyde
United Kingdom
Quantum Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Optical Physics
Quantum Optics
Quantum Electronics
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Quantum Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Optical Physics
Ultracold Physics
Exciton Physics
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Aston University
United Kingdom
1 month ago
Applications are invited for a funded PhD project at Aston University in the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT) , working with Dr Mingming Tan on Next-Generation Optical Signal Processing Using Nonlinear Fourier Methods . This project sits at the intersection of optical physics , photonics , optical communications , and nonlinear signal processing . The research explores how the nonlinear Fourier spectrum can be used to better describe and control light in nonlinear systems, with a ...
1 month ago
Imperial College London
Top university
United Kingdom
1 month ago
Top university
Imperial College London is recruiting a fully funded PhD candidate for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network SPARK, focused on space–time metamaterials , structured light , nanophotonics , and ultrafast optics . The project is based in the group of Professor Riccardo Sapienza in the Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, and leads to a PhD awarded by Imperial College London. The project, Space–Time Beams for and from Space–Time Metamaterials , will experimentally generate and characte...
1 month ago
Imperial College London
Top university
United Kingdom
2 months ago
Top university
PhD opportunity in Controlling Errors in Quantum Computers at Imperial College London , supervised by Dr Zhenyu Cai in the Department of Computing. The project focuses on one of the central challenges in quantum computing : suppressing and controlling errors in quantum machines. The research aims to develop a full-stack approach to quantum error suppression , integrating strategies across multiple layers of the quantum computation stack. This is a PhD opening . The post does not specify funding ...
2 months ago
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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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University Associate Professor Neurosurgery
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Neurology
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery
Traumatic Brain Injury
Cerebrovascular Physiology
Neuroprotection
Has grant
Assistant Professor
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
Astrophysics
Geophysics
Magnetospheric Physics
Plasma Physics
Space Physics
Senior Lecturer
University of the West of England
United Kingdom
Food Science
Microbiology
Essential Oil Chemistry
Food Preservation
Food Safety
Has grant
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...
3 days ago
Durham University
United Kingdom
1 week ago
Durham University’s Department of Physics is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Quantum Light and Matter research section. The project, “Quantum networking at telecom wavelengths with Yb qubits” , is led by Dr Tobias Franzen and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) . The research sits at the intersection of AMO physics , quantum optics , cavity QED , optical tweezers , cold atoms, and quantum networking. The team is developing a modu...
1 week ago
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
PhD opportunity at the University of Sheffield in topological quantum photonics and 2D materials . The project explores how topologically protected light states can be created through strong light-matter interaction with chip-integrated monolayer semiconductors (van der Waals semiconductors). The goal is to develop efficient and robust quantum optical processing and compact quantum photonic devices. The student will work across the research groups of Prof. Dmitriy Krizhanovskii and Prof. Alexand...
2 weeks ago
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