
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
ApplyKite Editorial 3 Nov 2026
566 professors found
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University of Liverpool
United Kingdom
Behavioral Economics
Organizational Behavior
Reinforcement Learning
Markov Processes
Optimal Control
University College London
United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence
Flight Dynamics
Reinforcement Learning
Hybrid Vehicle
Anomaly Detection
Lecturer
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence
Human-robot Interaction
Reinforcement Learning
Conversational Agents
Multi-task Learning
Heriot-Watt University
United Kingdom
Control System
Flight Dynamics
Reinforcement Learning
Robust Control
Continuous-time Systems
University of Hertfordshire
United Kingdom
Flight Dynamics
Automotive Engineering
Autonomous Navigation
Autonomous Vehicle
Vehicle Dynamics
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Flight Dynamics
Aerial Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Path Planning
Lecturer
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
Transportation Engineering
Automotive Engineering
Reinforcement Learning
Autonomous Vehicle
Traffic Flow Theory
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Human-robot Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
Reinforcement Learning
Collaborative Robotics
Mobile Robotics
Professor
Heriot-Watt University
United Kingdom
Geophysics
Physical Geography
Reinforcement Learning
Geology
Generative Adversarial Network
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The University of Manchester
Top university
United Kingdom
9 months ago
Top university
[£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...
9 months ago
Stefan Bleeck
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University of Southampton
United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
Top university
PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in AI, machine learning, biomedical engineering, neuroscience, psychology, and acoustics . The project, The Attentive Ear: AI to Decode Listening Fatigue from Wearables , is based in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR). It focuses on using multimodal deep learning and transformer architectures to combine asynchronous wearable and physiological signals such as EEG, pupillometry, ...
3 weeks ago
Behnaz Sohani
Loughborough University
United Kingdom
4 months ago
Loughborough University is advertising two self-funded PhD opportunities in the Intelligent Automation Centre under the supervision of Behnaz Sohani (Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Robotics and Automation). Project 1: Intelligent Cardiovascular Digital Twin and Adaptive Control for Clinical and Sport Applications focuses on AI-driven physiological modelling, adaptive cardiovascular digital twins, data-informed health intelligence systems, nonlinear dynamical modelling, machine learning, and a...
4 months ago
Estimated costs in United Kingdom.
MonthlyYearly | |
|---|---|
![]() 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
Senior Lecturer
University of the West of England
United Kingdom
Human-robot Interaction
Behavioral Economics
Swarm Intelligence
Reinforcement Learning
Machine Learning
Lecturer/Assistant Professor
Coventry University
United Kingdom
Internet Of Things
Artificial Intelligence
Cyber-physical System
Threat Analysis
Deep Learning
Lecturer
Cardiff University
United Kingdom
Human-robot Interaction
Behavioral Economics
Deep Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Autonomous Navigation
DeepMind Technologies Ltd
Just Landed
United Kingdom
New Today
Just Landed
Google DeepMind’s Genomics team in London is hiring a Student Researcher for 2027 through the Student Researcher Program. The opportunity is designed for PhD students interested in applying advanced machine-learning methods to genomic models. The research focus combines machine learning, post-training and reinforcement learning with genomics. The successful researcher will contribute to projects exploring how these methods can be used to develop or improve models for genomic applications, within...
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Nanzhe Wang
Heriot-Watt University
United Kingdom
1 week ago
PhD Studentship Opportunity: Machine Learning for Groundwater Pollution at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. This fully funded PhD is offered through the Iapetus DTP NERC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) Studentship Competition 2026–27. The project title is Reconstructing Groundwater Pollution Release Histories under Geological Uncertainty Using Machine Learning and Adaptive Monitoring . The research combines several high-impact areas: groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling...
1 week ago
University of Bristol
Top university
United Kingdom
1 week ago
Top university
[4-year University Scholarship with minimum tax-free stipend at the current UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26), RTSG £8,400, and full tuition fees covered.] PhD studentship at the University of Bristol on Learning and Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in Public Health . This project sits at the intersection of machine learning, AI, statistics, reinforcement learning, active learning, Bayesian decision theory, and stochastic optimisation . The research aims to develop novel methods for adaptive lear...
1 week ago
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