PhD study at the School of Engineering

We are always interested in receiving applications for PhD study from high quality applicants who wish to contribute to our vibrant research environment and interact with one or more of our research groups.

Application Procedure

If you are looking to apply for a postgraduate research degree in Engineering at the University of Glasgow, there are a number of clear steps to take:

1. Find out about our research divisions and potential projects/research areas.
2. Make contact with potential supervisors to discuss your application and how you would fit into their research division.
3. Consider sources of financial support. This application is for admission to study only, and should you be accepted, the funding has to be arranged separately. Further information on scholarships and timing is provided below. If you are applying for currently available PhD positions below then the funding is already in place.
4. Once you are clear about a potential project, a supervisor and where you wish to apply for financial support then please go to the College of Science and Engineering graduate school webpages where application instructions and a link to the online application system are provided. 
5. If you have any questions about the research aspects, please contact your potential supervisor.  If you have more general questions about application procedures, then please email eng-pgradoffice@glasgow.ac.uk.

Currently available PhD Projects

The following opportunities are available

• Geothermal Energy in East Africa: Rift Geothermics and Fluid Dynamics
• Nanocellulosic Composite Materials
• Chemical Modelling of Microbial Degradation of Complex Environmental Samples
• Ultrasonic surgical needles for bone penetration
• Nanocomposites for water purification: synthesis, insights and performance evaluation
• The Multicorder: CMOS sensor technology for the metabolome
• The Multicorder: CMOS sensor technology for chemical synthesis
• The Sonopill: CMOS sensor technology
• Development of a Novel Membrane Bioreactor for Cost-effective Wastewater Treatment and Microalgae Harvesting
• Design and control of solar sail formations
• A Physiologically relevant model for Ultrasound activated Targeted Drug Delivery (TDD)
• Superconducting single-photon detectors for integrated quantum photonics
• Infrared superconducting single-photon detector arrays
• Fibre temperature sensing with photon counting

Additional PhD opportunities may also be listed under each Research Division's pages.

Scholarships

The School of Engineering has a number of scholarships for both home and international applicants, the details and timing of which are given below.

James Watt Scholarships - Currently Closed

The James Watt Scholarships are allocated once a year. The call for applications occurs February each year with a closing date in March.  Projects associated with the James Watt Scholarships are put forward by the academics across the school.

Although currently closed, the potential projects from each division in the 2013 call are provided for your information only.

• PhD in the Aerospace Sciences Division 2013
• PhD in the Biomedical Engineering Division 2013
• PhD in the Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering Division 2013
• PhD in the Infrastructure & Environment Division 2013
• PhD in the Systems, Power and Energy Division 2013

College based scholarships

Granted by the College of Science and Engineering, these scholarships can support study within the School of Engineering. Please see the College Scholarship page.

Doctoral Training Centre

Technologies at the interface between Engineering & the Physical Sciences and the Life Sciences

We offer doctoral-training opportunities to study cutting-edge technologies at the Engineering & Physical Science-to-Life Science interface. These are focused in the fields of

• Cell & Tissue Engineering
• Medical Diagnostics
• Synthetic Biology
• Bionanotechnology
• Biophotonics.  

Successful applicants will be awarded a 4-year studentship. You will complete an MRes in the first year before continuing with PhD studies in a chosen field for three years.

Details of how to apply and further information can be found here: Doctoral Training Centre