Research Scholarships

The Faculty of Science & Engineering is nationally and globally recognised as a centre of excellence providing an innovative, inclusive learning environment that produces lifelong learners who are prepared for the global economy.

With world-class research centres and sustained investment in our outstanding resources and facilities, we provide a superb environment in which to study or conduct research. Here are some of our research highlights.

The following scholarships are currently open for applications (in order of closing date):

22 March 2023

• Nanotechnology: Fully Funded EPSRC and RADON Grant PhD Scholarship: EQUilbrium, metastability and Universal dynamics of the atomic Structures of size-selected nanoclusters under irradiation (EQUUS): A fundamental platform for scale-up of green nanoparticle production (RS309 - PhD EQUUS)

5 April 2023

• Electronic and Electrical Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC and KLA PhD Scholarship: Industry-Focussed Gallium Oxide Power Semiconductor Processing (RS316 - PhD Elec Eng)

26 April 2023

• Mechanical Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC and Swansea Bay City Deal PhD Scholarship: Flexible polymer-based sensors for structural health monitoring in renewable energy-generating devices (RS319 - PhD Mech Eng)

3 May 2023

• Aerospace Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC DTP PhD Scholarship: Developing Simulation Frontiers for Future Urban Air Mobility Safety Investigation (RS317 - PhD Aero)

5 May 2023

• Civil Engineering: Fully Funded UKRI & Swansea PhD Scholarship: Deep-learning accelerated computational fluid dynamic model for pollutant dispersion in urban environment (RS290 - PhD Civil Eng)

8 May 2023

• Mechanical Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC and UKAEA PhD Scholarship: Fluid-Structure Interaction Measurements on Largely, Elastically Deforming Structures (F-SIMLEDS) (RS322 - PhD F-SIMLED)

10 May 2023

• Civil Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC and British Board of Agrément PhD Scholarship: Intelligent Assessment of Functional Construction Materials (RS311 - PhD Civil Eng)

31 May 2023

• Civil Engineering: Fully Funded UK DSTL and Swansea PhD Scholarship: Data-informed in-silico modelling of multi-material Electro Active Polymer based soft robots (RS293 - DSTL FSE)
• Civil Engineering: Fully Funded EPSRC iCASE and UK DSTL PhD Scholarship: Time varying control of multi-material Electro-Active Polymer soft robots (RS294 - EPSRC iCASE)

Please quote the project code (e.g. RS294 - EPSRC iCASE) for queries and application.

Please see individual adverts for more information on eligibility.

NB: If you hold a non-UK degree, please see the Swansea University degree comparisons to find out if you meet the eligibility criteria.

If you have any questions regarding your academic or fee eligibility based on the above, please email pgrscholarships@swansea.ac.uk with the web-link to the scholarship(s) you are interested in. 

Please see individual adverts for more information on funding.

To apply, please visit the individual scholarship advert page.

Please quote the project code (e.g. RS294 - EPSRC iCASE) for queries and application.