Loughborough University In UK Invites Applications For 20 Phd Studentship Positions | Apply Now

Loughborough University, UK has announced a wide range of PhD studentships for 2026 across Engineering, AI & Robotics, Design and Creative Arts, Sustainability, Health Sciences, Manufacturing, Energy, and Environmental Research. These projects focus on AI-driven systems, UAVs, sensor technologies, climate resilience, digital futures, sustainable manufacturing, and global health, with annual stipends ranging from £20,780 to £25,000.

About Loughborough University

Loughborough University is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when Loughborough Technical Institute was founded.

Available PhD Opportunities

PhD Studentship: Developing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Based Acoustic Monitoring Integrating Energy Harvesting Sensing Nodes
Salary: Please see advert text
Application Deadline: 15 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship - Transdisciplinary Design and Creative Arts- Sustainability and Regenerative thinking for Design and Creative Arts Practices
School of Design and Creative Arts
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Application Deadline: 28 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship - Transdisciplinary Design and Creative Arts-Transdisciplinary and Systems Thinking in Design and Creative Arts
School of Design and Creative Arts
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Application Deadline: 28 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship - Transdisciplinary Design and Creative Arts-Creative Digital Futures: AI, Data, Design, Art
School of Design and Creative Arts
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Application Deadline: 28 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship - Transdisciplinary Design and Creative Arts - Inclusive Design and Ageing
School of Design and Creative Arts
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Application Deadline: 28 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: Intelligent Sensor Fusion for Sustainable Cleaning in the Food Industry
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Salary: £20,780 per annum (2025/26 rate)
Application Deadline: 16 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: Passive RF tomography for early wildfire detection in forested environments
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Salary: £20,780 per annum (2025/26 rate)
Application Deadline: 16 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: Natural Computing with MEMS Neuromorphic Reservoirs for In-Sensor Intelligence
Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Salary: £20,780 per annum (2025/26 rate)
Application Deadline: 16 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: E-cigarettes, vaping & appetite control: mapping the evidence and unpicking interactive mechanisms
Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Salary: £20,780 per annum (in 2025/26)
Application Deadline: 15 Mar, 2026

PhD Studentship: Transforming Global Health: AI-Driven Acoustic Biomarkers for Early Lung Disease Detection
Salary: £20,780 per annum (2025/26 rate)
Application Deadline: 17 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: Inverse Modelling of Ocean-Surface Physics for Robust Maritime Vision
Salary: £20,780 per annum (2025/26 rate)
Application Deadline: 16 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: Adaptive Mobile Robot Automation for Quality-aware Large Volume Inspection and Data Fusion
Salary: £25,000
Application Deadline: 03 Mar, 2026

PhD Studentship: Tailored Gas Composition for High-Quality and Sustainable Laser Processing
Salary: £25,000
Application Deadline: 03 Mar, 2026

PhD Studentship: Human-centred Manufacturing Engineering with eXplainable AI (HUMANE-XAI)
Salary: £25,000
Application Deadline: 03 Mar, 2026

PhD Studentship: PhD in High Pressure Flow Boiling in Water Based Nuclear Reactors
School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Salary: See advert for details
Application Deadline: 15 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: Doctoral Studentship in Storytelling Education for Sustainability (UNESCO Chair’s Programme)
Design and Creative Arts
Salary: £20,780 per annum
Application Deadline: 28 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: Automating earthworks construction and maintenance processes
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Salary: £20,780 per annum
Application Deadline: 01 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: Computational Modelling of Sustainable Alloys
Salary: Not Specified
Application Deadline: 14 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship: Earthwork Interventions and Rehabilitation Strategies for Enhanced Resilience to Extreme Climate Events
Salary: Not Specified
Application Deadline: 01 Feb, 2026

PhD Studentship - Nutrition and Health for Optimal Performance in E-sports
Salary: Not Specified
Application Deadline: 05 Feb, 2026

Application deadlines run from 01 February to 15 March 2026. These PhD opportunities are ideal for students seeking cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research at one of the UK’s top research-intensive universities. Candidates should review individual adverts for full funding details and eligibility requirements.