PhD opportunities

Be part of our world-leading chemical and biological engineering research and help tackle some of the most pressing issues of our time.

  • We're a research-led department and since 2017 set a new record by winning £9 million of competitive grants
  • We've invested £3.5 million in state-of-the-art research facilities
  • We have 87 funders 
  • We have five research centres
  • Our research expertise spans four themes

Explore our PhD project directory

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PhD scholarships

There are lots of different types of scholarships available, from full awards covering fees, living expenses and research costs to partial fee scholarships.

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Study with us

In the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering we offer BEng, MEng and MSc courses as well as opportunities for PhD study.

Undergraduate courses

Postgraduate study