Find a PhD
Search for PhD opportunities at Sheffield and be part of our world-leading research.
There are different ways to find the right PhD for you:
Find a project
Browse our PhD project directory.
Find a supervisor
You can either browser supervisors by department or search for them by keyword. Most supervisors also have a personal webpage where you can find out more about them.
Find a school or discipline
Find out who's doing the kind of research you're interested in – school web pages are a good place to start. Schools also advertise funded PhD projects.
- PhD opportunities on school websites
- Aerospace Engineering
- Animal and Plant Sciences
- Architecture and Landscape
- Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
- Biblical Studies
- Biomedical Science
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Computer Science
- Dentistry
- East Asian Studies
- Economics
- Education
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- English
- French Studies
- Geography and Planning
- Germanic Studies
- Health and Related Research
- Health Sciences
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- History, Philosophy and Digital Humanities
- Human Communication Sciences (Health Sciences School)
- Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
- Information, Journalism and Communication
- Languages and Cultures
- Law (includes Criminology)
- Management
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medicine / Medical School
- Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Nursing and Midwifery (Health Sciences School)
- Oncology & Metabolism
- Ophthalmology and Orthoptics (Health Sciences School)
- Physics and Astronomy
- Politics
- Psychology
- Religion, Theology and the Bible
- Russian and Slavonic Studies
- Sheffield Methods Institute
- Sociological Studies
- Speech and Language
- Urban Studies and Planning – see Geography and Planning
Find a funded training programme
Centres for Doctoral Training
We're building a community of doctoral researchers funded through our Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs), Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs), Industrial Doctoral Centres (IDCs) and Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs).
Each partnership and centre focuses on a specific area of research that addresses one of the global challenges of our time. Most are run jointly with other leading UK universities and developed in consultation with world-leading industrial and policy partners, so you benefit from a wide range of expertise and resources.
You can apply direct to a training centre or in some cases to the University.