# Eight fully-funded PhD places in Data-Driven Engineering and Sciences at University of Bristol, UK

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**Created:** [December 9, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449 "2025-12-09T11:13:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/1 "2025-12-09T11:13:50Z")

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Are you interested in bringing the latest data-driven approaches to interdisciplinary topics like Robotics, Neuroscience, Healthcare, and beyond? Welcome to the second cohort of the Doctoral Training Environment (DTE) in Data-Driven Engineering and Sciences at the University of Bristol, UK.

We have 8 fully-funded PhD studentships (around £28k take-home pay) that include a year of team-based training and leadership development. In return, you’ll be helping to support our Data Science and other MSc students so an interest in teaching is essential.

Last year we recruited two students from the Julia community (and persuaded some of the other students to try Julia), so it would be great to continue that trend!

See [https://engmaths.github.io/ddes-dte/](https://engmaths.github.io/ddes-dte/) for more information. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions.

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**Author:** ![dawbarton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dawbarton/32/215461_2.png) [@dawbarton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dawbarton)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/2 "2025-12-09T15:12:28Z")

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Since it’s probably not obvious without reading quite a bit of text, the general rules of the PhD projects under this programme is that they must encompass two out of three of the following aspects:

- Applied Mathematics
- Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence / Data Science
- An application area covered by the [School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology](https://www.bristol.ac.uk/science-engineering/schools/eng-maths-tech/#research), e.g., robotics, synthetic/engineering biology, digital health, transport and mobility, renewable energy, … and many others

PhD research projects are decided during the first year of study _not_ at the point of entry. See the website for more details.

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**Author:** ![Datseris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/datseris/32/13406_2.png) [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/3 "2025-12-10T15:58:09Z")

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Impressive funding! Best of luck on getting the best candidates! Will circulate this in my circles!!!

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**Author:** ![WuSiren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wusiren/32/42529_2.png) [@WuSiren](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/WuSiren)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/4 "2025-12-15T18:35:15Z")

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Is there any postdoctoral position?

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**Author:** ![dawbarton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dawbarton/32/215461_2.png) [@dawbarton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dawbarton)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/5 "2025-12-15T20:13:19Z")

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Not at the moment, no.

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**Author:** ![Divital](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/divital/32/49998_2.png) [@Divital](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Divital)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/6 "2025-12-21T09:09:30Z")

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Nice, I would love to hop in and help build, does prior publications are a must? I have relevant research software engineering and machine learning experience in Julia via Google summer of codes (twice) and Princeton affiliated research projects.

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**Author:** ![dawbarton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dawbarton/32/215461_2.png) [@dawbarton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dawbarton)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/7 "2025-12-21T09:41:46Z")

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No, prior publications are not required - we had someone come in via an RSE route last year. Drop me a DM with your details and we can talk.

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**Author:** ![fastwave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fastwave/32/14725_2.png) [@fastwave](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fastwave)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/8 "2025-12-21T19:26:15Z")

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There will be one 2 year long postdoc position advertised in January, we just need to get the paperwork done for the advert to go live. This is at the same School of Eng Maths and Technology in Bristol. One of the tasks is to work on this Julia package [GitHub - rsnumerics/InvariantModels.jl: Software for data-driven model identication](https://github.com/rsnumerics/InvariantModels.jl) I’ll post the details when its online.

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**Author:** ![Divital](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/divital/32/49998_2.png) [@Divital](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Divital)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/9 "2025-12-25T20:55:20Z")

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Absolutely, looking forward to it all 🙂

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**Author:** ![Divital](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/divital/32/49998_2.png) [@Divital](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Divital)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/10 "2026-01-05T07:59:29Z")

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Hello, Is there a point of contact where we can in reach out ?

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**Author:** ![dawbarton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dawbarton/32/215461_2.png) [@dawbarton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dawbarton)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/11 "2026-01-05T09:46:14Z")

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Apologies, I’ve been out of the office and ignoring email whilst I do my marking. Will reply to you shortly.

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**Author:** ![suavesito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/suavesito/32/34386_2.png) [@suavesito](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/suavesito)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/12 "2026-01-06T17:47:26Z")

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Hi! I just finished my undergraduate in mathematical computer science and I’m looking for options of PhD’s. This sound like an awesome opportunity, as I’m interested in researching ML/AI, applied mathematics, and HPC. I have experience in those areas from school, and from being research assistant twice for the Mexican Science Council (now Secretary of Science and Technology), developing that research in Julia. Hope we can get in contact, and thanks for sharing! 🙂

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**Author:** ![monishktla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/monishktla/32/219600_2.png) [@monishktla](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/monishktla)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/13 "2026-04-21T18:50:09Z")

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Is this still available to apply or have the positions been filled?

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**Author:** ![dawbarton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dawbarton/32/215461_2.png) [@dawbarton](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dawbarton)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/eight-fully-funded-phd-places-in-data-driven-engineering-and-sciences-at-university-of-bristol-uk/134449/14 "2026-04-21T21:05:11Z")

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All positions have been filled for this year. Hopefully (but not guaranteed) we will have another 6 positions next academic year with an application deadline of Jan 2027.