University of Exeter

41 open research positions at University of Exeter.

Open positions

Biosciences (Streatham Campus)

• PhD Studentship - Cracking the Host-Pathogen Metabolic Code in Tuberculosis: Discovering New Therapeutic StrategiesPhD position · Exeter

Centre for Ecology and Conservation

• PhD Studentship - Phage Power: Optimising Treatments for Bacterial Co-InfectionsPhD position · Cornwall · 21 Oct 2026
• PhD Studentship - Cracking the Ribosome Code of Brain DevelopmentPhD position · Streatham · 1 Jul 2027

Centre for Ecology and Conservation - Penryn Campus

• PhD Studentship - How Does Temperature Shape Selection for Resistance across Different Antibiotics, Strains, and SpeciesPhD position · Cornwall · 21 Oct 2026

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn Campus

• PhD Studentship - Bacterial Pathogen Evolution during Antibiotic-Phage Combination TreatmentPhD position · Cornwall · 12 Jan 2027

Clinical and Biomedical Science

• PhD Studentship: How Neurons Shape Astrocytes: Decoding Cell-to-Cell Communication in Brain DevelopmentPhD position · Devon
• PhD Studentship: Severe mental illness, inflammation and cardiometabolic healthPhD position · Devon

Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

• PhD Studentship - Developing Blood Tests for the Early Detection of Neurodegeneration Following Traumatic Brain InjuryPhD position · University of Exeter St Luke's Campus · 21 Oct 2026
• PhD Studentship: Discovery and functional testing of Alzheimer’s disease risk–resilience pathways in human iPSC microgliaPhD position · Devon · 6 Nov 2026
• PhD Studentship: Data-Driven Precision Medicine in the Hospital: Advanced Blood Glucose Analytics to Improve Inpatient Diabetes CarePhD position · Devon · 15 Nov 2026
• PhD Studentship: Disentangling Diabetes: A Novel Genetic Decomposition ApproachPhD position · Devon · 20 Dec 2026
• PhD Studentship: Cross-species modelling of rare coding variants associated with schizophreniaPhD position · Devon
• PhD Studentship: Understanding the Causes, and Best Treatment, of Type 2 Diabetes in People Who Are Not OverweightPhD position · Devon

Clinical and Biomedical Sciences - Living Systems Institute

• PhD Studentship - Communication Breakdown: Using Human 3D Bioprinted Models to Understand Disruption of Neuron-muscle Interactions in ALSPhD position · Streatham · 21 Oct 2026

Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Exeter

• PhD Studentship: How Sights Become Signals for LearningPhD position · Exeter

Computer Science

• PhD Studentship: Simulating Person-specific Cognitive Processes from Expressive Behaviours for Mental Health Assessment. Funded PhD in Computer SciencePhD position · Devon

Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

• PhD Studentship: Translational models to predict emotional susceptibility to chronic painPhD position · Devon · 21 Oct 2026
• PhD Studentship - Turning Off Transcription Factors to Understand what Happens First in Neurodevelopmental DisordersPhD position · University of Exeter St Luke's Campus · 8 Dec 2026

Department of Computer Science

• PhD Studentship - AI Scientists for Understanding Dementia Modifiable Risk FactorsPhD position · Streatham · 21 Oct 2026

Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences

• PhD Studentship - Air Pollution, Heat and Other Environmental Exposures in Relation to Cognitive Ageing: A Longitudinal Cohort StudyPhD position · Penryn · 21 Oct 2026

ESE

• PhD Studentship: Materials-reinforced multifunctional coatings for built environmentsPhD position · Devon · 2 Nov 2026
• PhD Studentship: Monitoring Complex Ecosystems - Critical Transitions in Time Series for Soil Health and Earthquake EmergencePhD position · Devon · 14 Dec 2026
• PhD Studentship: Assured Runtime Control for Safe Autonomy (ARCS-A) (PhD in Engineering (Funded))PhD position · Devon

Environment and Sustainability Institute, Penryn Campus

• PhD Studentship - Developing CRISPR-Cas Antimicrobials to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance Spread in Klebsiella PneumoniaePhD position · Cornwall · 4 Dec 2026

Faculty of Environment, Science & Economy

• Postdoctoral Research FellowPostdoc · Exeter

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

• PhD Studentship - Genetic and Therapeutic Determinants of Adverse Drug Reactions in Cardio-Renal DiseasesPhD position · Exeter
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Image Analyst - UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative)Postdoc · Exeter

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

• Postdoctoral Research AssociatePostdoc · Exeter

HLS

• PhD Studentship: Feedback conversations that improve prescribing practices: a sociomaterial study in the UK and Australia – PhD (Funded)PhD position · Exeter · 21 Oct 2026

Psychology

• PhD Studentship: Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying resilience to dementia and age-related disorders: A multi-omic analysis of large human biobanksPhD position · Devon · 21 Oct 2026
• PhD Studentship: Not Enough Money for Food and Struggling to Eat: Understanding the Connection Between Food Insecurity and Disordered EatingPhD position · Devon
• PhD Studentship: Using sleep-based memory cues to support recovery from stressful memoriesPhD position · Devon

Public Health and Sport Sciences

• PhD Studentship - Metabolic Adaptation to a Low Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet and its Effects on Exercise Fuel Use and Glucose Management in Physically Active People with Type 1 DiabetesPhD position · University of Exeter St Luke's Campus
• PhD Studentship - Understanding Muscle Metabolism Responses to Feeding in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic LeukaemiaPhD position · University of Exeter St Luke's Campus

Public Health and Sport Sciences, Penryn Campus

• PhD Studentship - How Pathogens Emerge: Integrating Large Language Models with Comparative Genomics to Uncover the Zoonotic Potential of BacteriaPhD position · Cornwall

• PhD Studentship: Sequencing babies: understanding penetrance of childhood epilepsy to inform newborn screeningPhD position · Exeter · 13 Oct 20267 days left
• PhD Studentship: Advancing Bayesian machine learning methods for precision medicine applications in Type 2 diabetesPhD position · Exeter · 21 Oct 2026
• PhD Studentship: From X to Y: Decoding Sex Chromosome Effects in the Human BrainPhD position · Devon · 21 Oct 2026
• PhD Studentship: Understanding how GLP-1 (Ozempic-type) medications may shape everyday social and economic decisionsPhD position · Exeter · 29 Oct 2026
• PhD Studentship: Data-Driven Approaches to Understanding Heterogeneity in Type 1 Diabetes: Towards Better Prediction and Personalised CarePhD position · Exeter
• PhD Studentship: Unraveling Moral Injury in Eating Disorders in Young AdultsPhD position · Exeter

ERC Starting Grants

9 ERC Starting Grants in 2021–2025.

• 2021 1
• 2021 6
• 2022 4
• 2022 5
• 2023 3
• 2023 7
• 2024 2
• 2024 8
• 2025 1
• 2025 2
• 2025 2

Counted from the European Commission's published CORDIS records and matched to this institution by name.