Theoretical Physics: Fully Funded STFC PhD Scholarship

This scholarship is funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

Start Date: October 2019

Swansea University’s Department of Physics invites PhD scholarship applications in areas spanning the research interests of the Particle Physics and Cosmology Theory group. These include:

• Integrability and AdS/CFT
• Higher spin holography
• Dense quark matter at strong coupling and gauge/string duality
• Quantum fields in curved spacetime
• Theoretical cosmology
• Amplitudes in gauge and supergravity theories
• Non-abelian T-duality and supergravity solutions
• Holography and physics beyond the Standard Model
• Large-N gauge theories, supersymmetry and duality
• Lattice studies of strongly interacting systems
• Lattice QCD at nonzero temperature
• Dense quark matter and the sign problem
• High-performance computing

Candidates must have first, upper second class honours or a Master's degree with Merit, in a relevant discipline.

Candidates are subject to STFC's UK/EU residency eligibility. 

For candidates whose first language is not English, we require IELTS 6.5 (with 6.0 in each component) or equivalent. Please visit our website for a list of acceptable English language tests. We prefer candidates to have already met the English Language requirements at the point of application, although this is not a requirement.

This is a three-year fully-funded STFC scholarship, which covers UK/EU tuition fees and an annual stipend of £15,009.

Please visit our website for more information.