PhD in Physical Science

Join us in the University of Exeter’s Centre for Metamaterials Research & Innovation – the heart of the UK Metamaterials community./nYou’ll be part of the £20 million EPSRC MetaHUB – the UK’s largest investment yet in the vibrant and strategically important field of Metamaterials research./nExplore a career and grow your experience of research and professional life in and around the Physical Sciences with this fully funded PhD studentship in Physics./nWe’re looking for a student who has a passion for science, with ambition to apply their own ideas, perspectives, and their personal skillset to the discovery and development of new 3D nanoscale thermal metamaterials./nIf you want to play at the nexus of quantum, advanced materials, and thermodynamics, to design and create intricate nanoscale geometries that allow you to influence the flow of thermal energy, generating clean electricity from waste heat, building advanced batteries that bring us closer to realising a truly sustainable green energy network, then this studentship is for you./nStarting no later than October 2026./nThis full‑time, 3.5‑year scholarship covers Home or International tuition fees, a training budget, and a personal tax‑free stipend of at least £20,780 per year./nBased in the University of Exeter Department of Physics & Astronomy on our Streatham Campus overlooking the beautiful green City of Exeter, with views over the rolling Devon hills and down the river to the sea./nMetaHUB is a multi‑institution research collective, with projects shared across partner universities, so you must be willing and able to work collaboratively. You will be based in Exeter’s Centre for Metamaterials Research & Innovation whilst working closely with Cardiff University colleagues coordinating time‑critical outputs.