Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees

Finding an Academic Supervisor

To find a suitable academic supervisor, please select a theme from those listed below.  The theme information includes details of the relevant research groups and centres, and from the linked pages, you can view the research undertaken, and the profile pages of the potential supervisors.   When making your application, you will need to apply to the department within which your (main) supervisor is homed.  The links to the application forms for each department are here.

In order to help you develop an understanding of what research topics are available to you for PhD study, some groups have provided a list of PhD projects that the staff would like to supervise, and the profile pages of members of staff may also give suggestions and ideas for projects.  

Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Engineering theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Engineering theme, please click here. 

The Nano Engineering Science and Technology (NEST) Group's research focus is on the design and fabrication of novel electronic, photonic and magnetic materials and devices, the understanding, via modelling and experimental characterisation, of their properties and performance, and their exploitation for a range of real-world applications; from electronic, magnetic and photonic memory and computing devices, to energy storage, medical diagnosis, wearable electronics, light sources and detectors, quantum systems, high-strength composites and much more.
The research activities of the Materials and Manufacturing group are embedded in today‘s engineering challenges and future engineering vision covering expertise in: bioengineering, computational mechanics, AI and digital twin, additive manufacturing and advanced materials and structures including porous nanomaterials for energy storage.
The Engineering Management group combines cutting edge research with a close relationship with the industry. Our research expertise covers a wide range of topics: manufacturing systems, industrial modelling, simulation and optimisation, Industry 4.0 technologies, innovation management and engineering education for 21st Century.
The Dynamics and Control group has international leads in vibration serviceability, active control and structural health monitoring that it applies to managing the performance of new-build and ageing critical infrastructure, in particular bridges. The Control Systems Research group has renowned expertise in the development of novel practical control systems with particular interest in their application to aerospace systems.
The Civil and Structures group brings together expertise in building physics, numerical modelling, structural stability and bridge hydraulics, with members from across civil and structural engineering disciplines. Our research applications are spread across a range of topics: from health and wellbeing in buildings to bridge structural management
The Centre for Water Systems (CWS) is the UK’s largest water systems engineering academic research group and has wide-ranging partnerships with industry and academic institutions.  Internationally renowned for its pioneering research into sustainable water management, CWS harnesses emerging technologies to further its research into water supply and distribution systems, waste water, urban drainage, flood risk management and smart water systems. 
The Centre for Metamaterials Research and Innovation is a community of academic, industrial, and governmental partners that harnesses research excellence from theory to application, and enables simulation, measurement, and fabrication of metamaterials and metamaterial-based devices. We address multi-faceted research questions and industry challenges.  Our academic expertise spans electromagnetism (from visible and infra-red through to THz and microwave), acoustics and fluidics. The materials we work with have wide application, e.g. imaging, sensing and spectroscopy, acoustic and RF signature reduction, energy storage and harvesting. 
Centre for Environmental mathematics. Responding to the changing environment represents one of the great scientific challenges of our time. Mathematics has a key role to play in meeting this challenge and forms the foundation for a broad range of research. Based on our Penryn Campus, Cornwall, the group brings together mathematicians and inter-disciplinary data scientists whose research focuses on fundamental environmental and sustainability issues.
The Centre for Geography and Environmental Science on the Penryn Campus in Cornwall focuses on innovative teaching and cutting-edge research on humanity’s impact on the natural world at a range of geographical scales, from local landscapes to global climate systems, from the oceans to the atmosphere, land and the mountains, up to satellites in space, and from animals to humans, to our societal links and policy governance.
Camborne School of Mines (CSM) is a world-class combined geoscience and mining department. We undertake research and education in fundamental and applied aspects of geoscience and georesources – areas of knowledge that are crucial to address many of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges, including the energy transition away from fossil fuels and towards more sustainable practices.
The Renewable Energy Group conducts world class research into different clean energy areas including but not limited to solar energy, offshore energy, energy storage, hydrogen, power electronics, microgrid, energy policy and life cycle analysis. We also conduct research into applying artificial intelligence and machine learning into all of the above research areas.  
Research in Natural Sciences takes an interdisciplinary approach, looking to break down barriers between disciplines, bringing staff and students together to tackle big issues. Our researchers develop new functional materials, study biological effects that are quantum mechanical in nature and develop AI tools that will enable the design of protein computers.

The Centre for Smart Grid focuses on to the conventional power network and the opportunities and challenges with related to the conversion towards a Smart Grid with future low carbon energy scenarios. Our work involves modelling and simulation of equipment, interaction between equipment and the power network, and advanced condition monitoring techniques to harvest data from the network for reliable decision making on assets in the power network.

The Department of Psychology studies human and animal behaviour, its functions and the social and physiological mechanisms. Our diverse cross-disciplinary collaborations with partners from mathematics, engineering, physical and computer sciences contribute (i) to uncovering how brain and behaviour changes - across the lifespan and over evolutionary timescales, in the digital age and under the environmental conditions of the anthropocene, (ii) to understanding the social determinants of health, and (iii) to innovating access and treatments in mental health and addiction. 

Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Physical Sciences theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Physical Sciences theme, please click here. 

The Electromagnetic and Acoustic Materials group investigates wave-matter interactions of both electromagnetic and mechanical waves, and their applications. Research topics include optical and acoustic metamaterials, plasmonics, quantum information, quantum thermodynamics, spintronics, magnetic media, and imaging.
Our Biomedical Physics group drives towards the fundamental understanding of biological processes and mechanisms, their association with disease to the development of biophotonic and biosensing approaches leading to healthcare technologies to exploit these discoveries. Research themes include Biophotonics, Biomechanics, Cellular Biophysics, Theoretical Biophysics, and Healthcare Technologies.
The Centre for Metamaterials Research and Innovation is a community of academic, industrial, and governmental partners that harnesses research excellence from theory to application, and enables simulation, measurement, and fabrication of metamaterials and metamaterial-based devices. We address multi-faceted research questions and industry challenges.  Our academic expertise spans electromagnetism (from visible and infra-red through to THz and microwave), acoustics and fluidics. The materials we work with have wide application, e.g. imaging, sensing and spectroscopy, acoustic and RF signature reduction, energy storage and harvesting. 
The Nano Engineering Science and Technology (NEST) Group's research focus is on the design and fabrication of novel electronic, photonic and magnetic materials and devices, the understanding, via modelling and experimental characterisation, of their properties and performance, and their exploitation for a range of real-world applications; from electronic, magnetic and photonic memory and computing devices, to energy storage, medical diagnosis, wearable electronics, light sources and detectors, quantum systems, high-strength composites and much more.
In the Quantum Systems and Nanomaterials group we work at the forefront of experimental and theoretical advances in the fields of Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Technologies and Energy. Research topics include quantum technologies (e.g. materials, sensing, electronics and opto-electronics), thermal physics and light-matter interactions.
The research of the Weather and Climate Science Group centres on modelling of the climate system, and quantifying and reducing uncertainties in climate projections. This group has very strong links to the Met Office including two jointly-funded chairs, and a common goal to maximise the pull-through of mathematics and statistics into the improvement of climate models.
From monsoons and jet streams, to the Gulf Stream, to the bands visible on Jupiter, to sunspots and solar flares, fluid dynamics is vital. The Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics Group brings together leading researchers who use theoretical and computational approaches to tackle fundamental fluid dynamics problems, with impacts including weather and climate prediction, space weather, and planetary habitability.
The Centre for Water Systems (CWS) is the UK’s largest water systems engineering academic research group and has wide-ranging partnerships with industry and academic institutions.  Internationally renowned for its pioneering research into sustainable water management, CWS harnesses emerging technologies to further its research into water supply and distribution systems, waste water, urban drainage, flood risk management and smart water systems. 
Centre for Environmental mathematics. Responding to the changing environment represents one of the great scientific challenges of our time. Mathematics has a key role to play in meeting this challenge and forms the foundation for a broad range of research. Based on our Penryn Campus, Cornwall, the group brings together mathematicians and inter-disciplinary data scientists whose research focuses on fundamental environmental and sustainability issues.
The Centre for Geography and Environmental Science on the Penryn Campus in Cornwall focuses on innovative teaching and cutting-edge research on humanity’s impact on the natural world at a range of geographical scales, from local landscapes to global climate systems, from the oceans to the atmosphere, land and the mountains, up to satellites in space, and from animals to humans, to our societal links and policy governance.
The research groups in the Department of Geography focus on multidisciplinary research, exploring diverse topics in spatial dynamics, environmental change and restoration, sustainability and societal impacts, contributing to advancing  understanding in energy, ecosystems, fire, hydrology, global systems, and climate, and addressing real-world challenges and developing solutions.
Camborne School of Mines (CSM) is a world-class combined geoscience and mining department. We undertake research and education in fundamental and applied aspects of geoscience and georesources – areas of knowledge that are crucial to address many of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges, including the energy transition away from fossil fuels and towards more sustainable practices.
The Department of Psychology studies human and animal behaviour, its functions and the social and physiological mechanisms. Our diverse cross-disciplinary collaborations with partners from mathematics, engineering, physical and computer sciences contribute (i) to uncovering how brain and behaviour changes - across the lifespan and over evolutionary timescales, in the digital age and under the environmental conditions of the anthropocene, (ii) to understanding the social determinants of health, and (iii) to innovating access and treatments in mental health and addiction. 
Research in Natural Sciences takes an interdisciplinary approach, looking to break down barriers between disciplines, bringing staff and students together to tackle big issues. Our researchers develop new functional materials, study biological effects that are quantum mechanical in nature and develop AI tools that will enable the design of protein computers.



Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Mathematical Sciences theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Mathematical Sciences theme, please click here. 

The research of the Weather and Climate Science Group centres on modelling of the climate system, and quantifying and reducing uncertainties in climate projections. This group has very strong links to the Met Office including two jointly-funded chairs, and a common goal to maximise the pull-through of mathematics and statistics into the improvement of climate models.
Members of the Dynamical Systems and  Analysis Group work on dynamical systems theory, probability and their applications in life and physical sciences. Our research is divided into three overlapping themes: Analysis of Dynamical Systems, Applications of Dynamical Systems and Complexity and Control.
Areas of research in the Number Theory, Algebra and Geometry Group include p-adic cohomology and the classification of p-divisible formal groups, arithmetic geometry, fundamental groups of curves, Galois module structure of rings of integers, analytic number theory, Iwasawa theory, homogeneous dynamics and applications to number theory and geometry, and Hopf-Galois structures on field extensions. 
The Statistics and Data Science Group works on a wide range of exciting research topics, including environmental hazards, air quality modeling, calibration of computer models, forecast verification and spatial epidemiology.
From monsoons and jet streams, to the Gulf Stream, to the bands visible on Jupiter, to sunspots and solar flares, fluid dynamics is vital. The Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics Group brings together leading researchers who use theoretical and computational approaches to tackle fundamental fluid dynamics problems, with impacts including weather and climate prediction, space weather, and planetary habitability. 
Researchers in the Mathematics for Health and Life Sciences Group develop and use mathematical methods to understand biological systems including the brain. Our researchers are based in the Medical School, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and the Living Systems Institute (LSI), a £52m investment by the University into interdisciplinary approaches to understand living systems and disease. 
PenTAG Health Technology Assessment: PENTAG researchers within Exeters Evidence Synthesis and Modelling for Healthcare Improvement group that specialise in Health Technology Assessments for national policy makers in England and Wales. PenTAG is one of several UK research groups contracted to produce high-quality systematic reviews and economic analyses of health technologies for NICE, the UK National Screening Committee and the NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme.
VITAL. Virtual Immersive Training and Learning: This research group works across disciplines including cognitive psychology, pedagogy, human factors, user design, data science and neuroscience to explore the use of Virtual and Immersive Technologies for training learning and therapy. 
The Centre for Water Systems (CWS) is the UK’s largest water systems engineering academic research group and has wide-ranging partnerships with industry and academic institutions.  Internationally renowned for its pioneering research into sustainable water management, CWS harnesses emerging technologies to further its research into water supply and distribution systems, waste water, urban drainage, flood risk management and smart water systems. 
Centre for Environmental Mathematics. Responding to the changing environment represents one of the great scientific challenges of our time. Mathematics has a key role to play in meeting this challenge and forms the foundation for a broad range of research. Based on our Penryn Campus, Cornwall, the group brings together mathematicians and inter-disciplinary data scientists whose research focuses on fundamental environmental and sustainability issues.
The Centre for Geography and Environmental Science on the Penryn Campus in Cornwall focuses on innovative teaching and cutting-edge research on humanity’s impact on the natural world at a range of geographical scales, from local landscapes to global climate systems, from the oceans to the atmosphere, land and the mountains, up to satellites in space, and from animals to humans, to our societal links and policy governance.
The Department of Psychology studies human and animal behaviour, its functions and the social and physiological mechanisms. Our diverse cross-disciplinary collaborations with partners from mathematics, engineering, physical and computer sciences contribute (i) to uncovering how brain and behaviour changes - across the lifespan and over evolutionary timescales, in the digital age and under the environmental conditions of the anthropocene, (ii) to understanding the social determinants of health, and (iii) to innovating access and treatments in mental health and addiction. 

Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Quantum Technologies theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Quantum Technologies theme, please click here. 

In the Quantum Systems and Nanomaterials group we work at the forefront of experimental and theoretical advances in the fields of Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Technologies and Energy. Research topics include quantum technologies (e.g. materials, sensing, electronics and opto-electronics), thermal physics and light-matter interactions.
Research in Natural Sciences takes an interdisciplinary approach, looking to break down barriers between disciplines, bringing staff and students together to tackle big issues. Our researchers develop new functional materials, study biological effects that are quantum mechanical in nature and develop AI tools that will enable the design of protein computers.
The Centre for Metamaterials Research and Innovation is a community of academic, industrial, and governmental partners that harnesses research excellence from theory to application, and enables simulation, measurement, and fabrication of metamaterials and metamaterial-based devices. We address multi-faceted research questions and industry challenges.  Our academic expertise spans electromagnetism (from visible and infra-red through to THz and microwave), acoustics and fluidics. The materials we work with have wide application, e.g. imaging, sensing and spectroscopy, acoustic and RF signature reduction, energy storage and harvesting. 
The Electromagnetic and Acoustic Materials group investigates wave-matter interactions of both electromagnetic and mechanical waves, and their applications. Research topics include optical and acoustic metamaterials, plasmonics, quantum information, quantum thermodynamics, spintronics, magnetic media, and imaging.
The Nano Engineering Science and Technology (NEST) Group's research focus is on the design and fabrication of novel electronic, photonic and magnetic materials and devices, the understanding, via modelling and experimental characterisation, of their properties and performance, and their exploitation for a range of real-world applications; from electronic, magnetic and photonic memory and computing devices, to energy storage, medical diagnosis, wearable electronics, light sources and detectors, quantum systems, high-strength composites and much more.

Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Energy theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Energy theme, please click here. 

The Renewable Energy Group conducts world class research into different clean energy areas including but not limited to solar energy, offshore energy, energy storage, hydrogen, power electronics, microgrid, energy policy and life cycle analysis. We also conduct research into applying artificial intelligence and machine learning into all of the above research areas. 
The Centre for Smart Grid focuses on to the conventional power network and the opportunities and challenges with related to the conversion towards a Smart Grid with future low carbon energy scenarios. Our work involves modelling and simulation of equipment, interaction between equipment and the power network, and advanced condition monitoring techniques to harvest data from the network for reliable decision making on assets in the power network.
The Centre for Water Systems (CWS) is the UK’s largest water systems engineering academic research group and has wide-ranging partnerships with industry and academic institutions.  Internationally renowned for its pioneering research into sustainable water management, CWS harnesses emerging technologies to further its research into water supply and distribution systems, waste water, urban drainage, flood risk management and smart water systems. 
The Centre for Metamaterials Research and Innovation is a community of academic, industrial, and governmental partners that harnesses research excellence from theory to application, and enables simulation, measurement, and fabrication of metamaterials and metamaterial-based devices. We address multi-faceted research questions and industry challenges.  Our academic expertise spans electromagnetism (from visible and infra-red through to THz and microwave), acoustics and fluidics. The materials we work with have wide application, e.g. imaging, sensing and spectroscopy, acoustic and RF signature reduction, energy storage and harvesting. 
The Centre for Future Clean Mobility partners with business to develop low-emission, high-efficiency integrated power systems for applications in the aerospace, automotive, maritime and rail sectors. Driving the next generation towards zero carbon.
Centre for Environmental Mathematics. Responding to the changing environment represents one of the great scientific challenges of our time. Mathematics has a key role to play in meeting this challenge and forms the foundation for a broad range of research. Based on our Penryn Campus, Cornwall, the group brings together mathematicians and inter-disciplinary data scientists whose research focuses on fundamental environmental and sustainability issues.
The Centre for Geography and Environmental Science on the Penryn Campus in Cornwall focuses on innovative teaching and cutting-edge research on humanity’s impact on the natural world at a range of geographical scales, from local landscapes to global climate systems, from the oceans to the atmosphere, land and the mountains, up to satellites in space, and from animals to humans, to our societal links and policy governance.
Camborne School of Mines (CSM) is a world-class combined geoscience and mining department. We undertake research and education in fundamental and applied aspects of geoscience and georesources – areas of knowledge that are crucial to address many of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges, including the energy transition away from fossil fuels and towards more sustainable practices.
Research in the Exeter Centre for Environmental Law focuses on: a) promoting the study and development of environmental, climate, and marine law and policy; b) stimulating debate, collaboration, and networks in response to the most pressing needs of international, European, and local environmental matters; and c) supporting teaching and training in the fields of environmental, climate, and marine law.
Researchers at the Centre for European Legal Studiespush boundaries of legal scholarship promoting digital, economic, and environmental justice. CELS research leans to interdisciplinarity, allowing us to advise European and UK policymakers on the effectiveness of legal frameworks in addressing contemporary societal issues (e.g. digitalisation and sustainability). We welcome applications from students interested in combining scientific and legal insights.
 

Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Healthcare technologies theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Healthcare technologies theme, please click here. 

PenTAG Health Technology Assessment: PENTAG researchers within Exeters Evidence Synthesis and Modelling for Healthcare Improvement group that specialise in Health Technology Assessments for national policy makers in England and Wales. PenTAG is one of several UK research groups contracted to produce high-quality systematic reviews and economic analyses of health technologies for NICE, the UK National Screening Committee and the NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme.
Our Biomedical Physics group drives towards the fundamental understanding of biological processes and mechanisms, their association with disease to the development of biophotonic and biosensing approaches leading to healthcare technologies to exploit these discoveries. Research themes include Biophotonics, Biomechanics, Cellular Biophysics, Theoretical Biophysics, and Healthcare Technologies.
Researchers in the Mathematics for Health and Life Sciences Group develop and use mathematical methods to understand biological systems including the brain. Our researchers are based in the Medical School, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and the Living Systems Institute (LSI), a £52m investment by the University into interdisciplinary approaches to understand living systems and disease.
The Nano Engineering Science and Technology (NEST) Group's research focus is on the design and fabrication of novel electronic, photonic and magnetic materials and devices, the understanding, via modelling and experimental characterisation, of their properties and performance, and their exploitation for a range of real-world applications; from electronic, magnetic and photonic memory and computing devices, to energy storage, medical diagnosis, wearable electronics, light sources and detectors, quantum systems, high-strength composites and much more.
The Centre for Metamaterials Research and Innovation is a community of academic, industrial, and governmental partners that harnesses research excellence from theory to application, and enables simulation, measurement, and fabrication of metamaterials and metamaterial-based devices. We address multi-faceted research questions and industry challenges.  Our academic expertise spans electromagnetism (from visible and infra-red through to THz and microwave), acoustics and fluidics. The materials we work with have wide application, e.g. imaging, sensing and spectroscopy, acoustic and RF signature reduction, energy storage and harvesting. 
VITAL. Virtual Immersive Training and Learning: This research group works across disciplines including cognitive psychology, pedagogy, human factors, user design, data science and neuroscience to explore the use of Virtual and Immersive Technologies for training learning and therapy. 
Our research groups within the Department of Biosciences focus on mathematical modelling of plant and animal disease, microbial evolution and anti-microbial resistance, new chemistries for biosensors and engineering biology. 
The Science, Culture and the Law research group (SCuLE) at Exeter Law is a multidisciplinary research group providing leading contributions to the discourse on matters of policy, governance, regulation and culture. These include matters regarding law and technology, in particular intellectual property law, medical law, data protection and privacy, human rights, cultural heritage and culture and society.
The Centre for Water Systems (CWS) is the UK’s largest water systems engineering academic research group and has wide-ranging partnerships with industry and academic institutions.  Internationally renowned for its pioneering research into sustainable water management, CWS harnesses emerging technologies to further its research into water supply and distribution systems, waste water, urban drainage, flood risk management and smart water systems. 
The research of the Weather and Climate Science Group centres on modelling of the climate system, and quantifying and reducing uncertainties in climate projections. This group has very strong links to the Met Office including two jointly-funded chairs, and a common goal to maximise the pull-through of mathematics and statistics into the improvement of climate models.
Members of the Dynamical Systems and  Analysis Group work on dynamical systems theory, probability and their applications in life and physical sciences. Our research is divided into three overlapping themes: Analysis of Dynamical Systems, Applications of Dynamical Systems and Complexity and Control.
The Statistics and Data Science Group works on a wide range of exciting research topics, including environmental hazards, air quality modeling, calibration of computer models, forecast verification and spatial epidemiology.
Research in Natural Sciences takes an interdisciplinary approach, looking to break down barriers between disciplines, bringing staff and students together to tackle big issues. Our researchers develop new functional materials, study biological effects that are quantum mechanical in nature and develop AI tools that will enable the design of protein computers.
 
The research activities of the Materials and Manufacturing group are embedded in today‘s engineering challenges and future engineering vision covering expertise in: bioengineering, computational mechanics, AI and digital twin, additive manufacturing and advanced materials and structures including porous nanomaterials for energy storage.
The Department of Psychology studies human and animal behaviour, its functions and the social and physiological mechanisms. Our diverse cross-disciplinary collaborations with partners from mathematics, engineering, physical and computer sciences contribute (i) to uncovering how brain and behaviour changes - across the lifespan and over evolutionary timescales, in the digital age and under the environmental conditions of the anthropocene, (ii) to understanding the social determinants of health, and (iii) to innovating access and treatments in mental health and addiction. 

 

Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Information and communication technologies (ICT) theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Information and communication technologies (ICT) theme, please click here. 

Cyber Security. The Security and Trust of Advanced Systems group focuses on all aspects of building secure, safe, privacy-preserving, reliable, and trustworthy systems. Its current focus is on building systems that are secure and safe “by design” and in approaches for analysing the security or safety of advanced systems, including distributed systems, autonomous systems, cyber-physical systems, or systems using ML or AI.
Evolutionary computing and optimisation. Optimisation is the search for better, more efficient solutions to benchmark and real-world problems. The optimisation research group focusses on developing new algorithms for discovering these solutions, based on the latest artificial intelligence research. Our work is focussed on evolutionary algorithms, genetic programming, hyperheuristics, swarm intelligence and multi- and many- objective versions of these.
High performance computing and networking. The high performance computing and networking group focuses on developing rigorous data analytical models, innovative AI-driven methods, and novel performance optimization algorithms for intelligent computing and networking systems, which can empower emerging smart applications, revolutionize the interdisciplinary sectors (such as environmental intelligence and intelligent transportation), and generate significant scientific, societal and economic benefits.
The Electromagnetic and Acoustic Materials group investigates wave-matter interactions of both electromagnetic and mechanical waves, and their applications. Research topics include optical and acoustic metamaterials, plasmonics, quantum information, quantum thermodynamics, spintronics, magnetic media, and imaging.
Machine learning and computer vision.  Machine learning is the science of constructing algorithms that learn from data and in the case of computer vision, to image and video data. Machine learning research at Exeter spans the range of data, applications and methodologies: from kernel methods to deep neural architectures and reinforcement learning applied to both continuous and discrete, graph-based data.
Urban and Environmental Data Science.  We develop data-driven approaches to the understanding of social and environmental challenges, especially in the context of urban phenomena. Research projects include studies of human mobility, crime dynamics and disease spreading, as well as the politics of climate change and how environmental hazards affect societies. Our methods combine a wide range of data types and techniques (such as complex networks).
The Centre for Metamaterials Research and Innovation is a community of academic, industrial, and governmental partners that harnesses research excellence from theory to application, and enables simulation, measurement, and fabrication of metamaterials and metamaterial-based devices. We address multi-faceted research questions and industry challenges.  Our academic expertise spans electromagnetism (from visible and infra-red through to THz and microwave), acoustics and fluidics. The materials we work with have wide application, e.g. imaging, sensing and spectroscopy, acoustic and RF signature reduction, energy storage and harvesting. 
In the Quantum Systems and Nanomaterials group we work at the forefront of experimental and theoretical advances in the fields of Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Technologies and Energy. Research topics include quantum technologies (e.g. materials, sensing, electronics and opto-electronics), thermal physics and light-matter interactions.
PenTAG Health Technology Assessment: PENTAG researchers within Exeters Evidence Synthesis and Modelling for Healthcare Improvement group that specialise in Health Technology Assessments for national policy makers in England and Wales. PenTAG is one of several UK research groups contracted to produce high-quality systematic reviews and economic analyses of health technologies for NICE, the UK National Screening Committee and the NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme.
VITAL. Virtual Immersive Training and Learning: This research group works across disciplines including cognitive psychology, pedagogy, human factors, user design, data science and neuroscience to explore the use of Virtual and Immersive Technologies for training learning and therapy. 
The Centre for Water Systems (CWS) is the UK’s largest water systems engineering academic research group and has wide-ranging partnerships with industry and academic institutions.  Internationally renowned for its pioneering research into sustainable water management, CWS harnesses emerging technologies to further its research into water supply and distribution systems, waste water, urban drainage, flood risk management and smart water systems. 
The Science, Culture and the Law research group (SCuLE) at Exeter Law is a multidisciplinary research group providing leading contributions to the discourse on matters of policy, governance, regulation and culture. These include matters regarding law and technology, in particular intellectual property law, medical law, data protection and privacy, human rights, cultural heritage and culture and society.
The Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law is a platform for world-class research in all areas of commercial and corporate Law. Its members have a wide range of specialisms and share an interest in the legal dimensions of the digital economy and of information and communication technologies (ICT).
Members of the Dynamical Systems and  Analysis Group work on dynamical systems theory, probability and their applications in life and physical sciences. Our research is divided into three overlapping themes: Analysis of Dynamical Systems, Applications of Dynamical Systems and Complexity and Control.
The Statistics and Data Science Group works on a wide range of exciting research topics, including environmental hazards, air quality modeling, calibration of computer models, forecast verification and spatial epidemiology.
Researchers in the Mathematics for Health and Life Sciences Group develop and use mathematical methods to understand biological systems including the brain. Our researchers are based in the Medical School, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and the Living Systems Institute (LSI), a £52m investment by the University into interdisciplinary approaches to understand living systems and disease. 
The Department of Psychology studies human and animal behaviour, its functions and the social and physiological mechanisms. Our diverse cross-disciplinary collaborations with partners from mathematics, engineering, physical and computer sciences contribute (i) to uncovering how brain and behaviour changes - across the lifespan and over evolutionary timescales, in the digital age and under the environmental conditions of the anthropocene, (ii) to understanding the social determinants of health, and (iii) to innovating access and treatments in mental health and addiction. 

Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Manufacturing the future theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Manufacturing the future theme, please click here. 

Camborne School of Mines (CSM) is a world-class combined geoscience and mining department. We undertake research and education in fundamental and applied aspects of geoscience and georesources – areas of knowledge that are crucial to address many of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges, including the energy transition away from fossil fuels and towards more sustainable practices.
The Engineering Management group combines cutting edge research with a close relationship with the industry. Our research expertise covers a wide range of topics: manufacturing systems, industrial modelling, simulation and optimisation, Industry 4.0 technologies, innovation management and engineering education for 21st Century.
The research activities of the Materials and Manufacturing group are embedded in today‘s engineering challenges and future engineering vision covering expertise in: bioengineering, computational mechanics, AI and digital twin, additive manufacturing and advanced materials and structures including porous nanomaterials for energy storage.
Exeter Technologies Group (ETG) combines its knowledge of materials science and manufacturing processes to investigate and better understand these interactions. With a focus on polymers and composites, we work to develop improved materials and processes for industrial applications. 

Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Digital economy theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Digital economy theme, please click here. 

PenTAG Health Technology Assessment: PENTAG researchers within Exeters Evidence Synthesis and Modelling for Healthcare Improvement group that specialise in Health Technology Assessments for national policy makers in England and Wales. PenTAG is one of several UK research groups contracted to produce high-quality systematic reviews and economic analyses of health technologies for NICE, the UK National Screening Committee and the NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme.
Virtual Immersive Training and Learning: This research group works across disciplines including cognitive psychology, pedagogy, human factors, user design, data science and neuroscience to explore the use of Virtual and Immersive Technologies for training learning and therapy. 
The Centre for Water Systems (CWS) is the UK’s largest water systems engineering academic research group and has wide-ranging partnerships with industry and academic institutions.  Internationally renowned for its pioneering research into sustainable water management, CWS harnesses emerging technologies to further its research into water supply and distribution systems, waste water, urban drainage, flood risk management and smart water systems.
The Science, Culture and the Law research group (SCuLE) at Exeter Law is a multidisciplinary research group providing leading contributions to the discourse on matters of policy, governance, regulation and culture. These include matters regarding law and technology, in particular intellectual property law, medical law, data protection and privacy, human rights, cultural heritage and culture and society.
The Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law is a platform for world-class research in all areas of commercial and corporate Law. Its members have a wide range of specialisms and share an interest in the legal dimensions of the digital economy and of information and communication technologies (ICT).
Researchers at the Centre for European Legal Studies push boundaries of legal scholarship promoting digital, economic, and environmental justice. CELS research leans to interdisciplinarity, allowing us to advise European and UK policymakers on the effectiveness of legal frameworks in addressing contemporary societal issues (e.g. digitalisation and sustainability). We welcome applications from students interested in combining scientific and legal insights.
The Department of Psychology study human and animal behaviour, its functions and the social and physiological mechanisms. Our diverse cross-disciplinary collaborations with partners from mathematics, engineering, physical and computer sciences contribute (i) to uncovering how brain and behaviour changes - across the lifespan and over evolutionary timescales, in the digital age and under the environmental conditions of the anthropocene, (ii) to understanding the social determinants of health, and (iii) to innovating access and treatments in mental health and addiction. 

 

Below are details research groups and centres that align with the Research infrastructure theme.  For further information about the EPSRC Research infrastructure theme, please click here. 

The Centre for Water Systems (CWS) is the UK’s largest water systems engineering academic research group and has wide-ranging partnerships with industry and academic institutions.  Internationally renowned for its pioneering research into sustainable water management, CWS harnesses emerging technologies to further its research into water supply and distribution systems, waste water, urban drainage, flood risk management and smart water systems. 
Our Biomedical Physics group drives towards the fundamental understanding of biological processes and mechanisms, their association with disease to the development of biophotonic and biosensing approaches leading to healthcare technologies to exploit these discoveries. Research themes include Biophotonics, Biomechanics, Cellular Biophysics, Theoretical Biophysics, and Healthcare Technologies.