Rolls-Royce 2025-2026 sponsored PhD scholarship in Mechatronics

This fully funded scholarship focuses on Mechatronics system for hybrid manufacturing processing.

Applicants are invited to undertake a three-year PhD programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in on-platform manufacturing engineering. The successful candidate will be based at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at the University of Nottingham.

This project is related to the development of smart mechanisms and sensing to support the aforementioned tasks with the following actions:

1. Develop the principles and theories for governing the scalability principles for building innovative robotic end-effectors that can access geometrically complex workspaces under positional restrictions.
2. Develop smart control algorithms that will allow the robotics end-effectors to communicate with the central control system and coordinate tasks with other end-effectors and the host robot.
3. Smart sensing systems to support automated manufacturing and maintenance, repair & overhaul. We refer here not only to conventional sensing, e.g. vision, orientation, that are commonly integrated into the end-effectors, but on advanced (e.g. tactile, sound-based, and shape) solutions that enhance the perception of the end-effectors so that versatile tasks can be performed.

Summary

1. Application Deadline: October 31, 2025
2. Study Level: PhD
3. Sponsor: University of Nottingham
4. City to study: Nottingham
5. School to study: University of Nottingham
6. Course to study: Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering
7. Eligible Country: All Countries

Eligibility Criteria for Rolls-Royce 2025-2026 sponsored PhD scholarship in Mechatronics

1. First or upper second-class degree in Robotics/Mechanical/Cybernetics/Mechatronics /Computer Science or a related scientific discipline.
2. First-rate analytical and numerical skills, with a well-rounded academic background.
3. Demonstrated ability to develop precision mechatronics/robotics systems and algorithms
4. Ability to develop kinematic and/or dynamic analysis of mechanical/robotic systems
5. Ability to implement control and kinematics with hardware-in-the-loop
6. Background with relevant packages (MATLAB, SolidWorks/Creo, ROS/OpenCV/Python, LabVIEW/C languages)
7. A driven, professional, and self-dependent work attitude is essential
8. Experience of working within the industry will be an advantage
9. The ability to produce high-quality presentations and written reports

Benefits of Rolls-Royce 2025-2026 sponsored PhD scholarship in Mechatronics

1. The scholarship on offer comprises a tax-free stipend of approximately £19,237 a year; tuition fees paid and a generous study package.

How to Apply

Applications with a CV, cover letter and academic transcripts should be sent to Dr Abdelkhalick Mohammad. Suitable applicants will be interviewed, and if successful, invited to make a formal application. Do not submit your application via the My Nottingham platform without having contacted our team first.

Please contact the UTC Mechatronics Lead, Dr Abdelkhalick Mohammad, for further information.

Email: abd.mohammad1@nottingham.ac.uk

For more details, visit the scholarship webpage

Application Deadline

October 31, 2025

Application Link(s)

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