Full Time PhD Studentship at The School of Physical Sciences, STEM Faculty

Project Title: Demonstration of Deterministic QC with one clean qubit (DQC1) on a neutral atom array.

This full time, fully-funded studentship is available from 1 October 2025 with duration of 3.5 years.  

Further details about this project can be found here: 

https://www.open.ac.uk/science/physical-science/phd-students/current-phd-studentships

The studentship covers fees and includes a stipend of £20,780 per annum (2025–2026 rate).  The grant also includes an additional allocated research training budget. 

To be eligible for funding, applicants must meet the UKRI academic requirements. We normally require candidates to have at least a 2:1 at UK BSc or MSc. Interested persons are strongly encouraged to make informal enquiries to the lead supervisor, Dr Silvia Bergamini, if they are interested in applying for this project.

The closing date for applications is 9^th April 2025. 

Completed application forms should be sent to SPS at STEM-SPS-PHD@open.ac.uk 

Further details are available at:

https://www.open.ac.uk/science/physical-science/phd-students/current-phd-studentships

General information about studying for a research degree with the Open University is available from the Research Degrees Prospectus: http://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/degrees-we-offer/doctor-of-philosophy-phd.