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The University of Exeter's College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences is inviting applications for a fully-funded PhD studentship to commence in January 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. The studentship will cover Home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend of at least £15,609 for 3.5 years full-time, or pro rata for part-time study. This College studentship is open to UK and Irish nationals, who if successful in their application will receive a full studentship including payment of university tuition fees at the home fees rate. Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) for engineering models is a rapidly growing field with numerous exciting applications. However, the current best-performing algorithms for quantifying the uncertainty through Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) rely on computing a gradient that is typically not readily available for complex engineering models.