One of the obstacles to long-term performance of fuel cells is the corrosion carbon support for the electrocatalysts. Titania (TiO₂), with its robust corrosion resistance, is already used as a catalyst support for a range of reactions. However, with a bandgap of around 3 - 3.4 eV depending on the type of polymorph, it is too insulating to serve as an electrocatalyst support. In this study, we explored the electrical and the corrosion-resistance properties of substoichiometric titania, specifically the Ti₂O₃ and the Ti₃O₅ phases, in order to assess whether they may be as plausible carbon-free supports for electrocatalysts. Furthermore, we investigated the efficacy of synthesizing low-dimensional Pt, Pd, and combined Pt-Pd based catalysts directly onto substroichimetric titania through iterative electrodeposition steps. The influence of the electrodeposition parameters on the physicochemical and electrochemical properties of Pt particles was investigated using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and cyclic voltammetric techniques. Along with CV analysis, XPS confirmed the successful deposition of (Pt,Pd)-based electrocatalysts onto Ti₂O₃ and Ti₃O₅ supports. XAS confirmed that the local atomic structure of the catalysts exhibited the crystalline order expected from Pt and Pd. SEM analysis showed that the electrochemical deposition conditions used in this work favored the formation of particles with hierarchical fractal-like morphologies. Accelerated stress testing (AST) for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) using modified DOE protocols were performed to investigate the catalyst stability. After 30K AST cycles, the active electrocatalyst area retained relative to the as-prepared catalysts was ~14 and 22% for electrocatalysts electrochemically deposited on Ti₂O₃ and Ti₃O₅, respectively.