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EngD in Large Scale Complex IT Systems – (Ph.D.)
University of York
Department of Computer Science| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free | ||
| Location: | York / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 48 months | Start Date: | May, October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of York
The LSCITS EngD is a unique opportunity for you to become a member of a new generation of specialised engineers and scientists dedicated to meeting the challenges inherent in dealing with current and future LSCITS and systems-of-systems. The main aim is to significantly extend your abilities to address current and forthcoming challenges in the science and engineering of LSCITS: from mathematical and formal theoretical methods, to high-integrity systems and software engineering, to socio-technical systems engineering and studies of complexity in organisations. Successful graduates will gain a detailed understanding of technology innovation, development and deployment in applied industrial, organisational and business contexts. This will enable you to create new technology solutions for current problems and innovative uses or business models for existing technologies, improve the state-of-the-art and understand how to analyse and design, deploy and manage LSCITS.
In addition to a taught component you will be working with a sponsoring organisation or your current employer, you will conduct independent research based on a project identified by the organisation, which will lead to the submission of a doctoral thesis.
our graduates are expected to find employement as researchers, research managers or other senior positions in research led organisations, ranging in scale from major blue-chip multinationals or national public sector organisations, through to small or medium sized enterprises, or entrepreneurial start-ups.
Contents
The taught element comprises six bespoke core modules delivered at the University of York and further optional technical modules offered by the Universities of Bristol, Oxford, St Andrews and York.
Core modules include:
* Systems Engineering for LSCITS
* Socio-Technical Systems
* Empirical Methods for LSCITS
* High-Integrity Systems Engineering
* Predictable Software Systems
* Technology Innovation
There is a wide range of optional modules available, allowing you to tailor the course to suit you.
The research component of the programme involves working closely with a sponsoring organisation to conduct independent research based on a project the organisation has identified; the majority of the research project work will be undertaken at the sponsoring organisaion.
The project can be situated anywhere within the wide spectrum of research topics addressed by the LSCITS initiative, which ranges from improving existing technical methods and tools for complex systems and software engineering, to developing new socio-technical approaches which help gain an understanding of the complex interactions between organisations, processes, and systems.
The project starts with the Individual project module conducted in the first year of study, which serves as the literature review and research plan for the research activity, and culminates with the submission of a thesis or portfolio at the end of the fourth year.
The third aspect of the programme is personal skills training, with the emphasis on transferable skills, to enable you to work effectively in an industrial environment.
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Requirements
The Engineering Doctorate is suitable for recent graduates in Computer Science or a related discipline, and has been designed to be of particular benefit to those who already have relevant industrial experience and may wish to work with their current employer as their sponsoring organisation.
Applicants will normally have at least an upper second class degree in Computer Science or a cognate discipline (e.g. Electrial Engineering, Physics or Chemistry), or equivalent relevant experience. Applicants will normally have a good knowledge of Computer Science mathematics and programming, such as may be taught in undergraduate degree programmes in Computer Science.
In addition, applicants must meet the specific entry and language requirements of the University of York
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 575 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 232 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 91 |
Accreditation
This strategic initiative brings together industrial practitioners with internationally leading researchers of the Universities of Bristol, Leeds, Oxford, St Andrews and York. It is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the main funding agency for Computer Science in the UK, and sponsoring organisations from industry, commerce, defense and the public sector.
Faculty
The central aim of the Department is to undertake research and teaching of the highest international standards in computer science and related areas. We have the highest calibre of staff, with the majority being classified as world-leading or internationally excellent, according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
The Department has excellent relations with industry, including BAE Systems, QinetiQ and Rolls-Royce. Research activity centres around the Department's nine major research groups:
Advanced Computer Architectures
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Enterprise Systems
High-Integrity Systems Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction
Programming Languages and Systems
Non-Standard Computation
Real-Time Systems
All of these groups are internationally recognised and many are world-leading.
We emphasise a multi-disciplinary approach to research and there are project teams linking members of different groups. Furthermore, there is significant collaboration with other departments at York and with researchers from around the world, both in industry and academia.
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