School of Engineering & Design PhD Programmes – (Ph.D.)

In recent years we increased significantly not only the quality but also the volume and diversity of our research. This enables us to provide a wide range of collaboration opportunities with industry and challenging research experiences for our research students.

We have extensive links with industry and this informs the relevance and direction of our research, which is organised in the following broad areas:

Applied Mechanics, which includes biomedical engineering amongst other topics in solids and fluid mechanics; Design & Manufacture, including advanced manufacturing and enterprise engineering, environmentally sensitive design, Computer Aided Design, and human centred design; Energy & Environment, including internal combustion engines, heat transfer and thermal systems, and built environment engineering; Civil Engineering bringing together strengths in engineering and environmental sciences; and Electronic & Computer Engineering, with research in a diversity of areas such as power systems, sensors & instrumentation, wireless networks and communications, media communications and electronic systems.

Apart from the traditional PhD and MPhil programmes, the School also offers the Doctor of Engineering (EngD) programme in Environmental Technology, which is sponsored by the EPSRC and industrial companies, and New Route PhD

(NRPhD) programmes in Design, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management and Civil Engineering. Both programmes involve a taught component comprising generic modules and modules relevant to the respective research area.

The facilities and equipment that support our research are among the finest of any engineering school in the UK. The diversity of our expertise and broad research grant portfolio enable us to provide challenging research opportunities and experiences for our research students and offer consultancy and R&D services to industry.