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Electronic, Electrical and Computing Engineering PhD/MPhil (Biomedical Informatics Specialism) – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering| Application Deadline: | April each academic year | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,232 - ≈ € 12,860 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
We offer research for the MPhil(Eng) and PhD degrees in the mainstream areas of signal processing, virtual reality and artificial life, educational technology, human factors, speech technologies, multimodal interaction, computer engineering, communications, control engineering, digital systems, power and solid-state devices and also in specialist areas such as acoustics and sonar, image processing, and high-critical-temperature superconductivity.
About ten per cent of our higher degree students work externally, employed full-time.
Key facts
Type of Course: Doctoral research
Duration: PhD - 3 years full-time, MPhil - 1 year full-time
Start date: Registration for PhD and MPhil study can take place at the beginning of any month
Contents
This research specialism focuses on interdisciplinary scientific work in the areas of clinical information systems for biomedical decision support, electronic clinical trials, the integrated electronic health care record, e-learning for evidence-based medicine, telecommunication technologies in health care, integrative biology (with a focus on metabolomics), biomedical image and signal processing, and biomedical data standardisation.
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Requirements
The normal entrance requirements for MPhil (Eng) or PhD study are a first degree equivalent to at least a good UK upper second class honours standard. English language competence should be indicated (if English is not your first language) by a TOEFL score of 550 or more, or IELTS score of 6.0 or more. As scholarships are limited, it is recommended that applicants seek adequate financial support prior to applying.
The degree requirements allow also for entry based on comparable ability, as indicated by a good UK MSc performance or a lower first-defree performance plus substantial relevant experience. For UK/EU applicants, full funding from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council or from other sources can usually be arranged through the school. Overseas applicants should seek financial support from sources in their home countries and schemes such as ORS; supplementary funding for ORS award holders can normally be provided.
Decisions on EPSRC studentships are usually made in July or August and for ORS is early April. Please note that a PhD offer is required by the end of January to be considered for ORS, even if the start date for the PhD is later in the year.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
Faculty
The Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering was awarded 24 points out of 24 in the last Teaching Quality Assessment. Our research grant and contract funding exceeds £2 million per annum and in the 2008 RAE 85% of our research was judged to be of international standing, with 60% internationally leading.
Birmingham is a university rich in high calibre research, with academic staff who are global experts in their field. When you take a taught programme you will be studying with people whose work advances the boundaries of knowledge.
Our research leads the field in many of the emerging disciplines of the 21st century. We have a clear vision for the future and a strong commitment to interdisciplinary research that challenges conventional thinking.
Our degree programmes equip you for a rewarding career in an industry that is continually growing and developing, as electronic, communications and computer technologies become ever more integrated and pervasive. If you want to play a key role in the future development and implementations of these technologies, then a degree from Birmingham’s Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering is your next logical step.
Our strong links with industry have ensured that the programmes are highly relevant to current issues while providing a strong grasp of the underlying principles - The School also has strong links with key employers who provide projects and work placements for our students and regularly recruit our graduates, including Jaguar, Cadbury's, the BBC, Vodafone, Land Rover, Unilever, Rolls Royce, Kodak, MG Rover, Siemens, Jordan Formula One.
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You can contact Dr Theodoros Arvanitis to ask a question about Electronic, Electrical and Computing Engineering PhD/MPhil (Biomedical Informatics specialism) at University of Birmingham.
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