Engineering

Entry requirements

For entry requirements, please see our website.

Months of entry

January, October, July, April

Course content

We are internationally renowned for our research and are a friendly supportive School with a diverse range of students from across the world. We pride ourselves on our multidisciplinary approach to research and organise our research into three main themes:

• Energy and Environment
• Health, Technology and the Digital World
• Mechanics, Materials and Advanced Manufacturing.

We offer a 3 year PhD programme, a 4 year integrated PhD programme, an EngD programme, and a 1 year MPhil degree programme.

Programme aims

• Develop research skills through a programme of in-depth study.
• Develop expertise in appropriate methods of research and enquiry.
• Produce high quality research outputs which demonstrate critical judgement.
• Produce a thesis (PhD thesis approx. 80,000 words).

Distinctive features

• We have a world renowned reputation for research and the impact of that research (REF 2014).
• Teaching opportunities – we offer a range of teaching and demonstrating opportunities across our undergraduate teaching programme.
• We have strong links with other institutions and research organisations as well as industry and business.
• A wide range of funded studentships are available.
• Our research income currently exceeds £10 million from public and private sectors and supports innovative research in traditional and emerging areas.
• State-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities and modern laboratories.

Qualification and course duration

PhD

EngD

MPhil