• Optics & Photonics Technology
  Heriot-Watt University
• Systems Approaches to Biomedical Science
  University of Oxford
• Micro- and NanoMaterials and Technologies
  University of Surrey
• Sustainability for Engineering & Energy Systems
  University of Surrey

• Condensed Matter Physics
  University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and St Andrews
• Statistics & Operational Research with Industrial Applications
  Lancaster University

EPSRC-funded centres for doctoral training provide a supportive and exciting environment for students. Industrial Doctorate Centres (IDCs) are an alternative to the traditional PhD for students who want a career in industry. IDCs are an evolution of our Engineering Doctorate (EngD) which offers a four-year programme combines PhD-level research projects with taught courses, and students spend about 75% of their time working directly with a company.

Students on four-year Industrial Doctorate programmes undertake technical and management training, assessed as part of the degree, to help their professional development. They carry out PhD-level research projects, jointly supervised by the university and a company, which aim to help the performance of the company. Currently there are 19 Industrial Doctorate Centres, in subjects ranging across the EPSRC remit
- a full list can be found at:

www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/Centres/IDCs.htm

Securing the Future Doctoral Centres

EPSRC-funded centres for doctoral training provide a supportive and exciting environment for students. Securing the Future Centres provide training in a range of areas in Engineering and Physical Sciences. They comprise a taught course element to broaden skills and enhance technical and interdisciplinary knowledge as well as a challenging PhD-level research project.

Currently there are 15 securing the Future Centres in subjects ranging across the EPSRC remit. A full list can be found at:

www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/Centres/SecuringTheFuture.htm