Over 15 fully- funded studentships available
for home and EU students
Studentships pay home tuition fees and a full stipend for 4 years
For further information regarding funding, please see our funding page:
cdt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/fees/funding/
The Manchester Centre for Doctoral Training in Computer Science proposes a new model of PhD training which combines the deep technical research study associated with the UK PhD with training and practical experience in creativity and innovation and scientific evaluation, and gives students experiences practicing their research skills by working with users from outside academia.
It is the first and currently only EPSRC-funded CDT in core computer science.
Our goal is to train the complete researcher and to produce doctoral scientists who are flexible and ready to innovate on new problems as well as being thoroughly trained in the research methods of their PhD research project.
By the end of the programme not only will you have received high quality training on a specific research topic, you will have also developed invaluable skills and experience across research boundaries and of addressing the problems of users outside academia, such as in industry and the community.
The programme consists of an initial ‘foundation period’ of six months of taught components, followed by a 3.5 year period of focused PhD level research, carried out under the supervision of a PhD supervisor or team of supervisors.
For further information about the programme, please see details here:
cdt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/programme/
Why Manchester?
- Manchester has the UK's broadest computer science research portfolio, from electronic data storage, massively parallel neural microchip engineering and multi-core software through to world-beating theorem provers, machine intelligence, semantic technologies, text-mining and e-Science.
- Manchester has the highest concentration of CS research council funding anywhere in the UK.
- Manchester has the longest history in the UK of working with industry, including prototyping world-leading machines for Ferranti and ICL to today's wide portfolio of non-academic collaborators.
- A strong commitment to the transformation of PhD training.
- A unique offering; emphasising creativity, innovation and impact alongside technical research.
- The Manchester programme has been endorsed by industry collaborators including Arm, IBM, Google, Macmillan, Oracle, Siemens, Unilever and many others.
Who should apply?
We welcome applications from students with a First or Upper Second Class UK Honours degree or equivalent in a relevant science or engineering discipline.
Further information can be obtained by e-mail to: cdt@cs.man.ac.uk
or tel: +44 (0)161 275 0699
Or by visiting our website: cdt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/