Fully funded PhD opportunities - surgical and interventional engineering

The School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King’s College London is looking for talented students with an interest in surgical and interventional engineering-related research for its fully funded PhD studentships, available to begin in October 2019.

Our programme will train and nurture the next generation of surgical and interventional engineering scientists, researchers, innovators and industry leaders.

The new PhD student cohort will bring together the brightest minds across engineering specialties (e.g. biophotonics, machine learning, medical imaging, computer vision, mechatronics, data sciences, robotics, precision engineering, modelling, user experience and artificial intelligence) to address key challenges faced in the UK and globally by surgeons, interventional specialists and associated teams.

Successful candidates will benefit from a unique environment of a world-leading, research-focused university with facilities embedded within a top-rated teaching hospital in the heart of central London: St Thomas’.

They will have access to large UK research infrastructure, such as the new £10m London Medical Imaging & Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value-Based Healthcare, the NVIDIA AI initiative at King’s and the new London high-field 7T MR centre based at King’s.

Additionally, the programme has strong links with key MedTech industrial partners nurturing the clinical translation of the research.

Variety of research projects available

We have PhD research projects across four themes:

Smart sensors and actuators: focusing on the development of robotic instrumentation for dexterous manipulation of tissue, and molecular level imaging devices
Computer-assisted interventions: encompassing AI for intraoperative guidance and surgical decision support
Computational modelling: including methodologies to optimally plan interventions and predict outcomes on a personalised level
Materials and theranostics: investigating how novel molecules and materials can aid the development of interventional devices and the precision of surgery

Details of individual projects are available on our website.

Who Should Apply?

Applications are invited from candidates with an interest in multi-disciplinary research and training in a surgical and interventional engineering related domain (instrumentation technologies, and navigation technologies), and a 1st class or upper second degree in relevant engineering subjects such as mathematics, optics, computer science, artificial intelligence, physics, mechanical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering.

Funding

Each studentship is funded for 3.5 years, including tuition fees, a tax-free stipend of £16,777 per year and a generous consumables budget.

Only home UK or EU/EEA candidates fulfilling the 3-year UK residency requirement are eligible for the DTP studentships. EU students are only eligible for a full studentship if they have lived, worked or studied within the UK for 3 years prior to the funding commencing.

How to Apply

For details on how to apply for one of our DTP studentships, visit our website.

We are not currently accepting applications. However, if you are interested in our programme, please contact SIE-PHD@kcl.ac.uk.

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