The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics is an exciting partnership that brings together three internationally recognised universities, Loughborough, Cambridge and Oxford and global industry partners to create a unique consortium for turbomachinery training and research.
The CDT in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics is a four year programme which comprises of the first year at the University of Cambridge for an MRes in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics. The MRes provides a platform to the PhD phase in years two–four, where students undertake an industrially-focused PhD project at Loughborough University.
The three-year industrially-focussed PhD project at Loughborough University will be based within the Rolls-Royce Technology Centre (UTC). PhD projects will be developed during the first year which will be relevant to current and future technologies being developed by Rolls-Royce.
Loughborough has a specific track record of research excellence in gas turbine aerodynamics, one of the three major components of turbomachinery (compressor, combustor and turbine). CDT students will hugely benefit from the network of experts and the portfolio of skills that they have built up at the heart of the CDT.
Eligibility
Entry into this exciting programme is competitive and will take account of qualifications, aspirations and experience. Successful applicants are likely to have an engineering background with some specialisation in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics; however students from related fields will also be considered.
Several four-year studentships are available with funding for UK and EU students only covering tuition fees and an annual tax-exempt stipend of £18,417, which includes an additional industry top-up of £4,140 (2016/2017) rate, Please refer to EPSRC for further information on student eligibility.
To be eligible students must have, or be expected to gain, the minimum of 2:1 honours degree from a UK University or an equivalent standard from an overseas university. Non UK applicants must meet the minimum English language requirements. The majority of successful applicants must be eligible for EPSRC funding but a number of places are also available to those who fall outside this category.
How to apply
Applications for this programme should be made on the standard graduate admissions form, stating course code EGEGR5 (MRes in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics).
In the Research Proposal section of the form, please enter Loughborough University as the university at which you would like to study for the PhD phase of the CDT.
The MRes in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics is only available as part of the CDT in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics and only on successful completion of the MRes, students will begin the PhD phase of the CDT.
Please contact Professor Gary Page G.J.Page@lboro.ac.uk, Deputy Director of the Loughborough University/Rolls-Royce UTC before applying.
Enquiries
Please contact Sharon Hayward-Fryer S.E.Hayward-Fryer@lboro.ac.uk, Loughborough UTC Support Administrator
Click here for UTC Website - www.lboro.ac.uk/rolls-royce-utc/cdt
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