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Engineering Science

Research programmes

DPhil in Engineering Science

Course Code | 002420 

MSc by Research in Engineering Science

Course Code | 002430

There are opportunities for research over a wide range of engineering disciplines, including:

  • Biomedical Engineering
    Biomedical Ultrasonics and Biotherapy
    Biomedical Image Analysis
    Biomedical Measurements
    Drug Delivery
    Tissue Engineering
    Ophthalmic Engineering
    Orthopaedic Engineering
    Biomedical Signal Processing
    Physiological Modelling, Monitoring and Analysis
  • Chemical and Process Engineering
    Bioprocessing
    Environmental Biotechnology
    Sustainable Development
    Energy Engineering
    Sustainable Water Engineering
    Combustion in Internal Combustion Engines
  • Civil and Offshore Engineering
    Dynamics of Civil Engineering Structures
    Deployable Structures
    Numerical Modelling of Soils and Structures
    Offshore Geotechnical Engineering
    Constitutive Modelling of Soils
    Tunnelling Soil Conditioning
    Marine Renewable Energy
    Ocean Engineering
    Coastal Engineering
    Water Resources Engineering
    Vibrations and Condition Monitoring
  • Electrical and Opto-electronic Engineering
    Advanced Communications Systems
    Sustainable Electrical Energy
    Pulsed Power Technology and Plasmas
    Liquid Crystal and Ordered Molecular Systems Microelectronic Circuits and Analogue Devices
    Optical Communications Scanning
    Scanning Optical Microscopy
  • Information, Control and Vision Engineering
    Pattern Analysis & Machine Learning
    Mobile Robotics
    Advanced Instrumentation
    Control and System Dynamics
    Active Vision
    Visual Geometry
  • Materials Engineering
    Impact Engineering
    Fatigue and Fracture
    Plasticity and Visco-Plasticity
    Polymer Engineering
    Residual Stress
    Structural Design and Assessment
    Functional Materials
    Micromechanical Modelling and Experimentation
  • Thermo-Fluids including Turbomachinery
    Turbomachinery
    Hypersonics and Low Density Flows
    Microfluidics
    Computational Aerothermal Engineering
    Aerodynamics, Heat Transfer and Measurement

How to Apply

The deadlines for the DPhil and MSc (R) courses are 22 November 2013, 24 January 2014  and 14 March 2014.

Overseas applicants are strongly advised to apply by the January deadline in order to meet scholarship deadlines, and Home/EU applicants are advised to consult the Engineering Science website for information on EPSRC studentships.

Other scholarships with specific closing dates may also be advertised at the same location.

The standard set of materials you should send with any application to a research course comprises:

The research proposal for applicants to the DPhil and MSc (R) in Engineering should be at least one A4 page in length. You should give a brief indication of your research interests, covering how your background and experience relate to the areas of your intended research and how this will affect your aims for the future, covering areas such as the background to the research, methodology, expected results & the contribution to the field of learning.

Please also give the names of at least 3 supervisors, in order of preference, in the proposal.

Please follow the detailed instructions in the Application Guide, and consult the Engineering Science website for any additional guidance.

Academic resources

The Engineering Computing Support Group, departmental mechanical and electronic workshops, the Radcliffe Science Library and other University libraries. Extensive experimental facilities are also available as appropriate to the research topic.

Graduate destinations

Graduate study in engineering prepares graduates for a wide variety of careers in research, industry and commerce.

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Main areas of research interests

Research interests on the Engineering Science website External link

 

Selection criteria

Details of the selection criteria used to assess applicants are available via the Engineering Science website:

 

English language requirements

Higher level


Funding/awards

EPSRC studentships

 

Number of applicants
2012/13

302


Number of places available
2013/14

70

 

Statement of Provision

Engineering Science -
Research External link