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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
City Centre Campuses
Full Time
FEB-25
3 years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
City Centre Campuses
Full Time
MAY-25
3 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
City Centre Campuses
Full Time
FEB-25
3 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
City Centre Campuses
Part Time
MAY-25
4 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
City Centre Campuses
Part Time
FEB-25
4 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
Birmingham City University
Online
FEB-25
4 years
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The School welcomes enquiries relating to hardware of telecommunications, computer networks, games technology, electronic engineering and software engineering. Areas of research in which staff are currently active include gaming, e-business, home automation, learning technologies, intelligent systems, security and forensics, robotics and cloud computing.
What's covered in the course?
A PhD, “Doctor of Philosophy”, is the highest-level qualification, based on individual and detailed research, resulting in a thesis of about 80,000 words.
The School offers specialist supervision if you wish to pursue research programmes for the award of PhD. You may undertake your research either full-time or part-time. If you are accepted for PhD research you will be assigned to a Director of Studies (your main supervisor) and at least one second supervisor. There will be a programme of training workshops and seminars to support you.
As a research student you will exposed to a versatile range of academics. You will be encouraged to take part in various activities, seminars, to publish in collaboration with your supervisors and to take part in research conferences nationally and (where possible) internationally. The Faculty as a whole also has a growing population of research students who organise social and academic events.
After the PhD
From the very start of your PhD journey we encourage you to think about what happens after you graduate: how the PhD will contribute to your career plan from identifying and getting your first job to beyond. We use the VITAE research career development framework to help you plan for your future.
PhD applicants will normally be expected to hold a Master's degree in a relevant area. You will need to complete the research degree application form and provide a statement of your initial research ideas (we advise between 1,000 and 2,000 words, with full referencing to relevant literature). As each PhD is an individual research project, it is impossible to specify precisely what additional costs (fieldwork, travel etc) may be incurred. Any potential costs should be identified in your application. Although the School and Faculty has some limited financial support towards the direct costs of research (e.g. attendance at conferences and workshops, etc.) this is allocated on a competitive basis and you may need to supplement this.
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£14,675 in 2024/25
£14,675 per year
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