The CSCT trains scientists and engineers to embrace a whole systems approach to solve challenges through interdisciplinary research and external collaboration.

Focused on addressing critical global issues such as the replacement of fossil fuels, CO2 utilization, plastics pollution, and the development of sustainable materials and processes, the CSCT equips students with the skills to drive advancements in resource-efficient, circular technologies.

Students benefit from a comprehensive 4-year programme, including a foundational MRes year, followed by PhD research projects aimed at developing practical, impactful solutions for a sustainable future.

The CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies is an interdisciplinary research centre, including expertise from the Departments of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics, and the School of Management.

With leading academic research groups in many relevant areas and state-of-the-art facilities, we carry out research that crosses traditional boundaries between science and engineering. All our research projects are interdisciplinary in nature, to deliver new, sustainable and circular technologies for the future. We develop new molecules, materials and processes for sustainability in the broadest possible sense.

In the first year of study students will undertake 2 MRes projects, in different disciplines, working closely with academic supervisors. This is followed by three years of research into a thesis to complete the integrated PhD. Students can co-create a PhD project with supervisors during the training phase or apply to a pre-defined PhD with external partners.