Engineering

The School of Engineering is committed to providing the best possible environment for our research students including excellent facilities, teaching staff who are internationally recognised, and a supportive environment for our students. Engineering PhD is offered at Cardiff University.

The School of Engineering Engineering offered at Cardiff University Cardiff University is internationally renowned for our research and are a friendly supportive School with a diverse range of students from across the world. We pride ourselves on our multidisciplinary approach to research and organise our research into five priority research areas:

• Advanced manufacturing
• Civil infrastructure
• Compound semiconductors and applications
• Engineering for health
• Sustainable energy.

We offer a 3 year PhD programme and a 1 year MPhil degree programme.

Programme aims

• Develop research skills through a programme of in-depth study.
• Develop expertise in appropriate methods of research and enquiry.
• Produce high quality research outputs which demonstrate critical judgement.
• Produce a thesis (PhD thesis approx. 80,000 words).

Distinctive features

• We have a world renowned reputation for research and the impact of that research.

• Teaching opportunities – we offer a range of teaching and demonstrating opportunities across our undergraduate teaching programme.

• We have strong links with other institutions and research organisations as well as industry and business.

• A wide range of funded studentships are available.

• Our research income currently exceeds £10 million from public and private sectors and supports innovative research in traditional and emerging areas.

• State-of-the-art experimental and computational facilities and modern laboratories.

Areas of research:

• Advanced manufacturing
• Civil infrastructure
• Compound semiconductors and applications
• Engineering for health
• Sustainable energy