The Department supports a large and active postgraduate community. We offer five major postgraduate research programmes. These include doctoral qualifications, both PhD and EngD as well as a set of MSc Research programmes that are designed as a path to doctoral research.

PhD Research Programme

This is normally a three year programme. Those undertaking research leading to a PhD most commonly carry out the major part of their research within the Department. However, a large number of the PhD programmes are undertaken in collaboration with an industrial laboratory with some time spent in the laboratory of the industrial partner. A two year research programme leading to the degree of MPhil is also offered.

 

Doctor of Engineering (EngD) in Communications

The Communications EngD was sponsored by the ESPRC, with the aim of increasing the relevance of doctoral training to industry, and is jointly run by the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Dept. and the Computer Science Dept. It is open both to those already employed in industry, as well as to those who wish to begin a career in industry. The subject is communications in the widest sense, including not only telecommunications networks and systems, but also services and applications, multimedia, network management and network intelligence, radar and sensors, technologies including electronic devices, plus the computing, business, and marketing aspects of all of these.

Please note: we are no longer accepting applications for the Communications EngD. The final student intake was completed on 31st March 2009

Doctoral Training Centre Photonics Systems

The University of Cambridge and University College London (UCL) have recently established an exciting new Doctoral Training Centre in Photonic Systems Development, leveraging their current strong collaborations in research and innovation. The Centre provides doctoral training using expertise drawn from a range of disciplines including: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Civil Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Science, Computer Science, Physics, Medical Physics, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering/Biotechnology and Business. It will collaborate closely with a wide range of UK industries and uses innovative teaching and learning techniques. This new form of Doctoral Centre, it is believed, will create graduates with the skills and confidence able to drive future technology research, development and exploitation, as photonics becomes fully embedded in electronics-based systems applications ranging from communications to sensing, industrial manufacture and biomedicine

Doctoral Training Centre Security Science

UCL SECReT is the new £17m centre for PhD training in security and crime science at University College London, the first centre of its kind in Europe. The Centre offers the most comprehensive integrated PhD programme for students wishing to pursue multidisciplinary security or crime-related research degrees. Applications now open – 11 fully-funded EPSRC scholarships available

Research Focused Masters Programmes

MSc Communications Research

The MSc in Communication Research is a new one year master’s programme aimed at high calibre candidates wishing to pursue a research career in industry or academia. This prestigious programme requires a significant research project (50% of the programme) as well as taught course modules strongly linked to industrial requirements. This course replaces the MRes in Telecommunications, graduates of which are highly regarded in the Telecommunications industry, and it is intended that a significant number will carry on to complete a Ph.D. There is exceptionally strong industry demand for engineers with this research skills base and a clear shortage of supply.