StudyQA — PhD: Mechanical Engineering

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Description

We offer research degrees in a variety of areas encompassing our Research Centres, Units and groups.

Our research
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has a proud record of achievement in education and research. We were awarded an excellent rating in the HEFCE assessment of teaching and the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise rated the majority of our research as being world-leading or internationally excellent.

Our research activities cover the full spectrum extending from fundamental investigations to applied research. Many of these activities are carried out in conjunction with industry and other universities, both in the UK and overseas.

Our applicants
We seek applications from outstanding individuals from anywhere in the world who are strongly committed to and potentially capable of high-quality academic research in any of the disciplinary areas covered by our Research Centres.

We encourage a wide range of interests. Academic staff are always open to ideas which extend existing work or introduce new topics to their existing subject areas.

Working with us
Successful applicants are welcomed very much as junior academic colleagues rather than students, and are expected to play a full and professional role in contributing to the Departments objective of international academic excellence.

In many cases postgraduate projects are linked to industrial companies and are often carried out in collaboration with other departments within the University and other institutions. Postgraduates thus have the opportunity to work on interdisciplinary projects with a strong industrial relevance as well as on more fundamental engineering topics.

The dissemination of research findings is seen as a vital component of the research process and graduate students are encouraged to prepare papers for publication as part of their research training.

The MPhil/PhD combines taught research training and applied research practice. Candidates join the Department as a member of the Research Centre in which they initially have a broad research interest and that will have overseen their acceptance into the Department.

Candidates are expected to carry out supervised research at the leading edge of their chosen subject, which must then be written up as a substantial thesis. They initially register on the MPhil degree and are upgraded to PhD status after successful transfer examination which should usually take place at the end of their first year.

The final stage of the PhD degree is the oral or viva voce examination, in which students are required to defend the thesis to a Board of Examiners.

Requirements

First or good second class honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject.

Language requirements:

Where English is not a first language: IELTS 6.5 (at least 6.0 in each of the four components); or a minimum of 62 in PTE Academic (with no less than 59 in each component).

English Language Requirements

IELTS band: 6.5

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