MPhil/PhD Computer Science

Research study courses in Computer Science are run by the School of Computer Science and Engineering, which is situated in Central London. The School hosts one research centre and nine groups actively pursuing cutting edge research at the fundamental and applied levels. The research interests include but are not limited to: parallel and distributed computing including cloud computing and smart extreme-scale platforms; big data; operational research and analytics with particular focus on healthcare industry; image and video processing; computational games with focus on serious games supporting a variety of industries such as culture, tourism, education and training; cybersecurity; internet of things; semantic computing; artificial intelligence; infrastructures and tools for the design and development of modern software systems.

A large proportion of Computer Science work is interdisciplinary and involves other disciplines such as Engineering, Life Sciences, Psychology, Business and Educational Research. The School has in its disposal several research laboratories with excellent facilities that support our own research programmes and those taken by doctoral students. Our doctoral students have comfortable individual working spaces in close vicinity of the academic offices and laboratories.

The standard route for research study in the School is PhD via MPhil. Candidates with good previous research experience can apply for PhD Direct. Those with substantial record of research publications may be eligible to enrol for PhD by Published Work. Overseas students can consider taking doctoral study by Distance Learning, allowing them to pursue their degree with us from their country of residence.