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PhD Computing

Ulster University

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Ulster University

Course options

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Ulster University

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    3 years

Course summary

The School of Computing at Ulster conducts internationally excellent and world-leading research in, assistive technologies, next generation networks, and semantic analytics, within our two highly active research centres Artificial Intelligence Research Centre (AIRC) and Pervasive Computing Research Centre (PCRC). School of Computing has a long history of conducting excellent research. As part of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment, internationally renowned experts independently judged research on computer science and informatics at Ulster University as being in the top 10 of UK Universities in terms of research power. Over 86% of Ulster’s research on computer science is rated as either world leading or internationally excellent. Both research impact and research environment have attained a 100% world-leading and internationally excellent rating, offering unparalleled research facilities and environments. These outstanding results illustrate the positive impact our research makes on global economic sectors and society. The main research themes in artificial intelligence are: data engineering knowledge engineering semantic analytics (making sense of unstructured data such as image, video, spectra and text) biomedical informatics and mathematical modelling and optimisation.

Tuition fees

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(International fees)

£ 18,520per year

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University information

Ulster University

Ulster University

Ulster University

  • University League Table

    54th

  • Campus address

    Ulster University, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland

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Renowned for its warm welcome, Ulster attracts international students from over 70 countries across the globe and has over 245,000 alumni worldwide.
Ulster delivers a first-class UK university experience with the added benefit of being one of the UK's friendliest and most affordable locations.
An international student advisory team provides a tailored orientation programme. They also offer support to international students throughout their studies.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Computer Science

    45th out of 117 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 223
    126 57%

    59th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    86.0 86%

    42nd

    4

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.08 77%

    45th

    3

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