PhD Engineering with Integrated Study

The University of Edinburgh

This PhD with Integrated Study programme is designed to formalise initial research training, with a structure that is flexible enough to accommodate a set of training and learning needs bespoke to each student.This programme creates a pathway into PhD research for students of excellent potential who:may not have benefited from research training and experience of research in their undergraduate degreehave a non-Engineering first degreeare returning to study after time spent working in industryOn this programme, you will:acquire state-of-the-art knowledge of the research field through taught courses and independent studydemonstrate the ability to undertake original research, leading to a doctoral thesis, utilising excellent analytical skills and contribute to the state of the artbecome a motivated lifelong learner, an excellent problem solver, and an instinctive critical thinker with a reasoned perspectivecommunicate and disseminate research findings to peers and a wider audience using a variety of media, through international peer-reviewed publications, conferences or otherwisebe effective and proactive, skilled in influencing positively and adapting to new situations with sensitivity and integrityacquire and apply appropriate research methods and gain theoretical, numerical and laboratory competence