Key Information

Swansea University's College of Science invites applications for an EPSRC funded PhD studentship in computer science. The start date will be 1st October 2015 or 1st January 2016.

The Department of Computer Science offers an active and stimulating research atmosphere for PhD students, with internationally-leading research groups in Human Computer Interaction, Theoretical Computer Science and Visual Computing. See our main research pages for further details.

Our ethos in Computer Science at Swansea is:

emphasise curiosity, originality and depth in personal study and research;
tackle problems with industrial impact in the long term; and
enjoy a stimulating intellectual culture, with an international perspective.
In the 2014 UK research assessment, we have been ranked 11th in the UK for the delivery of research judged to be world leading, and 80% of our submitted research was judged to be world leading or internationally excellent.

Eligibility

Applicants should have a first-class or 2.1 honours degree in computer science or a cognate discipline, or an equivalent or higher qualification.

To be eligible for a full award (stipend and fees), you must have:

Settled status in the UK, meaning there are no restrictions on how long you can stay.
Been 'ordinarily resident' in the UK for three years prior to the start of the studentship grant. This means you must have been normally residing in the UK (apart from temporary or occasional absences).
Not been residing in the UK wholly or mainly for the purpose of full-time education. This does not apply to UK and EU nationals.
To be eligible for a fees only award, you:

must be ordinarily resident in an EU member state, in the same way as UK students must be ordinarily resident in the UK.
For more details please see the EPSRC website: www.epsrc.ac.uk/skills/students/help/eligibility/

See the list of potential PhD supervisors and research topics in Computer Science, and contact those whose research topics are closest to your proposed thesis topic in good time before the application closing date. Please ask your potential supervisor to check your application form before submitting it.

Funding

The studentship is funded by an EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership with Swansea University.

UK students qualify for a full award, covering all tuition fees and an annual stipend of £14,057 for up to three and a half years.
Non-UK students from the EU qualify for a fees-only award, and will need to find supplementary funding to cover living expenses.
£500 per annum will also be available for expenses related to training activities, such as summer schools and presentations of papers at conferences and workshops