Birmingham City University - COMPUTING RESEARCH DEGREES - PHD

Birmingham City University

COMPUTING RESEARCH DEGREES - PHD

The School welcomes enquiries relating to the hardware of telecommunications, computer networks, games technology, electronic engineering and software engineering. Areas of research in which staff are currently active include gaming, e-business, home automation, learning technologies, intelligent systems, security and forensics, robotics and cloud computing.

WHAT'S COVERED IN THIS COURSE?

A PhD, “Doctor of Philosophy”, is the highest-level qualification, based on individual and detailed research, resulting in a thesis of about 80,000 words.

The School offers specialist supervision if you wish to pursue research programmes for the award of a PhD. You may undertake your research either full-time or part-time. If you are accepted for PhD research you will be assigned to a Director of Studies (your main supervisor) and at least one-second supervisor. There will be a programme of training workshops and seminars to support you.

As a research student, you will be exposed to a versatile range of academics. You will be encouraged to take part in various activities, and seminars, to publish in collaboration with your supervisors and to take part in research conferences nationally and (where possible) internationally. The Faculty as a whole also has a growing population of research students who organise social and academic events.

Entry Requirements

  • The required minimum qualification is two years of Master's the relevant field. She/he must have obtained 55% marks or an Equivalent Grade in the Master's

  • Valid Academic IELTS certificate with an overall score of 6.5 with no band below 6.0 or equivalent

Career Prospects

The Doctor of Philosophy or Ph.D. is recognized worldwide and is often an essential requirement for those wishing to follow an academic or research career in industry or commerce. 

For some jobs, a Ph.D. is virtually a necessity – in the academic world. 

In many professional roles, it is an indicator of personal commitment, critical and creative thinking, personal management, and ability to work with and even manage others, and is a step to promotion and higher-level, often managerial, roles.

The School welcomes inquiries relating to the hardware of telecommunications, computer networks, games technology, electronic engineering, and software engineering. Areas of research in which staff are currently active include gaming, e-business, home automation, learning technologies, intelligent systems, security and forensics, robotics, and cloud computing.

Other interests include:

  • Machine Learning
  • Evolutionary Computation
  • Multi-Agent Systems
  • Knowledge Engineering

Course Details

Full-time students are expected to complete within 3-4 years, whilst part-time students may take 4-7 years. In your first year (two years for PT students) you will spend time reviewing the field, refining your research proposal and projected plan, and developing key topic-specific research skills. You will be supported in this through attendance at the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Practice, which runs for the first semester of your studies.

Your progress is reviewed every 6 months, with alternating ‘light-touch’ written reviews with your supervisors and annual reviews involving a written paper, presentation and interview with an independent panel of experienced supervisors.

Your second year (years 3 and 4 for PT students) is likely to be spent undertaking in-depth research (data collection and analysis) in your chosen area, with the third year (years 5-6 for PT students) involving writing up your results and presenting them in a suitable format (usually a written thesis of some 80,000 words).

Once you have submitted your thesis the examiners usually need 6-8 weeks to read it before the viva (oral) examination, after which there is likely to be a period for corrections / rewriting before successful completion and award of your PhD.

*The information’s are correct at the time of publishing, however it may change if university makes any changes after we have published the information. While we try our best to provide correct information, It is advisable to call us or visit university website for up to date information.

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