Engineering Doctorate in Large-Scale Complex IT Systems

Department of Computer Science

University of York

The Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Large-Scale Complex IT Systems (LSCITS) is an innovative, world-leading, doctoral-level training programme. It is offered through a unique partnership between the Universities of Bristol, Leeds, Oxford, St Andrews and York, all of which have an international reputation in research fields that are central to LSCITS.

Our EngD is a full-time, four-year, doctoral-level research degree, but (in contrast to a standard PhD) with a taught component that is similar in scope to a postgraduate MSc. The taught component covers technical, social-technical and business aspects of LSCITS and will be presented in one-week modules that are taught at the partner universities, including a customised offering from The York Management School. The research project is largely undertaken in industry. The LSCITS EngD Centre, which is based in the Department of Computer Science at York, will match applicants with suitable industrial or public-sector sponsors and industrially-relevant research projects.

Graduates of the EngD are expected to find employment as researchers, research managers, or other senior positions in research-led organisations, ranging in scale from major blue-chip multinationals or national public-sector organisations, through various small or medium-sized enterprises, to entrepreneurial start-ups.

The LSCITS EngD programme is not only suitable for recent graduates in Computer Science or a cognate discipline, but has been designed to be of particular benefit to those who already have relevant industrial experience and may wish to work with their current employer as their industrial sponsor.

Successful applicants will enrol in one of the LSCITS EngD partner universities and will be supervised jointly by a world-class academic at this institution and a senior member of staff from their industrial sponsor.

Details of the LSCITS EngD and of the wider UK Initiative to which it contributes can be found at www.lscits.org.

General funding sources

For general sources of funding that may apply to this study opportunity, visit the page(s) below.

General funding

Study information

Qualification:: EngD; This is a professional doctorate
Study duration:: 4 years
Study mode:: F/T
Start month:: September 2008
Entry requirements:: Applicants must have at least a 2.1 degree in Computer Science or a cognate discipline, or equivalent experience.
No. of students per year:: 8 - 12
Fees:: Fees are covered by industrial sponsors and the grant from the EPSRC.

Funding information

Funder:: EPSRC
Value:: The studentship provides a stipend of £15,900 p.a. for the academic year 2008/09 and will increase yearly during active study.
Funding applies to:: UK applicants only
Funding notes:: The programme is supported by a grant of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and by industrial sponsors, which together will cover the fees for the programme. Studentships are available to those applicants who are not already employed by their industrial sponsor. It should be noted that the funding is an enhancement of approximately £3,000 p.a. over the standard EPSRC PhD stipend.
Funding duration:: Duration of course.

Contacts and how to apply

Academic contact:: Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Gerald Luettgen, LSCITS EngD Centre Director, University of York.
email: luettgen@cs.york.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)1904 434774.
Administrative contact and how to apply:: Ms Dawn Ford, EngD Administrator, University of York. email: dawnford@cs.york.ac.uk, tel: +44 (0)1904 432744.
Application forms available from www.lscits.org.