Our MPhil/PhD programme in Computing offers you the opportunity to participate fully in the highly interdisciplinary research environment of our department and of the College as a whole; we aim for all our students to produce innovative ideas and to develop those ideas into fully-fledged research results and software and hardware systems, working within the creative atmosphere of our department.

We currently offer MPhil/PhD supervision in many areas of Computing, including: computational creativity; computer vision and audition; interactions between art, media and technology; adaptive hypermedia systems; and artificial intelligence. We welcome outstanding applications to study and perform research in any aspect of Computing, and strongly encourage you to contact members of staff with overlapping research interests to discuss your research proposal in the first instance; if you are unsure who to talk to, please contact Dr Sebastian Danicic with a description of your interests.

We provide you with office space and computer equipment along with access to computer labs and other facilities, in addition to resources and facilities made available by the College Graduate School and support provided by the Research Office. The department and the College provide training in research methods and in technical skills; we have a number of regular research meetings and seminars, from formal lectures to more informal workshops and discussion groups; and you are encouraged to present your work to the department at least once a year. There are also opportunities for you to participate in the teaching activities of the department. 

Find out more about our research degrees, including information about starting your research, upgrading to PhD registration, and submitting your thesis.

Assessment

Written thesis (up to 100,000 words) and viva voce examination.

Register your interest

If you register your interest in this programme we will keep you informed about open days and send you relevant further information. If you subsequently decide to apply for this programme you will be able to use the same login details to apply.