Completed Engineering Education & Skills

DTP 2018-19 University of Exeter

Funder EPSRC (part of UKRI)
Recipient organisation University of Exeter Source-published name: University of Exeter
Funding £2.1M
Period Sept 2018 — Sept 2023

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The University of Exeter is offering up to 28 fully funded doctoral studentships across engineering and physical sciences for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 academic years. This funding addresses a critical gap in the UK’s research pipeline: training the next generation of scientists and engineers. Without sustained investment in doctoral training, the country risks losing its competitive edge in fundamental science and applied technology. Exeter has invested £350 million in science and engineering since 2008 and ranks 16th out of 134 UK universities in the Research Excellence Framework, with 98% of its research rated international quality. If successful, these studentships will produce highly skilled researchers capable of tackling complex problems across EPSRC’s entire remit. The programme encourages interdisciplinary projects and collaborations with industry, meaning the work could eventually improve systems people rarely think about—energy grids, manufacturing processes, communications networks, or medical diagnostics. Because the studentships cover fundamental science as well as applied research, some projects may not have immediate practical applications. But past investment in curiosity-driven doctoral training has led to unexpected breakthroughs—from the development of MRI to the algorithms behind modern search engines.

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The University of Exeter stimulates, supports and sustains a vibrant research and intellectual environment, across and between disciplines for postgraduate and early career researchers. We have invested £350 million pounds in Science and Engineering since 2008 and we are one of the fastest growing and fastest rising research intensive universities in the UK. We were ranked 16th out of 134 universities in the national Research Excellence Framework (REF) and 98% of our research is rated international quality by REF. We are offering up to 28 fully funded doctoral studentships over the 2018/19 and 2019/20 period. Students will be given sector-leading training and development with outstanding facilities and resources. The EPSRC DTP studentships will be offered across the whole of EPSRC's remit, encouraging projects at the interface of disciplines and collaborations with users where appropriate. The DTP funding will be distributed using an open and transparent process, underpinned by clear criteria. Studentships will be awarded to outstanding applicants, the distribution will be overseen by the University's EPSRC Strategy Group in partnership with the Doctoral College Studentship opportunities will be offered from early November 2017 with a consistent application deadline of January 2018. Offers will be confirmed by March for commencement in October 2018.

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