Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering

An Integrated PhD provides a route into research study if you do not have a Masters degree, or have very little research training. It enables you to spend your first year completing a Masters-level qualification, followed by a full-time PhD studied over 3-4 years. We also offer a 'standard PhD in this subject which can be studied either full-time (3-4 years) or part-time (6-7 years).

Studying within our School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering provides both the recent graduate and the practising engineer with the opportunity to gain new skills or enhance existing ones.

There are career opportunities for well-qualified electronics design engineers in the avionics, automotive, entertainment and consumer product markets, and within companies such as Siemens, Fujitsu, Sony, Toshiba, Nokia, Samsung, LG, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Sharp, Canon, Acer, Lenovo, Hitachi, Epson, Philips, Nikon, Pioneer, TCL, and JVC, all of whom are searching for competent designers.
A number of careers are also available through local SMEs, geographically close to Essex, who account for a significant proportion of the workforce, both in the UK and on the continent.

A good honours degree, or international equivalent, in a relevant Engineering field such as Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Networks, communications Engineering, Mechatronic Systems/Engineering, Robotic Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Mathematics or Physics.
Our four year integrated PhD, allows you to spend your first year studying at Masters level in order to develop the necessary knowledge and skills and to start your independent research in year two.

Official transcript(s), in English or a certified translation of your academic results to date, showing marks or grades, must be provided at the time you make your application. (Transcripts are not required from current or previous University of Essex students, or from students who have previously completed a degree at Colchester Institute awarded by the University of Essex).

If English is not your first language, then we will require you to have IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component
TOEFL IBT -76 overall with minimum component scores: Listening: 17 Reading: 18 Writing: 17 Speaking: 20