Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science

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 computer scientist with the opportunity to gain new skills or enhance existing ones.
Our graduates have achieved success in a variety of professions. Many have pursued careers in computing and information technology, while others have gone on to work in research organisations or become university academics.

A good honours degree, or international equivalent, in: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks, Computer Games, Computing, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Information Engineering, Automation, Mechatronic 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