Enhanced Engineering Doctorate Programme

Start: October preferred, though entry possible at other times.

Duration: Normally 4 years, full-time.

Entry Requirements:

Candidates must possess, or be expected to achieve, a 1st or upper 2nd class UK honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. Other relevant qualifications, together with considerable experience, may be considered.

Course Description:

The Enhanced Engineering Doctorate Programme combines research in engineering at doctoral level with training in the management skills needed to develop, assess and market technological products or processes.

The course consists of taught courses, group work and an individual research thesis.

Students undertake the taught component mainly in the first 18 months. It includes topics in engineering and management in the ratio of around 1:2. There are core and specialist engineering courses, and students also receive a thorough grounding in the basic elements of business management by attending Part One of the School of Management's part-time MBA programme.

The first-year project report covers literature surveys, design studies and preliminary research work related to the doctoral topic.

Undertaken mainly in years two to four, the engineering research topic chosen relates directly to the interest of students' industrial sponsor and includes an analysis of the business and commercial implications of the topic.

Each student's support panel includes engineering and management academic supervisors and an industrial supervisor from the sponsoring organisation. The thesis must demonstrate an original contribution to knowledge, and will also contain interdisciplinary material. By the end of the programme, the student will have a detailed understanding of the technical area involved in the project and a broad grasp of the management, economic and marketing considerations.

Research topics are from one of the following areas:

• advanced computational engineering
• aerospace
• life sciences
• manufacturing systems engineering
• water science and environmental engineering

Funding:

Enhanced EPSRC for UK candidates (fees only for EU unless residence requirement satisfied) with industrial supplements. Detailed funding information is available on request.

Further information, contact enquiries@cranfield.ac.uk or Tel: +44(0)1234 758008

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