Systems Engineering New Route PhD

Overview

This programme aims to educate graduates not only to the high academic standards expected from PhD research but also in generic personal, business and communication skills. Because it extends the usual PhD from three to four years, it develops an integrated range of skills and knowledge that both broaden and deepen the individual's subject expertise beyond the bounds of the usual research degree. Further information about how the programme works, its structure, and how to apply, are available here.

New Route students are based primarily in the Materials, Design and Manufacturing Group.

Course Content

The following modules complement your research work in the Systems Engineering New Route PhD:

Year 1

• Issues and Methods of Research
• Proposal Writing
• Research Methods in Engineering
• Management and Production Planning

Year 2

• Communication Skills (speaking, writing, computing, information retrieval)
• Global Context (political, economic and social contexts)
• Thesis Research

Year 3

• Research dissemination
• Peer Review (and its use in assessment of research proposals and publication)
• The Business World (including career planning)
• Thesis Research

Year 4

• Thesis Submission

Discipline-specific Modules

There are also a number of discipline-specific modules:

• Computer Aided Design
• e-Business and m-Business
• Financial Management
• Quality Assurance and Systems
• Production and Operations Management
• Manufacturing Measurement
• Project Management
• Information Systems Security
• Product Research Techniques
• Wireless Systems Strategies
• Manufacturing Information and Data Systems
• Robotics and Automated Assembly
• Design Research Creativity and Innovation
• Design Management
• Branding Studies