EngD Engineering University of Plymouth

Our four-year professional engineering doctorate provides an alternative to a traditional PhD, tailored for students who want a career in industry. It gives you the experience of cutting-edge research in a business context, where you will be co-supervised by an industry partner.

The professional engineering doctorate is different from the traditional PhD:

• The standard duration is 4 years (one year of taught modules and three years of research phase).
• The student is based in the industry for the majority of the research phase period.
• The doctorate is usually co-supervised by the industry partner.
• The research project is normally an applied industry project.

Key features

• A number of taught modules are available from the world’s first multidisciplinary Marine Renewable Energy masters degree.
• Broad choice of modules enabling study across numerical modelling, engineering design, innovative technologies, management and policy.
• Use of unrivalled facilities including the nationally important COAST Laboratory, the new Marine Station and the High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster.
• Research-informed teaching: coastal, port and harbour engineering delivered by the largest coastal engineering research group in the UK.
• Opportunities for involvement with research projects as funded by RCUK, Interreg, Horizon2020 etc.
• Invitations to attend School of Engineering Research Seminar and individual Research Group presentations on topics related to their studies.
• Excellent connections to the industry through vibrant Industrial Advisory Committees.
• Strong recruitment record of Masters programmes in leading organisations such as AECOM, Arcadis, Arup, Babcock International Group plc, Canterbury Council, Clean Earth Energy, Environment Agency.
• Enthusiastic staff with a diversity of expertise, industry knowledge, work experience, and research interests.