Research Focus
Artificial intelligence and intelligent information processing, machine learning and signal processing, pattern recognition and data science, intelligent computing and multidimensional data analysis. Suitable student backgrounds: computer science, electronic engineering, applied mathematics and statistics, algorithm design and analysis.
Programme Structure and Funding
This programme is a full-time PhD of three to four years (36–48 months).
Tuition Fees
Department tuition fees for Electrical and Electronic Engineering: £29,900–£60,800 per year.
Scholarships
This programme offers the China Scholarship Council (CSC) joint-funded scholarship, open to UK and overseas students for PhD study. China Scholarship Council (CSC) Silver Line quota: 52 people per year; funding period up to 48 months; funding content: the China Scholarship Council provides one return international airfare and a scholarship for the corresponding period.
The University of Manchester provides tuition fees. Application process: submit an application to the University of Manchester and obtain an unconditional offer letter/invitation letter and joint scholarship nomination eligibility by 10 March of the following year.
Between 0:00 on 10 March and 14:00 on 1 April, log in to the National Public Overseas Study Management Information Platform (https://sa.csc.edu.cn/student) to complete the online application and upload the relevant materials. For the project name, please select “Overseas Cooperation Project”; for the available cooperation channel name, please select “Joint Scholarship with the University of Manchester, UK”. April–June: expert review, completion of admissions and publication of the admission list.
From July: those who pass the review begin handling dispatch procedures from July and are dispatched in succession.
Entry Requirements
- Academic background: 1) A master’s degree in a relevant discipline (2:1) or equivalent, with a GPA above 3.3.
- Language scores: 1) IELTS overall score no lower than 6.5, with writing and listening sub-scores no lower than 6, and other sub-scores no lower than 5.5. 2) TOEFL overall score no lower than 90, with no sub-score lower than 20. 3) Applicants whose master’s degree was taught in an English-speaking country may be exempt from the language requirement.
Application Materials
- Degree certificates and transcripts.
- English language test report.
- CV.
- Research proposal.
- Names and details of two referees.
Application Period
The application deadline is early December, for entry in September of the following year.
Career Prospects
- Power and energy industry: power systems engineer, grid development engineer, renewable energy engineer (wind, solar), e.g. multinational giants such as Siemens, ABB and Schneider Electric. 2. Technology and communications industry: embedded software engineer, hardware engineer, RF engineer, communications systems engineer, digital IC design engineer, FPGA engineer. E.g. NVIDIA, Intel, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Huawei, Apple, Google. 3. Manufacturing and automation: control engineer, automation engineer, robotics engineer, systems integration engineer. E.g. Jaguar Land Rover, Bentley, McLaren.
