School-funded PhD Scholarships

Applications are invited for PhD Scholarships in Computer Science & Informatics. A successful candidate will be registered for a full-time, 3 year PhD in one of the Schools research areas: Distributed & Scientific Computing, Informatics and Visual Computing.

The Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics is a research-led School in one of the UK’s premier universities with a leading, international reputation for excellent teaching and research activities.

Your Research

Candidates should include a research proposal of approximately 500 words with their application.  A list of prospective projects in each research group and further information about the School’s PhD programme is available to help guide your application in the three main research areas:

• Distributed & Scientific Computing
• Informatics
• Visual Computing

Applicants are encouraged to contact relevant staff within the School to refine and align their proposal with the research strategy of the School.

Stipend and other benefits

The successful candidate will receive an annual stipend in line with the currently recommended EPSRC rate (£13,590 per annum in 2011/12), and the School will pay full-time tuition fees at the UK/EU rate (currently £3,732 per annum in 2011/12).  An overseas candidate would need to fund the remainder of fees (currently £13,750 per annum in 2011/12). 

The scholarship includes provision of a laptop or desktop computer, and funds attendance at one national and one international conference during the three years of study.  To develop your teaching and research skills, and aid career development (either within or outside academia), a wide range of training courses and workshops are available to our postgraduate students.  Students are also able to attend Masters modules relevant to their research, across a number of schools in the University. 

The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to supplement the stipend by undertaking teaching assistance within the School.  Research students may take up to six hours per week, equivalent to between £60 and £120 (at 2011/12 rates) depending on the type of session.  Such activities may include supervising tutorial and practical computing classes, and course administrative duties.

Requirements

Candidates should:

• either have a good honours degree in a relevant discipline (minimum 2:1);
• or have (or expect to have by Autumn 2011) a Masters qualification in a relevant discipline;
• or have professional qualifications deemed by Cardiff University to be equivalent to the above;
• or be over 25 and have relevant work experience in a position of responsibility.

Degree level mathematics (or equivalent) may be required for some research areas.  If your first language is not English you must provide evidence of competence in English. Our minimum requirement is an overall IELTS result of at least 6.5 with no skills section less than 6. 

To apply

The studentship is available for the full-time 3 year programme commencing on 1st October 2012. Applications must be supported by full documentation, including qualifications, two academic references and English language test certificate as appropriate. Please apply online.

Use the University's standard application and mark your application for "PhD Scholarships in Computer Science and Informatics".

Closing date for applications: 1st May 2012