logo University of Strathclyde
University of St. Andrews
Heriot-Watt University		 Strathclyde, St. Andrews and Heriot-Watt Greyscale Crests

The Photonics Engineering Doctorate Centre was established in 2001 by Heriot-Watt University and the Universities of Strathclyde and St. Andrews. The Engineering Doctorate (Eng.D) Scheme was instigated by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research council (EPSRC) in 1992 (EPSRC Eng.D webpage).

We are now accepting applications from suitably qualified candidates for Sept. 2009 start.

The Eng.D is a 4-year postgraduate degree, with an emphasis on research in a business context, delivering the senior research managers of the future. It achieves this through a combination of taught coursework (25%) and industrial project work (75%). The Photonics Eng.D coursework consists of specialist photonic and optoelectronic topics, together with business courses taken from the internationally renowned Edinburgh Business School MBA. The selection of modules is tailored to the requirements of individual students and projects.

Entrance to Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus

St. Andrews Physics and Astronomy Building

   

The Centre deals with all aspects of Photonics, including telecommunications, high power laser materials processing and optical sensing, and is supported by a wide range of companies. Each year, 10 new-start fully-funded Eng.D studentships will be available to suitably qualified candidates. Each project has an industrial sponsor who will be closely involved; indeed the student will normally carry out the majority of their project work at the company.

Some of the key points of the Eng.D scheme are:
  • Significant taught course aspect, including business and financial as well as technical, providing much broader training than a Ph.D

  • Industrially-relevant projects. If appropriate, the student can undertake a number of smaller projects, rather than one large project, but with the same company

  • Fees paid plus enhanced tax-free stipend of £19,800 per annum, for students who satisfy the EPSRC UK residency requirements; support at a lower level is available for EU students from outwith the UK - see our Studentships page for more info.

pdf PDF Documents: Prospectus (237 KB) | Guidelines for Students (159 KB)

CONFERENCE

Please visit our conference page to find out about our annual EngD conference. Please note this page is hosted within the main EngD website.