PhD in Computer Science

We have a reputation for high research standards and publish much of our work in the most prestigious international journals and leading conferences. Many of our academics are leaders in their field. This has been acknowledged by the 2014 Research Excellence Framework in which 92% of our research work was rated either world leading (4) or internationally excellent (3) in terms of its originality, significance and rigour. We are a Top 5 Computer Science department in the UK. Our research is innovative, interdisciplinary and at the interfaces with the life sciences, engineering, mathematics or linguistics. Our department is truly international with academics, researchers and students from all over the world and a thriving research environment with more than 80 full-time and more than 20 part-time PhD students, most of them working in the software industry. Our Alumni have pursued academic and industrial careers around the globe. Our department is part of a top UK University; it is situated in one of the greenest cities of Europe at the border of the beautiful Peak District National Park. The standard UK PhD programme is based on 3 years research, but we also offer a PhD with Integrated Studies, which is a 4 year programme involving a taught element.