Computer Science
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PhDOverview
The School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS) aims to enhance the way we use technology in communication, data science, computing systems, cyber security, power electronics, intelligent control, and many related areas.
You’ll be part of a dynamic doctoral research environment and will study alongside students from over 40 countries world wide; we supervise students undertaking research in key areas of computer science, including: computing systems, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. As part of a lively community of over 100 full-time and part-time research students you’ll have the opportunity to develop your research potential in a vibrant research community that prioritises the cross-fertilisation of ideas and innovation in the advancement of knowledge.
Many PhD studentships attract scholarships and top-up supplements. PhD programmes provide our students with the opportunity to acquire an extensive training in research techniques.
Within the School we have a number of specialist research centres including a Global Research Institute, the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT) specialising in Cyber Security, Wireless Innovation and Data Science and scalable computing.
Computer Science Highlights
Industry Links
- Queen’s researchers have strong links with the local industry, which boasts a rich mix of local startups and multi-nationals. Belfast is the second fastest growing region in the UK in terms of Knowledge Economy activity (Northern Ireland Economy Report, 2018).
World Class Facilities
- The state-of-the-art £14m Computer Science Building and the Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology offer bespoke research environments.
Internationally Renowned Experts
- You will be working under the supervision of leading international academic experts.
Key Facts
Research students are encouraged to play a full and active role in relation to the wide range of research activities undertaken within the School and there are many resources available including:
- A wide range of personal development and specialist training courses offered through the Personal Development Programme
- Access to the Queen's University Postgraduate Researcher Development Programme
- Office accommodation with access to computing facilities and support to attend conferences for full-time PhD students
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Course content
Research Information
Associated Research
Research within the School is organised into research themes combining strengths by working together on major projects, in many cases in collaboration with key technology companies.
ECIT brings together internationally recognised research groups specialising in key areas of advanced digital and communications technology.
PhD Opportunities
PhD Opportunities are available in a wide range of computer science subjects, aligned to the specific expertise of our PhD supervisors.
Research Impact
Queen’s is a leader in commercial impact and one of the five highest performing universities in the UK for intellectual property commercialisation. We have created over 80 spin-out companies. Three of these -
Kainos, Andor Technology and Fusion Antibodies - have been publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Research Projects
Queen’s has strong collaborative links with industry in Northern Ireland, and internationally. It has a strong funding track record with EPSRC and the EC H2020 programme.
Research Success
The research profile produced by the 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework (REF) graded 80 per cent of our research activity as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent', confirming the School's reputation as an internationally-leading department.
Career Prospects
Introduction
For further information on career opportunities at PhD level please contact the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Student Recruitment Team on askEPS@qub.ac.uk.
Our advisors - in consultation with the School - will be happy to provide further information on your research area, possible career prospects and your research application.
People teaching you
Learning Outcomes
Course structure
There is no specific course content as such. You are expected to take research training modules that are supported by the School which focus on quantitative and qualitative research methods. You are also expected to carry out your research under the guidance of your supervisor.
Over the course of study you can attend postgraduate skills training organised by the Graduate School.
You will normally register, in the first instance, as an ‘undifferentiated PhD student’ which means that you have satisfied staff that you are capable of undertaking a research degree. The decision as to whether you should undertake a PhD is delayed until you have completed ‘differentiation’.
Differentiation takes place about 8-9 months after registration for full time students and about 16-18 months for part time students: You are normally asked to submit work to a panel of up two academics and this is followed up with a formal meeting with the ‘Differentiation Panel’. The Panel then make a judgement about your capacity to continue with your study. Sometimes students are advised to revise their research objectives or to consider submitting their work for an MPhil qualification rather than a doctoral qualification.
To complete with a doctoral qualification you will be required to submit a thesis of approx 80,000 words and you will be required to attend a viva voce [oral examination] with an external and internal examiner to defend your thesis.
A PhD programme runs for 3-4 years full-time or 6-8 years part-time. Students can apply for a writing up year should it be required.
The PhD is open to both full and part time candidates and is often a useful preparation for a career within academia or consultancy.
Full time students are often attracted to research degree programmes because they offer an opportunity to pursue in some depth an area of academic interest.
The part time research degree is an exciting option for professionals already working in the education field who are seeking to extend their knowledge on an issue of professional interest. Often part time candidates choose to research an area that is related to their professional responsibilities.
If you meet the Entry Requirements, the next step is to check whether we can supervise research in your chosen area. We only take students to whom we can offer expert research supervision from one of our academic staff. Therefore, your research question needs to engage with the research interests of one of our staff.
Assessment
- Assessment processes for the Research Degree differ from taught degrees. Students will be expected to present write up their work at regular intervals to their supervisor who will provide written and oral feedback; a formal assessment process takes place annually.
This Annual Progress Review requires students to present their work in writing and orally to a panel of academics from within the School. Successful completion of this process will allow students to register for the next academic year.
The final assessment of the doctoral degree is both oral and written. Students will submit their thesis to an internal and external examining team who will review the written thesis before inviting the student to orally defend their work at a Viva Voce.
Feedback
- Supervisors will offer feedback on the research work at regular intervals throughout the period of registration on the degree.
Facilities
Full time PhD students will have access to a shared office space and access to a desk with personal computer and internet access.Project name | School | Funding | Subject | Status | Sort | Timestamp |
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High Performance Graph ProcessingSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Hans Vandierendonck
Supervisor
Dr Hans Vandierendonck
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
CITIGEN DTP: Assessment and Improvement of Software Engineering productivitySchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Software Engineering; productivity; personnel economics Dr Vahid Garousi
Supervisor
Dr Vahid Garousi
Funding
Funded
Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE
Application deadline
10 July 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1594335600 |
Precision-Aware Deep LearningSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Hans Vandierendonck
Supervisor
Dr Hans Vandierendonck
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
CITIGEN DTP: Deep Learning with Limited Labelled Data: theory, algorithm and application to medical dataSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Yang Hua
Supervisor
Dr Yang Hua
Funding
Funded
Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE
Application deadline
10 July 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1594335600 |
High-Performance Computing, Edge Computing, Aceelerators, Low-powerSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Carlos Reano
Supervisor
Dr Carlos Reano
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
CITIGEN DTP: Energy-Conscious and Fault-Resilient Autonomous Industrial Robots via Algorithm-Hardware Co-DesignSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Robotics, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Control Engineering, Software-Hardware co-Design, Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Supervisor
Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Funding
Funded
Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE
Application deadline
10 July 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1594335600 |
CLOSER – a Common Language Of Software Evolution in RepositoriesSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr David Cutting
Supervisor
Dr David Cutting
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
CITIGENS DTP: Adaptive Acceleration of Neural-Networks in Resource Constrained Edge and Cloud EnvironmentsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Energy-Efficiency, Artificial-Intelligence, Neural-Networks, Accelerators, Heterogeneous Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Supervisor
Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Funding
Funded
Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE
Application deadline
10 July 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1594335600 |
A Random Matrix Inference Framework for Big-Data AnalyticsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr David Morales
Supervisor
Dr David Morales
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
CITIGEN DTP: Scalable Heart-Rate-Variability Analysis for Individualized Secure Health MonitoringSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Heath monitoring, ECGs, Heart-Rate-Variability, Energy-Efficient Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Supervisor
Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Funding
Funded
Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE
Application deadline
10 July 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1594335600 |
Robust Signal Processing Methods for 6G wireless communicationsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr David Morales
Supervisor
Dr David Morales
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
CITIGEN DTP: Biologically-plausible Neural ProcessorsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Artificial Intelligence, Spiking Neural Networks, Data Science, Neuromorphic, Memristo Dr John McAllister
Supervisor
Dr John McAllister
Funding
Funded
Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE
Application deadline
10 July 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1594335600 |
Post Quantum Anonymous CredentialSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Jinguang Han
Supervisor
Dr Jinguang Han
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
CITIGEN DTP: Iterative Approximate Analysis of Graph-Structured Data For Precision MedicineSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Knowledge extraction, scalable algorithms, graph processing, biomedical informatics, Cancer, Coronav Hans Vandierendonck
Supervisor
Hans Vandierendonck
Funding
Funded
Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE
Application deadline
10 July 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1594335600 |
Functional Encryption and its ApplicationSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Jinguang Han
Supervisor
Dr Jinguang Han
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
CITIGENS DTP: Fair AI for the Public Sector: Advancing the Technological FrontierSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Fairness, Public Sector, Machine-Learning, Algorithms Dr Deepak Padmanabhan
Supervisor
Dr Deepak Padmanabhan
Funding
Funded
Cofunded Horizon 2020 (EU) and DfE
Application deadline
10 July 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1594335600 |
Model-based testing: Assessing and improving applicability and usefulness in practiceSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Vahid Garousi
Supervisor
Dr Vahid Garousi
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Software Testing of AI-based systemsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Vahid Garousi
Supervisor
Dr Vahid Garousi
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Requirements to MicroservicesSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Des Greer
Supervisor
Dr Des Greer
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Retrieving Credible online documentsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Austen Rainer
Supervisor
Dr Austen Rainer
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Software Evolution Prediction from a Social Networks PerspectiveSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Des Greer
Supervisor
Dr Des Greer
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Brain Inspired Computing for Autonomous SystemsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr John McAllister
Supervisor
Dr John McAllister
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Attack-resistant intelligent network intrusion pervention systemsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward
Supervisor
Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Distributed, collaborative protection against IoT attacksSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward
Supervisor
Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Semantic code analysis using program embeddingSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin
Supervisor
Dr Niall McLaughlin
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Unsupervised and Interpretable Learning for Electronic Healthcare RecordsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin
Supervisor
Dr Niall McLaughlin
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
13 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584057600 |
GeneRank: A machine learning approach to detect and rank gene signatures from biological repositories with an application in lung cancerSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Reza Rafiee
Supervisor
Dr Reza Rafiee
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Quantum ComputingSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr John McAllister
Supervisor
Dr John McAllister
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Adversarial deep learning for software and malware analysis: deception and countermeasuresSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon
Supervisor
Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Deep Pose Estimation and activity recognition in social media videosSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon
Supervisor
Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Software Engineering for Trustworthy AISchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Youcheng Sun
Supervisor
Dr Youcheng Sun
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Quality Assured and Certifiable Software Development for Smart ContractsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Youcheng Sun
Supervisor
Dr Youcheng Sun
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Story telling from Sensors:From Activities to StoriesSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Son T Mai
Supervisor
Dr Son T Mai
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Interactive and Intelligent exploration of big complex dataSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Son T Mai
Supervisor
Dr Son T Mai
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
13 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584057600 |
Adaptive Runtime Reconfiguration of Edge ApplicationsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Blesson Varghese
Supervisor
Dr Blesson Varghese
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Energy Scalable Neural NetworksSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Supervisor
Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Distributed Intelligence in Edge ComputingSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Blesson Varghese
Supervisor
Dr Blesson Varghese
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Energy-Efficient and Fault Tolerant Cyber-Physical SystemsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Supervisor
Dr Georgios Karakonstantis
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Empirical Elasticity in the Hybrid CloudSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos
Supervisor
Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Serverless Fog Computing: From Microservices to NanoservicesSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos
Supervisor
Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Meaningful Object Processing in Mind and MachineSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Barry Devereux
Supervisor
Dr Barry Devereux
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Naturalistic Natural Language ProcessingSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Barry Devereux
Supervisor
Dr Barry Devereux
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Predictive Analytics in an ICS by processing streams of physiological data in real-timeSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Charles Gillan
Supervisor
Dr Charles Gillan
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Researching the use of machine learning tools in marine engineering to enhance green energy generationSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Charles Gillan
Supervisor
Dr Charles Gillan
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
13 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584057600 |
Artificial Intelligence for Vision Based NavigationSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Professor Neil Robertson
Supervisor
Professor Neil Robertson
Funding
Unfunded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Unfunded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
Fog/Edge Computing (fully funded international studentship)School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Blesson Varghese
Supervisor
Dr Blesson Varghese
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
11 September 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1599778800 |
Deep Evidential Reasoning for Semantic Vulnerability AnalysisSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Paul Miller
Supervisor
Dr Paul Miller
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
31 July 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1596150000 |
Fog/Edge Computing (one fully funded UK/EU studentshipSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Blesson Varghese
Supervisor
Dr Blesson Varghese
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
11 September 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1599778800 |
Edge or Fog Computing for Next Generation Distributed Systems (One International PhD Studentship)School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Blesson Varghese
Supervisor
Dr Blesson Varghese
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
26 February 2021
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Open | 2 | 1614297600 |
Explaining Neural Network Models for Security ApplicationsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin
Supervisor
Dr Niall McLaughlin
Funding
Funded
DfE
Application deadline
1 February 2021
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Open | 2 | 1612137600 |
Edge or Fog Computing for Next Generation Distributed Systems (UK/EU PhD StudentshipSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Blesson Varghese
Supervisor
Dr Blesson Varghese
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
26 February 2021
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Open | 2 | 1614297600 |
Trustworthy and Explainable Learning-Enabled Autonomous SystemsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Youcheng Sun
Supervisor
Dr Youcheng Sun
Funding
Funded
DfE
Application deadline
1 February 2021
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Open | 2 | 1612137600 |
"The Invisible Man": Testing and Mitigating the Control Incentive of AISchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Youcheng Sun
Supervisor
Dr Youcheng Sun
Funding
Funded
DfE
Application deadline
1 February 2021
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Open | 2 | 1612137600 |
Moving Towards End-to-End Multi-Target Tracking for Animal WelfareSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin
Supervisor
Dr Niall McLaughlin
Funding
Funded
DfE
Application deadline
1 February 2021
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Open | 2 | 1612137600 |
DTP: GPU acceleration of discrete-event simulations of digital twinsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Carlos Reano
Supervisor
Carlos Reano
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
31 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1585609200 |
DTP: Fault-Tolerant Monitoring and Control in Industrial Internet-of-ThingsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Hans Vandierendonck
Supervisor
Hans Vandierendonck
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
31 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1585609200 |
DTP:Transprecise computing meets multi-physics simulation: adapting computation to precision requirementsSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Hans Vandierendonck
Supervisor
Hans Vandierendonck
Funding
Funded
Application deadline
15 March 2020
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Closed | 2 | 1584230400 |
DTPSCIDM: Fault-Free Digital Twins in ManufacturingSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Digital Twin, Computation models, Resource allocation, high-performance computing, Industry 4.0 Hans Vandierendonck
Supervisor
Hans Vandierendonck
Funding
Funded
DfE
Application deadline
1 February 2021
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Open | 2 | 1612137600 |
DTPSCIDM: Secure Connected Manufacturing - Integrating Design and Cloud based Distributed ManufacturingSchool of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Manufacturing, Design, 3D-Printing, Cloud, CAD Dr Peter Kilpatrick
Supervisor
Dr Peter Kilpatrick
Funding
Funded
DfE
Application deadline
1 February 2021
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Open | 2 | 1612137600 |
DTP: Modernising legacy software using microservices for the digital industrial economy of tomorrow (MoLeS-micro)School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | PHD Software Engineering / Modernisation / Architecture Industrial Software Refactoring Microservices Dr David Cutting
Supervisor
Dr David Cutting
Funding
Funded
DfE
Application deadline
1 February 2021
|
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Funded | Computer Science | Open | 2 | 1612137600 |
Entrance requirements
Graduate
The minimum academic requirement for admission to a research degree programme is normally an Upper Second Class Honours degree from a UK or ROI HE provider, or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the University. Further information can be obtained by contacting the School.
International Students
For information on international qualification equivalents, please check the specific information for your country.
English Language Requirements
Evidence of an IELTS* score of 6.0, with not less than 5.5 in any component or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University is required (*taken within the last 2 years).
International students wishing to apply to Queen's University Belfast (and for whom English is not their first language), must be able to demonstrate their proficiency in English in order to benefit fully from their course of study or research. Non-EEA nationals must also satisfy UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) immigration requirements for English language for visa purposes.
For more information on English Language requirements for EEA and non-EEA nationals see: www.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs.
If you need to improve your English language skills before you enter this degree programme, INTO Queen's University Belfast offers a range of English language courses. These intensive and flexible courses are designed to improve your English ability for admission to this degree.
- Academic English: an intensive English language and study skills course for successful university study at degree level
- Pre-sessional English: a short intensive academic English course for students starting a degree programme at Queen's University Belfast and who need to improve their English.
Tuition Fees
Northern Ireland (NI) 1 | £TBC |
Republic of Ireland (ROI) 2 | £TBC |
England, Scotland or Wales (GB) 1 | £TBC |
EU Other 3 | £22,000 |
International | £22,000 |
1 EU citizens in the EU Settlement Scheme, with settled or pre-settled status, are expected to be charged the NI or GB tuition fee based on where they are ordinarily resident, however this is provisional and subject to the publication of the Northern Ireland Assembly Student Fees Regulations. Students who are ROI nationals resident in GB are expected to be charged the GB fee, however this is provisional and subject to the publication of the Northern Ireland Assembly student fees Regulations.
2 It is expected that EU students who are ROI nationals resident in ROI will be eligible for NI tuition fees, in line with the Common Travel Agreement arrangements. The tuition fee set out above is provisional and subject to the publication of the Northern Ireland Assembly student fees Regulations.
3 EU Other students (excludes Republic of Ireland nationals living in GB, NI or ROI) are charged tuition fees in line with international fees.
For further information please refer to www.qub.ac.uk/brexit-advice/information-for-students.
More information on postgraduate tuition fees.
Computer Science costs
There are no specific additional course costs associated with this programme.
Additional course costs
All Students
Depending on the programme of study, there may also be other extra costs which are not covered by tuition fees, which students will need to consider when planning their studies . Students can borrow books and access online learning resources from any Queen's library. If students wish to purchase recommended texts, rather than borrow them from the University Library, prices per text can range from £30 to £100. Students should also budget between £30 to £100 per year for photocopying, memory sticks and printing charges. Students may wish to consider purchasing an electronic device; costs will vary depending on the specification of the model chosen. There are also additional charges for graduation ceremonies, and library fines. In undertaking a research project students may incur costs associated with transport and/or materials, and there will also be additional costs for printing and binding the thesis. There may also be individually tailored research project expenses and students should consult directly with the School for further information.
How do I fund my study?
1.PhD OpportunitiesFind PhD opportunities and funded studentships by subject area.
2.Funded Doctoral Training ProgrammesWe offer numerous opportunities for funded doctoral study in a world-class research environment. Our centres and partnerships, aim to seek out and nurture outstanding postgraduate research students, and provide targeted training and skills development.
3.PhD loansThe Government offers doctoral loans of up to £26,445 for PhDs and equivalent postgraduate research programmes for English- or Welsh-resident UK and EU students, £10,000 for students in Scotland and up to £5,500 for Northern Ireland students.
4.International ScholarshipsInformation on Postgraduate Research scholarships for international students.
Funding and Scholarships
The Funding & Scholarship Finder helps prospective and current students find funding to help cover costs towards a whole range of study related expenses.
How to Apply
Apply using our online Postgraduate Applications Portal go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply and follow the step-by-step instructions on how to apply.
Find a supervisor
If you're interested in a particular project, we suggest you contact the relevant academic before you apply, to introduce yourself and ask questions.
To find a potential supervisor aligned with your area of interest, or if you are unsure of who to contact, look through the staff profiles linked here.
You might be asked to provide a short outline of your proposal to help us identify potential supervisors.