Our four year programme places our research students on industry inspired projects leading to award of PhD or EngD. The EngD qualification is an alternative to a traditional PhD aimed at students seeking a career in industry, and reflects the innovative nature of industrial research.
Students spend around 75% of their time working directly with a company, in addition to receiving advanced-level training from a broad portfolio of technical and business courses.
The research projects will offer benefits to your company by:
Increasing the research portfolio in a cost-effective way
Providing access to University laboratories and facilities
- Creating opportunities to make contacts with other sponsor companies
- Aiding the retention of existing staff who wish to study for a doctorate degree and continue with their employment
Fully-funded scholarships available
Latest News
SUSSP81 prize winners
We congratulate all of our prize winners at SUSSP81! Second-year CDT student Hamish MacKinnon won best poster: ‘The color of time: detecting glioma IDH mutation
June viva success
Congratulations to Paul Hawthorne who had a successful viva in June 2025. We wish Paul all the best for the future.
Celebrating the success of SUSSP81
The CDT in Applied Photonics hosted the SUSSP81 Summer School in Photonic Sensing and Metrology for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Stirling from
Annual Report 2023/24
