Guidelines and Resources

for current students

Resources

CDTAP Student Handbook 2024-25
Student Handbook 2024-25
CDTAP Student Travel and Accommodation Policy Front page
CDT Student Travel and Accommodation Policy
Travel Authorisation Form
Student Expense Claim Form
Student Bank Details Form
Student Bank Details Form

SUPA Modules

CDT students can take SUPA Modules but these are not included in the required 180 credits. If there are any modules from the brochure that you are interested in, please speak to your supervisors to seek their agreement/approval to attend.

Academic Development

Heriot-Watt’s Research Futures Academy enhances the development of researchers, enables collaboration as a key part of the research culture and enriches the experience of research staff and research degree students.

Find out more

Careers Information

The CDT programme offers graduates scope for taking different career paths, ranging from academic research to senior management in a commercial company.

Each of the partner universities have their own dedicated Careers Service which can offer expert advice:

 

Vitae also offer a careers section which is aimed at researchers at all levels of their career.

Thesis Templates

An example LaTeX thesis can be found by following the below link. This has been created by EngD Alumnus Leonardo Del Bino.

https://github.com/Lyonnard/CDTAP-Thesis-Template

Alumni Theses

If you have been invited to act as an examiner you may find our Guidance for Examiners helpful.  Below you will find details of how to access the theses of alumni via the relevant university library.  It will not always be possible to access previous theses, as some have limited access, due to IP issues.  In this case, only the abstract will be available.

Heriot-Watt University

  1.  Visit the Heriot Watt search page
  2. Enter ‘Eng.D’ in the Search box (include the dot)
  3. EngD thesis from 2011 onwards are currently being uploaded to the library website

Strathclyde University

  1. Visit the Strathclyde University search page
  2. Enter ‘eng d thesis’ (all letters in lower case) in the Search box to bring up all EngD theses

St. Andrews University

  1. Visit the St. Andrews University search page
  2. Enter the student’s name in the ‘Search for’ box

Glasgow University

  1. Go to the Glasgow University search page
  2. Search for a thesis