The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) invites applications from talented and enthusiastic students for competition-funded PhD Studentships and Scholarships, for a September 2024 start.
We are an innovative, dynamic and high-reaching department that is renowned for encouraging multidisciplinary research activities involving partners from academia as well as the public and private sector, including Unilever, IBM, the UK National Health Service, National Grid, Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Siemens, Jaguar Land Rover, Ricardo, GKN Aerospace and more. Our fundamental research and knowledge-based activities are aligned with societal challenges of our times. We seek to develop innovative solutions to address global challenges in a diverse range of application fields from Life Sciences and Healthcare, Energy and the Environment, to Manufacturing, Aerospace and Infrastructure.
We are currently advertising 8 specific projects eligible for EPSRC DTP funding:
Alongside these, we are offering an open call for enthusiastic and talented students interested in pursuing innovative PhD research projects in the broad areas of Signal Processing and Control, Machine Learning and Data Science, and Robotics and Autonomous Systems. To identify prospective supervisors and explore our range of open PhD projects please visit our PhD study webpage. Open projects may be eligible for EPSRC DTP Studentships or other University of Sheffield Scholarships.
We provide a rich and stimulating intellectual environment for our research students, and excellent research facilities. As a PhD student you will become a member of our diverse research community, and contribute to world-leading research. Depending on your project, you may have the opportunity to work within or collaborate with one of our affiliated cross-cutting research institutes and centres, such as Sheffield Robotics, the INSIGNEO Institute, the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Control, Monitoring and Systems Engineering, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, or the Energy Institute. You will join our Doctoral Development Programme, which provides exceptional training and support to help you advance in your studies and achieve your career ambitions.
We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.
Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to contact prospective supervisors to discuss your interest in and suitability for a PhD project prior to submitting an application.
