| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Full-time | 3 - 4 years | Anytime | find out | find out |
| MPhil | Full-time | 2 years | Anytime | find out | find out |
| MRes | Full-time | 1 year | Anytime | find out | find out |
Join our research team to work on projects that have an impact in the real world. From optimisation for airports to machine learning for energy suppliers, we do computer science from theory to application.
The school's research topics include:
Find out more on our research webpages.
Project case study
Rodrigo Pinheiro did his PhD at Nottingham. The title of his thesis was "A Computational Study and Heuristic Algorithms for the Home Healthcare Scheduling and Routing Problem" supervised by Prof Dario Landa Silva.
During his PhD, Rodrigo became the associate in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project between the University and Webroster Ltd. The project was on optimisation for workforce scheduling and routing in home care.
Rodrigo then joined Webroster, first as Optimisation Specialist then Head of Data Science. Now, he is Head of Data Science at a new company developed to focus on the optimisation engine from the KTP and his PhD.
Careers
Many PhD graduates choose to continue an academic career. You may start with a postdoctoral position or a teaching fellowship.
However, there is a need for PhD graduates in industry too. Graduates typically work in:
Your expertise would be used to build specialised computing techniques.
Contact University of Nottingham to find course entry requirements.
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