PhD/MPhil Informatics Postgraduate Research

... United Kingdom
... University of Salford

Course Overview

The Informatics Research Centre at the University of Salford builds on the history, success and achievements of the research in Computer Science and Information Systems developed over the past thirty years. Evolving around data and information in all their types and usages, the Centre covers all phases and processes from data pre-processing to engineering and visualisation.

Research at Salford is developing novel methods and systems for the analysis and recognition of various data sets, learning behaviours and causal models. The techniques and systems developed have a wide range of potential applications including digitisation of historical documents, medical diagnosis, semantic tagging, segmentation of types of viewers and their behaviours, text mining and retrieval and data visualisation.

A research degrees offers you the flexibility to carry out your own research project under direct supervision of an academic member of staff. You can study towards a Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Professional Doctorate (DProf) or MSc by Research.

Current research topics include: 

  • Actionable Knowledge Discovery and Semantic Web

  • Software engineering and applications

  • Big data, data mining and analytics

  • Image and document processing and analysis

  • Cyber security and forensics

  • Information visualisation and virtual environments

You will:

  • Research a broad range of fields in data and computer science, including data engineering, cyber security, visualisation and digitisation

  • Undertake research around an area from your own profession and develop solutions that can be implemented in the workplace

  • Earn a doctorate-level degree to take you further in your current career or provide a gateway into a research career

General Eligibility

A minimum of a 2:1 Honours degree or equivalent in a numerate subject such as Engineering, Science, Mathematics or Computer Science. You should be able to demonstrate the use of structured programming languages.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

  • The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).

Programme Information
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Course Category

Science


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Campus Name

The Crescent, Salford


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Course Level

Postgraduate Research (PhD /DBA)


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Duration

Full-Time, 2 years, Part-time, 3/5 years


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Available Intake

September


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IELTS Score

5.5


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Tuition Fees Range

4596,

14395, (INT)


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