Overview
The Computer Science MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter department also provides all PGR researchers with the access to a modern GPU cluster and high performance computing cluster. The department also has access to ISCA, the University supercomputer and facilities for 3D visualisation, virtual reality rendering and alternative architectures (e.g. ARM, Mac and Raspberry Pi) machines. See our computing systems webpage for further information.
Academics and Supervisors:
All students have a primary and a secondary supervisor who provide regular and high quality advice, support and direction in their academic endeavours. You will work closely with your supervisors to develop, investigate and write-up a project at the cutting edge of Computer Science and/or Data Science research. Visit our staff profiles for more information about individual research interests.
Pastoral Tutors:
Each student of the Computer Science programme from The University of Exeter will also be assigned a pastoral tutor who will take on a pastoral role and mediate on any problems that arise during the period of study. Your tutor will keep in regular contact and provide background stability and support.
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Our main areas of Computer Science research are:
- Artificial intelligence research areas focus on social network understanding, remote sensing, human-computer interaction, cognitive science and on the philosophical foundations of artificial intelligence and computer science.
- Computer vision research activities include visual attention, autonomous control, collaboration and decision strategies for cooperative robots, deep multi-modal embedding, graph neural networks etc.
- Cyber security research mainly focuses on formal methods, security/safety engineering, and software engineering with the aim to build secure, reliable, resilient software and hardware systems.
- Data and network science
- Evolutionary computing and optimisation
- High performance computing and networking
- Machine learning
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Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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There are no specific deadlines for applications, though the majority of students start in September.
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Disciplines
Information Technology (IT) Computer Sciences Software Engineering View 12 other PhDs in Software Engineering in United KingdomExplore more key information
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Student insurance
Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:
- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Our entry requirements vary by programme. Some programmes accept a wide variety of degree subjects whilst others expect you to have studied the subject already at first degree level. We usually require you to have, or expect to obtain, at least a British Second Class Honours degree or its international equivalent.
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International
24000 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 24000 GBP per year during 48 months. -
National
4712 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 48 months.
Living costs for Exeter
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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Scholarships Information
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