Overview

About the programme

Next generation video systems for instance, will offer more views, more pixels, greater interactive functionality and increasingly multisensory experiences like augmented and virtual reality.

Similarly, XG networks like 6G technology will offer intelligent connectivity and extend mobility into new multimedia domains driven by the integration of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning towards the vision of a hyperconnected society with everyone and everything connected.

This is the exciting backdrop in which the Networking and Communication Technologies Research Group at The Open University UK undertakes its research.

Programme Structure

Potential research projects:

NeXt Generation (XG) multimedia technologies
Cognitive Radio networks
5G and 6G wireless technologies
IoT, wireless sensor networks and mobile ad hoc network (MANET) security
Green wireless communications
Multimodal medical imaging
Distributed video coding
Remote image sensing of road surface quality
3D image/video inpainting and multi-view video coding
Clinical tracking of vulnerable patients in care scenarios

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Starting 2028-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

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Application period: January to April

Language

English

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94

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Communications Engineering View 6 other PhDs in Communications Engineering in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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94

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6.5

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General requirements

Entry requirements

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

16420 GBP / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

5006 GBP / year

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Additional Details

UK fee

Full-time: £5,006 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year

International fee

Full-time: £16,420 per year
Part-time: £8,210 per year

Living costs

Milton Keynes

United Kingdom

848 - 1345 GBP / month

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Overview

About the programme

Programme Structure

Key information

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Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

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Additional Details

Living costs

Milton Keynes

Funding

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