Overview

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.

Features

Informatics research at University of 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The techniques and systems developed have a wide range of potential applications including digitisation of historical documents, medical diagnosis, semantic tagging, segmentation of types of viewers and their behaviours, text mining and retrieval and data visualisation.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

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

Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-03 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-07-06 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-08 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-11-17 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-05-10 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-20 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-02-20 00:00:00 , International

More details

If you’re an international student, please submit your application at least ten weeks before your course starts.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Salford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Information Technology (IT) View 20 other PhDs in Information Technology (IT) in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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79

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Other requirements

General requirements

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.

International students will require IELTS 6.5 or equivalent English Language Qualification.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

19240 GBP / year

≈ 19240 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

5238 GBP / year

≈ 5238 GBP / year

Living costs

Salford

United Kingdom

500 - 800 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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