Overview

Superconductivity - Enabling Transformative Technologies at University of Cambridge will create a step change in superconductivity training in the UK by using a cohort-based approach to provide a diverse new generation of researchers with the interdisciplinary and teamwork skills required to develop transformative technologies needed to engineer Net-Zero, advance healthcare, and deliver novel quantum devices.

Outcomes

The programme will provide the skills that are strongly needed by industry which is expanding in various directions to address the challenges outlined above. Experimental projects will train students in practical skills such as cryogenics, materials synthesis and characterisation, precision measurements, instrument development, and working at international facilities. Theoretical/computational projects will train students in advanced theoretical and computational techniques such as machine learning.

Programme Structure

Curriculum includes:

A Research Project
Lecture based course in the superconductivity area
Practical Techniques Training Modules
Research Frontier Colloquia
Group Research Project
One mini-project with partner institution

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-06 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Disciplines

General Engineering & Technology View 87 other PhDs in General Engineering & Technology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants for this course should have achieved a Masters (Pass).
If your degree is not from the UK, please check International Qualifications to find the equivalent in your country.
The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry normally requires applicants to have the equivalent of a UK master's (pass). This requirement is in addition to satisfying the University minimum academic requirement. Applicants should obtain the equivalent of:
at least a II.i in a UK four-year "integrated master's" (honours) degree, OR
at least a II.i in a UK three-year bachelor's (honours) degree plus a relevant one/two-year UK master's degree.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

42546 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

11208 GBP / year

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Living costs

Cambridge

United Kingdom

846 - 1465 GBP / month

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