Program Overview
The Cyber Secure Everywhere Centre for Doctoral Training offers a 4-year research program that emphasizes a challenge-led approach, collaborative teamwork, and a holistic understanding of cyber security across complex systems. Ranked 5th for research in the UK, the program trains highly skilled professionals to anticipate and address cyber security implications through innovative fundamental research and prepares them for careers in research, consulting, and industries worldwide.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Cyber Secure Everywhere Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) offers a 4-year research program that emphasizes a challenge-led approach combined with collaborative teamwork. The program brings together students from diverse backgrounds to learn as a cohort in a flipped classroom mode and regular group work. The program's objectives are to:
- Train highly skilled professionals to proactively anticipate and address the implications of cyber security and resilience through innovative fundamental research.
- Develop future research leaders with the capability to anticipate challenges and develop innovative solutions.
Outline:
The program's content and structure are designed to provide students with a holistic understanding of cyber security challenges across complex IT, OT, and IIoT systems.
Year 1:
- Taught units to build knowledge and ignite curiosity.
- Transferable skills training.
- Participation in public engagement activities.
Years 2-4:
- Research component.
Teaching:
The program employs a unique co-creation approach to training that involves:
- Learning from leading experts within multiple disciplines, including psychology, management, engineering, sociology, and computer science.
- Collaborative teamwork that brings students from different backgrounds together.
- Flipped classroom mode and regular group work.
Careers:
Graduates of the program will be prepared for a variety of careers all over the globe, including:
- World-leading research.
- Consulting.
- Large-scale engineering industries.
- Software development organizations.
- Telecommunication and infrastructure providers.
Other:
- The program is ranked 5th for research in the UK by Times Higher Education.
- 94% of the program's research is assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent.
- The program offers a number of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) studentships to eligible applicants covering tuition fees, maintenance stipend, and research travel expenses.
- The program is supported by a team of world-leading researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Bath, as well as industry experts.
UK: full-time £4,758 per year Overseas: full-time £26,000 per year For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year.
