Engineered Materials for High Performance Applications in Aerospace and Related Technologies

Department of Metallurgy and Materials

This four-year EngD degree programme is designed for both full-time students and seconded employees. It will develop professional engineering research skills and materials expertise through research interspersed with taught courses.

EngD research projects are company-based, with at least one industrial and one academic supervisor. Industrial partners include Rolls-Royce plc, TWI, QinetiQ, Goodrich, BAE SYSTEMS, Mettis Aerospace, Firth-Rixson and Doncasters. The programme is co-ordinated from the EngD Centre at Birmingham, but can be networked between any of the five EngD partner Universities (Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Southampton and Swansea), giving wide access to specialised techniques and equipment.

The research programme may consist of a single project or a group of linked projects with a common theme. Students can commence their studies at any stage during the year.

Candidates should have a 1st or 2.1 in Metallurgy, Materials Science or Engineering. The tax free stipend for UK candidates from October 2005 is £18,500 per year.

Initial enquiries to: Professor Paul Bowen, EngD Centre Director (tel: 0121 414 5186; email: )

University of Birmingham, Department of Metallurgy and Materials, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT http://www.bham.ac.uk/metallurgy