Centres of Doctoral Training
We offer a variety of interdisciplinary Centres of Doctoral Training, which aim to provide postgraduate researchers with the skills and knowledge needed to tackle today's global issues. They bring together various areas of expertise and offer a dynamic environment for PhD student training. We have 15 CDTs actively recruiting cohorts, with eight continuing after appointing their final cohort.
Currently Recruiting
Cross-Faculty
Leverhulme TRANSFORM
TRANSFORM is a Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship Programme that provides a new research training pathway for sustainability science at Warwick, offering 18 PhD scholarships to train a new generation of transdisciplinary leaders who are able to address current and future sustainability challenges. First intake 2021.
Faculty of Arts
CADRE (Centre for Arts Doctoral Research Excellence)
Recruiting through Midlands4Cities. CADRE is the PhD training and development hub for the Faculty of Arts at Warwick. PhD students from every department across the Faculty of Arts are automatically given membership of the centre, and encouraged to take full advantage of its interdisciplinary events and networks.
AHRC Midlands4Cities DTP (M4C)
M4C brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands (led by the University of Nottingham) to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers. Offering 3.5 years of maintenance grant and fees, with access to additional funding to support research expenses. First Intake 2019.
Faculty of Social Sciences
ESRC DTP (Midlands Graduate School)
The Midlands Graduate School, led by the University of Warwick, supports the professional and personal development of the next generation of social science researchers. Offering 1+3 years (MA and PhD) or 3.5 years (PhD) of maintenance grant and fees, with access to additional funding to support research expenses. First Intake 2017.
Faculty of Science, Engineering & Medicine
Analytical Science CDT
With the world-leading facilities and expertise in Analytical Science at Warwick and partner external facilities at their disposal, our students will graduate with a unique combination of skills in exploiting synergies between different experimental methods and in harnessing the power of combining data collection with experimental design, statistical analysis and simulation. Offering 1+3 years (MSc and PhD) or 3.5 years (PhD) of maintenance grant and fees, with access to additional funding to support research expenses. First Intake 2019.
Computer Science CDT
The CS CDT provides a stimulating research environment for our PhD students, enrich their experience, and strengthen their research quality. The CDT provides opportunities for our PhD students to gain foundational training, specialist knowledge, multi-disciplinary expertise and the leadership skills necessary for computer science researchers. First Intake 2019.
Diamond Science and Technology CDT
The DST Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) produces students with a skill set that matches the interdisciplinary nature of research required to establish the UK as a front runner in the development and exploitation of emerging DST. Offering 3.5 years of maintenance grant and fees, with access to additional funding to support research expenses. First Intake 2019.
Future Mobility Technologies CDT
The CDT FMT will see the School of Engineering and WMG jointly train cohorts of 10 students who will choose research across two streams: Wide Bandgap Power Electronics (WBG PE) and Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) whilst working closely with multiple leading companies and organisations. Offering 3.5 years of maintenance grant and fees, with access to additional funding to support research expenses. First Intake 2019.
HetSys CDT (Modelling of Heterogeneous Systems)
HetSys is an entirely new EPSRC-supported Centre for Doctoral Training. It is recruiting enthusiastic students from across the physical sciences who enjoy using their mathematical skills and thinking flexibly to solve complex problems. Offering 4 years of maintenance grant and fees, with access to additional funding to support research expenses. First Intake 2019.
Institute for Global Pandemic Planning
The IGPP combines world-class expertise in Mathematical Epidemiology, Public Health, and Behavioural Science to develop comprehensive solutions for the impacts of pandemics. Offering 4 years of maintenance grant and fees and an initial 6-month taught programme. First Intake 2021.
Mathematics & Statistics CDT
The Warwick Centre of Doctoral Training (CDT) in Mathematics and Statistics is a new collaboration between the Mathematics Institute and the Department of Statistics starting in 2019. The two departments share a culture of research crossing boundaries within the mathematical sciences and reaching out to other disciplines. Offering 3.5 years of maintenance grant and fees, with access to additional funding to support research expenses. First Intake 2019.
MathSys CDT (Mathemtatics for Real-World Systems)
MathSys is dedicated to tackling real-world problems that require the development of novel mathematics. We learn of these problems through our interaction with external partners from industry, finance and health, who represent some of the leading establishments in the UK. First Intake 2014.
MIBTP (Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership)
The MIBTP is a BBSRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership between Warwick, Aston University, the University of Birmingham, Harper Adams Universities and the University of Leicester. MIBTP has an ambitious vision to deliver innovative, world-class research across the Life Sciences to boost the growing Bioeconomy in the Midlands and across the UK. First Intake 2020.
MRC DTP in IBR
The MRC in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research is an international cross-institutional endeavour creating future scientific leaders trained in quantitative and interdisciplinary skills. The programme focuses on addressing important biomedical questions with translational applications in collaboration with both NHS partners and industry. First Intake 2012.
NERC CENTA
No Longer Recruiting
Cross-Faculty
Leverhulme Bridges Programme
The Bridges CDT aims to provide PhD students with deep knowledge of contemporary research questions in the social sciences, and rigorous training in the mathematical and computational approaches needed to answer them. Last Intake 2018.
Faculty of Social Sciences
ESRC DTC
Superceded by ESRC DRP. Established in 2011, Warwick's ESRC DTC covered 20 pathway subject areas across the social sciences, providing financial and research support to a number of students looking to improve their skills and knowledge through postgraduate study. Last intake 2016.
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diamond Science and Technology
Superceded by Warwick DST CDT. Our National Centre of Excellence for graduate training in Diamond Science and Technology (DST) has diamond-based research at the core of all activities. The Centre involves a collaboration between nine UK universities and over thirty companies, keen to exploit the vast potential of diamond. Last intake 2019.
EPSRC Molecular Analytical Science CDT
Our National Centre of Excellence for graduate training in Diamond Science and Technology (DST) has diamond-based research at the core of all activities. The Centre involves a collaboration between nine UK universities and over thirty companies, keen to exploit the vast potential of diamond. Last intake 2019.
EPSRC MASDOC
Supersceded by Maths & Stats CDT. MASDOC is one of the first Centres for Doctoral Training dedicated to mathematical sciences, and is run jointly between the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics.The MASDOC doctoral training programme has a broad scope, but is rooted in four themes: analysis, computation and numerical analysis, probability, and statistics. Last intake 2018.
EPSRC OxWaSp CDT
The Oxford-Warwick Centre is dedicated to providing the organisation, environment and personnel needed to develop the future industrial and academic research leaders in statistics for modern day science, engineering and commerce, all exemplified by 'big data'. last intake 2018.
Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing CDT
The Centre offered an EngD International qualification in SMM and will address industry-driven research challenges such as establishing natural or recovered materials as feed-stocks; reducing process inputs and outputs without compromising performance or economic viability; extracting high value materials from waste streams; and ultimately establishing economic and environmental sustainability.
BBSRC & EPSRC SynBio CDT - Centre for Doctoral Training in Synthetic Biology
The EPSRC & BBSRC Synthetic Biology Centre for Doctoral Training is a 4-year doctoral programme that offers training in the new field of Synthetic Biology, the 'Engineering of Biology'. This centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Warwick, Oxford and Bristol. Last intake 2018.
EPSRC Urban Science CDT
To enable future cities to deliver services, while keeping their citizens safe, healthy, prosperous, and well informed, requires a step-change in knowledge and understanding. WISC focuses on the means to gather city-scale data, and the apparatus to transform this data into knowledge, capitalising on emerging developments in big data and in interdisciplinary solutions to the world’s urban challenges.
Archived
Complexity Science
Supersceded by MathSys. The Centre for Complexity Science is training a new generation of complexity scientists at PhD level, teaching knowledge and skills to understand, control and design complex systems. Last intake 2014.
iMR CDT - Integrated Magnetic Resonance
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Integrated Magnetic Resonance (iMR) involves internationally-leading researchers at the Universities of Warwick, St Andrews/Dundee, Southampton, Nottingham and Aberdeen as well as all the major industrial Magnetic Resonance companies.
MOAC - Molecular Organisation and Assembly in Cells
Supersceded by MAS and subsequently AS CDT. The MOAC Centre for Doctoral Training was established in 2003 to catalyse research and training at Warwick across the physical/life sciences interface. It was formed in response to the EPSRC’s aim to embed physical sciences methodologies into solving biological sciences problems. Last intake 2013.
Systems Biology CDT
Systems Biology Centre for Doctoral Training students in this DTC receive state-of-the-art training in systems biology research and carry out a wide range of exciting PhD projects focusing on model bacterial, animal and plant systems. Last intake 2013.