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Engineering (School of Engineering) MPhil/PhD

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Find out more about our MPhil/PhD in Engineering (School of Engineering).

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P-H1Q2

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PhD/MPhil

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3-4 years full-time;
Up to 7 years part-time

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06 October 2025

05 January 2026

01 April 2026

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Engineering

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University of Warwick

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Our MPhil/PhD in Engineering offers an effective mix of academic and practical application. Warwick's School of Engineering has expertly designed this programme to allow you to gain valuable research skills and knowledge.

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Students register in the first instance for the degree of MPhil unless otherwise approved by the Board of Graduate Studies. Subject to satisfactory progress, registration may be upgraded to the degree of PhD. 

To satisfy the requirements of a PhD, the thesis must constitute a substantial original contribution to knowledge and is, in principle, worthy of peer-reviewed publications. The thesis shall be clearly and concisely written and well-argued and shall show a satisfactory knowledge of both primary and secondary sources. It shall contain a full bibliography and, where appropriate, a description of methods and techniques used in the research.

The maximum length of the thesis is 70,000 words for PhD in the Faculty of Science. These limits are exclusive of appendices, footnotes, tables and bibliography. The total length of all appendices combined may not exceed 5,000 words in length.

You must attend an oral examination (viva voce), which shall cover the thesis itself and the field of study in which the thesis has been written. The examiners may also require that you take a written and/or practical examination. You must complete the oral examination and written and/or practical examination satisfactorily to satisfy the requirements for the degree.

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Areas for supervision

Overarching research themes

Our organisational structure connects our research with our study programmes to ensure quality research-led teaching.

We have four disciplines shaping our framework, they are:

  • Civil and Environmental
  • Electrical and Electronic
  • Mechanical, Materials and Process
  • Systems and Information

Discipline streams

Civil and Environmental

Our Civil and Environmental researchers work on a broad range of global research challenges underpinning civil engineering.

Combining modelling with practical experimentation, they tackle issues such as:

  • Low carbon structures and structures using high-performance materials.
  • Structural dynamics and structural health monitoring
  • Vibration serviceability
  • Human interaction with structures
  • Resilient infrastructure to Climate Change
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Sustainable ground improvement material and techniques
  • Geohazards prediction and mitigation
  • Offshore geotechnics
  • Tunnelling and underground space

Key specialisms within the Civil and Environmental Engineering stream include Water and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Geotechnical Engineering.

Electrical and Electronic

The Electrical and Electronic Engineering research group covers a range of Power, sustainability, and improved communications at the heart of our Electrical and Electronic stream.

Key areas of research include:

  • Artificial olfaction (or 'electronic nose')
  • Electrical energy conversion
  • Grid-scale energy storage
  • Nanoscale communications
  • Quantum devices

Key specialisms include Communications, Electrical Power and Sensors and Devices.

Mechanical, Materials and Process

Our Mechanical, Materials and Process Engineering discipline is our largest and most diverse stream. The stream has research groups in the fields of:

  • Chemical engineering
  • Fluid mechanics
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Sustainable thermal energy technologies

Current research interests include: efficient production of green chemicals and low carbon fuels; investigating flow dynamics from the nanoscale to global environmental systems; atomic scale modelling of materials to improve their functional properties; experimental materials science for applications including silicon photovoltaic solar cells, terahertz imaging, optoelectronic devices based on 2D materials, sensing, and photoelectrochemical water splitting; developing methods of precision measurement for automotive, aerospace, bioengineering, healthcare applications; developing new technology for sustainable energy systems such as solar collectors, heat pumps and thermal storage.

Systems and Information

The Systems and Information research group bring together expertise in:

  • Nonlinear and stochastic systems
  • Modelling of human activity
  • Biomedical Systems Modelling and Data Analytics
  • Neural engineering
  • Telemedicine
  • Imaging
  • Synthetic biology

Much of the research undertaken is around health and security and the nature of the work means that many labs are cross-group. Key specialisms include Biomedical and Biological Systems, Data Analytics and Systems Modelling and Control.

Explore our research areas on our Engineering web pages.Link opens in a new window

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Find your supervisor using the link below and discuss with them the area you'd like to research.

Explore our Engineering Academic Staff DirectoryLink opens in a new window where you will be able to filter by your disciplinary interest.

Please note our Modelling of Heterogenous Systems PhD offers a range of research projects. A research proposal is not required. Instead, you should nominate one to three projects that you are interested in, in order of preference.

Learn more about our groups and projects.

You can also see our general University guidance about finding a supervisor.

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2:1 undergraduate degree in a related subject or Master’s degree at merit level (or equivalent).

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  • Band A
  • IELTS overall score of 6.5, minimum component scores not below 6.0.

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There are no additional entry requirements for this course.