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Centres for Doctoral Training

Heriot-Watt University helps trains the future generation of researchers across eight inter-university Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs), leading on four of these.

Six centres including two new centres are led by the university, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC):

  • EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Green Industrial Futures. Visit the website for more information.
  • EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics (Use-Inspired Photonic Sensing and Metrology). Visit the website for more information.

We co-lead, in collaboration with the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, the UK's first centre to offer specific training in algebra, geometry, topology and mathematical physics:

  • EPSRC CDT in Algebra, Geometry and Quantum Fields. Visit the website for more information.

and the university is a partner in the new:

  • EPSRC and MOD CDT in Sensing, Processing, and AI for Defence and Security, led by the University of Edinburgh. Visit the website for more information.
  • EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Informatics led by University of Edinburgh. Visit the website for more information.
  • PSRC CDT in Applied Quantum Technologies, led by University of Strathclyde. Visit the website for more information.

To read more about the EPSRC-funded CDTs, announced on 12 March 2024, follow the news link.

We also lead and are recruiting for:

  • UKRI AI CDT in Dependable and Deployable Artificial Intelligence for Robotics (D2AIR). For more information visit the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics website.
  • NERC Centre for Ecologically Relevant Multiple Stressor Effects on Wildlife (ECOWILD) funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. For more information visit the ECOWILD website or email ecowild@hw.ac.uk

Existing partner-led Centres for Doctoral Training: