Graduate study opportunities within DMSM
The Department has a thriving graduate school with approximately 130 PhD students on the Graduate Register at any one time. Around 20 students are admitted to the MPhil in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise in October each year.
The Department offers different types of graduate study:
- taught 1-year Master of Advanced Study (MASt) in Materials Science
- taught 1-year MPhil Programme in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise
- research programmes of varying lengths
- Board of Graduate Studies entries:
- 1-year MPhil
- 2-year MSc
- 3-year PhD
- 4-year PhD (Rolls-Royce Doctoral Training Partnership)
- PhD (NanoDTC)
- EngD
Within DMSM, graduate admissions are administered by Dr Rosie Ward, who is very willing to give informal advice to prospective students on the adminssions process.
The Department is also a partner in the interdisciplinary University of Cambridge Nanoscience & Technology Doctoral Training Centre (NanoDTC) [this course will appear as PhD (Probationary) in Nanotechnology DTC (4 yrs) on the application form] and has joint responsibility for the Photonics Systems Development Doctoral Training Centre with University College London (UCL).