CEDAR, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber-Physical Systems for Medicines and Development Manufacturing

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Key facts

  • Number of scholarships: 18
  • Value: Home fee, international fee, stipend, training activities
  • Opens: 13 May 2024
  • Helps with: Internship work placement or project costs, Living costs, Tuition fees
  • Duration: 4 years

Summary

CEDAR is an ambitious 8.5-year programme funded by a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) grant from UKRI, developed in collaboration with industry partners. CEDAR aims to develop the way that can help make medicines manufacturing more sustainable, resilient and human-centric. This ground-breaking programme is set to revolutionise the pharmaceutical and technology sectors by addressing critical skills needs within the industry.

The offered studentships cover home tuition fees, and research/training costs and provide a monthly stipend for 4 years. Eligible candidates for home fees include UK nationals, Irish nationals, applicants with settled or pre-settled status in the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme, and those with indefinite leave to remain in the UK.

Please note there are only 3 fully funded studentships available for international candidates.

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Eligibility

Applicants require an upper-second or first-class BSc Honours degree, or a Masters qualifications of equal or higher standard, in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Computer Science or a related discipline. If English is not your first language, you must have an IELTS score of at least 6.5 with no component below 5.5

Subject eligibility

Science

Levels eligibility

Postgraduate Research

Study modes eligibility

Full Time

Fee Status

England or N. Ireland or Rep. Ireland or Wales, Home (Scottish), International

Student type

Applicant

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Project details

By developing novel Cyber-physical systems that harness the power of digital technologies including artificial intelligence, robotics and augmented reality, CEDAR will deliver the talent pipeline of future leaders who can help to bring new medicines to patients, faster, more sustainably and cost-effectively.

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Further information

Why Study at CMAC?

CMAC’s CEDAR programme will equip our graduates with a range of transferrable skills to support them in their future careers.
CMAC provides students with the opportunity for industrial placements and provides access to our world-class facilities and diverse skills development programmes.

Students will work with an excellent team of academic supervisors and will benefit from mentoring by leading industrialists throughout their studies. This ensures that all researchers receive expert input on the industrial relevance and context of their work, as well as feedback and advice on projects.

At CMAC, PhD researchers have a unique opportunity to undertake an innovative industrial placement at one of our tier 1 industrial partners (AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sanofi, Chiesi, UCB, Takeda, Lilly and Roche).

These placements provide our students with vital industrial knowledge and experience that can help shape their research projects and equip them with practical skills essential for success in their future careers.

In your application, please specify your preference for CEDAR projects (i.e., Topics 1-3) and host institution (i.e., University of Strathclyde, Leeds, Sheffield or Imperial College).

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How to apply

To apply and see the current list of projects, please visit the CEDAR website.