PhD in Chemical and Process Engineering - Sustainable Systems and Processes (Nuclear Engineering)

University of Leeds

To complete a postgraduate research programme, you’ll need to be dedicated and passionate about your area of study. But it’ll be well worth it. Being a doctoral student is challenging, yet incredibly rewarding. You are expected to carry out a programme of research in a particular area under the supervision of a primary supervisor and one or more co-supervisors. A PhD is the most internationally recognised research qualification, and is the most commonly pursued research degree at Leeds. Typically, throughout your PhD you will undertake research in different stages across years one, two and three. However, your research degree may be longer depending on the project you have chosen.The Nuclear Engineering Group is multidisciplinary academic team, covering various research areas across the nuclear fuel cycle. We have a strong working relationship with industry to provide a firm basis for the relevance of our research, and a long track record of research partnerships with companies and organisations across the UK’s civil nuclear sector. Currently, we are active in £3m of research funding, from RCUK, EU, BEIS and industry. Additionally, the University has invested over £1.25m into specialist laboratory facilities, including new uranics laboratories providing researchers at Leeds, and from across the UK, with wet and dry process engineering facilities and a rig hall, opening up new opportunities for work on the nuclear fuel cycle.