Type of programme
Research
Duration
PhD – 3 years full-time
MPhil – 1-2 years
Starting date
Research degrees can start at any time by agreement with the supervisor
Academic school
The School of Civil Engineering
Entry requirements
The normal entrance qualification for PhD study is either at least an upper second-class Honours degree, or a first degree of a lower classification, along with an MSc or evidence of substantial relevant industrial experience
International entry requirements
We accept a range of qualifications from different countries. See www.international.bham.ac.uk/countryinfo
Standard English language requirements apply
How to apply
See the How to apply section for full details
Apply online www.apply.bham.ac.uk
Fees and funding
See the fees and finance section
Fees
Standard fees apply
Scholarships and studentships
We have several research council studentships, bursaries and postgraduate scholarships available, most of which provide full funding and some of which are enhanced by industrial funding where the topic has a specific industrial relevance. Other sources of funding are the EPSRC, the BBSRC, the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), the European Union and industrial funding for UK and EU students. International students can often gain funding through overseas research scholarships, Commonwealth scholarships or their home government.
For more information contact the School directly or email financialsupport@bham.ac.uk
International students
See also www.international.bham.ac.uk/scholarships.htm
This is an area of growing importance due to the demands of increasingly sophisticated western societies and the parallel requirements of minimising public spending and environmental damage. The subject affects all our lives and is rarely out of the news (for example, flood risk management, leakage from water supply pipelines, landfill waste management).
- Geotechnical engineering – trenchless pipelaying and long-distance cable laying (for example, to offshore wind farms); the interaction between new and existing tunnels; 'smart monitoring' of tunnel linings and buried pipes; buried cast iron pipe–soil interactions; chemical soil stabilisation using electro-kinetics; buried utility service location and mapping; sustainable urban utility provision; collapsible and residual soils; fibre-reinforced soil; the treatment of contaminated soils, liquid wastes and quarry fines; application of accelerated carbonation technology to contaminated soils; leakage from water pipelines; ground improvement techniques.
- Water engineering – the hydraulics of flows in natural and compound channels; the development of mathematical models for reducing the uncertainty in conveyance estimation; the hydrological modelling of water surplus and deficit; real time river flow forecasting.
- Environmental engineering – water quality in treatment works and distribution systems (for example, disinfection by-product formation and chlorine decay); the use of fluorescence spectroscopy to assess water and wastewater quality; water reuse; impacts of climate change; mathematical modelling of activated sludge plants; paper mill wastewater treatment; thermophilic aerobic and mesophilic anaerobic digestion of sewage sludges; biofilms in submerged aerobic filters, CFD modelling of unit processes; asset deterioration modelling and management; improved hydraulic prediction for in-stream habitats; methods of improving water quality and the environment for urban river regeneration; modelling of the catchment of the River Tame in the West Midlands; pollution dispersion in urban areas; and cereal crop and orchard damage due to high winds.
Contacts and further information
Contact: Professor Chris Rogers
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5066
Email: c.d.f.rogers@bham.ac.uk
Related links
Research degrees in Civil Engineering
Other programmes in the School of Civil Engineering
School of Civil Engineering website www.eng.bham.ac.uk/civil
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