The PhD programme offers flexible supervision between The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China (UNNC) and The University of Nottingham, UK. Depending on the proposed research, students may be required to spend part of their studies at The University of Nottingham, UK. Still, students will be registered at UNNC, and graduates will be awarded a University of Nottingham, UK degree which is also recognised by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

PhD programmes in the FoSE

• Built Environment 
• Project Management 
• Chemical Engineering 
• Environmental Engineering 
• Civil Engineering 
• Computer Science & Operations Research 
• Computational Intelligence in Transport 
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering 
• Renewable Energy Technologies 
• Geographic Science
• Applied Mathematics 
• Manufacturing Engineering 
• Mechanical Engineering 
• Sustainable Manufacturing 
• Sustainable Energy Technologies 
• Sustainable Building Technology 
• Aerospace Engineering

For any general enquiries about the FoSE PhD programmes, please contact:

PGR@nottingham.edu.cn

FOSE_Research@nottingham.edu.cn

To be considered for admission to a postgraduate research programme, applicants should have met both the minimum academic and English language requirements.

You should be aware that some other factors are also important for your application.

The following will be considered when making an offer:

• Academic performance during the undergraduate and postgraduate study
• Research papers published in international academic journals
• Quality of the research proposal
• Research potential and attitude
• English proficiency

Click here to check the entry requirements in detail.

Key dates

Application deadlines and registration dates

How to apply

We welcome qualifying applications all year round. You may consider either a Spring or Autumn entry that better suits your study plan. To ensure you will be able to register on your desired date, please submit your application at least 3 months in advance. If you are applying for a PhD scholarship, please refer to each scholarship's deadline.

Click here to check your application procedure.

If you want to apply for a PhD program in Faculty of Science and Engineering, please refer to Graduate School's website for more information.