Kent Research Institute PhD Scholarship for Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS)

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Scholarship value

The successful candidate of the scholarship will receive the following:

  • Annual stipend at UKRI rates (£18,622 in 2023/24);
  • Annual tuition fees at Home rates (£4,712 in 2023/24)

NOTE: This scholarship call covers full costs of Home (UK) applicants. EU and international applicants are welcome to apply but they must be willing to make up the fee difference between Home and International rates.

Deadline

The deadline for this scholarship has now passed.

Criteria

Applicants to a PhD programme should normally hold a good Honours degree (First or 2:1) or a Master’s Degree (at Merit or Distinction) in a relevant discipline, or the equivalent from an internationally recognised institution. In addition, programmes of study at individual schools have specific entry requirements that need to be fulfilled (for these, please check under the ‘entry requirements’ tab on Kent’s course finder page).

The University of Kent requires all non-native speakers of English to reach a minimum standard of proficiency in written and spoken English before beginning a postgraduate degree. For more information on English language requirements, please visit this page.

Further details

The Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) at the University of Kent is delighted to invite applications for a single doctoral scholarship starting in the academic year 2023 (from September 2023). The call is open to candidates interested in pursuing a PhD programme within two participating schools of iCSS (School of Computing, and School of Engineering) on a research project directly linked to iCSS.

iCSS promote wide-ranging interdisciplinary research in cyber security and help enhance the cyber security skills and awareness of their students and the wider community. iCSS achieve this through a diverse range of cyber security activities, including research, education, and wider impact activities. Our external partnerships with industries, governmental bodies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) enable us to develop wide-ranging collaborations with the cyber security community in the UK and worldwide. iCSS represent the University of Kent as one of the 19 Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACEs-CSR), jointly recognised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, part of GCHQ) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, part of UKRI – UK Research and Innovation). More about iCSS can be found on its website https://cyber.kent.ac.uk/.

How to apply

Applications for the Kent Research Institute scholarships will be student-led. The applicant is required to contact at least one of the following eligible PhD supervisors to discuss their proposed project topic and get one or more of them to agree as the named supervisor(s):

School of Computing: Budi Arief, Mark Batty, Sanjay Bhattacherjee, Virginia Franqueira, Julio Hernandez-Castro, Gareth Howells, Özgür Kafali, Rogério de Lemos, Shujun Li, Jason Nurse, Carlos Perez Delgado, Vineet Rajani

School of Engineering: Richard Guest, Sanaul Hoque

Note that it is possible to name more than one supervisor.

Contact the iCSS Director Professor Shujun Li <S.J.Li@kent.ac.uk> if you have general queries or find it difficult to identify an appropriate supervisor.

Applicants should follow the University of Kent’s online application process. As part of the process, you should include the following:

  • your reasons for study;
  • your research proposal;
  • how your research fits with iCSS’s research themes and cross-cutting topics;
  • details of your qualifications (including at least all university transcripts and degree certificates);
  • two academic references; and
  • other relevant information and supporting documentation.