About the PhD Programme
The PhD programme in Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust aims to develop future security research leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs with a broad understanding of cyber security, privacy and trust and an appreciation of the interplay between technical, business, legal and social aspects.
The Programme
The PhD in Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust is hosted by the School of Informatics (largest informatics school in Europe) and is hosted by the Security, Privacy and Trust research group within the School of Informatics.
Programme general information
- The PhD programme is normally 3 years, but may have periods of industrial placement which pause or extend study.
- For industry supported PhDs, the PhD topic is co-created between the sponsoring company and academic supervisor(s)
- A partner company may be involved in the student selection as well as project specification
- There are match funding opportunities for partner companies to reduce PhD studentship cost
Themes for PhD projects
Topics can be any related project under the following general themes within our current research portfolio:
- Artificial Intelligence and Security
- Data Science and Security
- Cryptography and Distributed Ledger (Blockchain and Crypto)
- Secure Future Networks
- Hardware and Systems Security
- Privacy and Security for Devices and IoT (Internet of Things)
- Protocol and Program Verification
- Quantum Cyber Security
- Quantum Computing and Applications
- Socio-technical
- Human Factors
- Law and FinTech Risk
A Rich Ongoing Connection to Industries
Sponsored PhD students can work closely with a industry supervisor as well as an academic supervision team. Sponsored students often will undertake an industrial placement period with the industry partner as part of an overal training plan including other business and entrepreneurship training opportunities.
Get in touch
Programme Director |
Prof. David Aspinall |
Industrial Relations Manager |
Relevant links
Security, Privacy and Trust group