EPSRC Studentships at the EPSRC CDT in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems, University of Oxford

CDT in Autonomous Intelligent Machines & Systems is part of the TechExpert pilot offering stipends of £31,000 for students eligible for home fee status.

Join us and help grow the UK’s national capability in Autonomous Intelligent Machines & Systems, part of the UK’s modern industrial strategy. Everyone is welcome if you are passionate about Machine Learning, Robotics & Vision, Cyber-Physical Systems, Control & Verification and looking to develop your research and innovation skills at doctoral level to further your career.

TechExpert students will receive an enhanced stipend of £10,000 above the UKRI minimum stipend. In return students will be asked to take part in additional TechExpert activities for up to 10 days each year including outreach to promote tech careers, networking with the TechFirst community and engagement with the tech industry.

The TechExpert pilot, part of the TechFirst skills programme, will support 500 doctoral students in participating UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) and Doctoral Focal Awards (DFAs) in the six frontier industries under the digital and technologies sector in the UK’s modern industrial strategy, plus a small number prioritised for digital and technologies in the Financial Services sector agreed between DSIT and HM Treasury. 

The aim of the TechExpert pilot is strengthen the UK’s innovation pipeline and build a more inclusive, resilient and high-impact research ecosystem. It will test whether a higher stipend makes doctoral study a more competitive and financially viable alternative to entry-level industry roles, retaining talented graduates in research roles at doctoral level to upskill for future tech careers as well as providing a viable way back into these roles for those who are employed.

This programme will be delivered by the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), working with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).