UK Defence Ministry Funds Two New Doctoral Training Centres

Published on March 12, 2024



The £16 million investment will fund Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT) led from the universities of Southampton and Edinburgh, forging closer links between defence and academia.

The 2 centres are among 65 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) CDT which will support the training of 4,000 doctoral students over the next 9 years. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) will work closely with staff at Southampton and Edinburgh to align the centres' operations with the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) strategic priorities and research programmes.

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