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Prospective Industry Sponsors

The EngD can be viewed as an advanced, research apprenticeship, suitable for new recruits as well as for existing employees.

We welcome applicants from all nations and backgrounds. The University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. Applications are particularly welcome from women, who are under-represented in Research and Development posts.

Industrial Supervisors

Each Research Engineer (RE) needs an Industrial Supervisor. Every prospective Industry Sponsor will need to provide information about staff members who will take on the role of the Industrial Supervisor for a Research Engineer. Potential Industrial Supervisors should ideally hold an EngD, PhD or other doctorate in a relevant topic, or show an established research record, and also have experience in mentoring.

Registering as an Industry Sponsor

To register as an Industry Sponsor, you need to propose an  and a description of the research to be undertaken. The Industrial Supervisor will be the person who acts as the mentor and contact person for the Research Engineer.

We are happy to accept Industry Sponsors from anywhere in the world. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has a diverse student and staff population, and we greatly value the ability to engage with an international industrial research community.

Industry Sponsors can advertise vacancies at any time, and early advertisement is encouraged. To advertise a vacancy, please contact us directly. Also, please contact us if you have any queries at engd-admin-cs@st-andrews.ac.uk.

We would also encourage you to send us information if you have it ready, using , as soon as possible, especially if your are planning to use this EngD as a recruitment platform – we will be happy to advertise the vacancy for you on this website.

Benefits to industry

The Association of Engineering Doctorates () lists key benefits to industry from an EngD:

  • human capital and skills development, benefiting individual careers, collective knowledge and skills of the industrial sponsor, and sector-wide impact through improved quality
  • generation of new knowledge for short-, mid- and long-term application
  • innovation, including outputs such as the potential for patents, spinouts and commercialisation
  • knowledge networks and collaboration, establishing links between academia and industry, as well as between industries

For the EngD in Computer Science at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, there are the following added benefits:

  • scope and flexibility of topics for research, as our EngD programme is not specifically targeted at one area
  • the ability for an applicant’s previous education history to be considered for entry directly into the second year of the EngD programme
  • non-traditional entry routes for admission on to the EngD programme
  • flexibility in undertaking the taught modules across the first two years of the programme, rather than in a single year

Intellectual property

A key outcome from an EngD will be the generation of new knowledge and intellectual property (IP). For promoting scientific goals, such as reproducibility and increased velocity in research outcomes, as well as for promoting open research, the default IP agreement will be that any IP generated is shared equally between the RE, Industrial Sponsor, and the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

However, before starting the Individual Research Component (IRC), each Research Engineer will have in place an individually-tailored IP agreement and contract with the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, to suit the specific requirements of the Research Engineer and the Industrial Sponsor, and so arrangements other than the default case are possible.

Fees and costs

Tuition fees for postgraduate research programmes depend on Research Engineer fee status which will determine the level of tuition fees you will have to pay. Additionally the RE receives a stipend in line with the current .

Information on Postgraduate fees and funding will give you guidance on what fees will be required.

There may be other costs to the Research Engineer, such as travel for meetings, attendance at workshops or conferences, publication costs, purchase of specialist equipment, access to specialist facilities, etc.

All costs are normally borne by the Industry Sponsor.

Of course, in terms of resources at the University, the Research Engineer will have access to the learning, teaching, and research resources offered to all of our research students.

Tax

HMRC (His Majesty's Revenue and Customs) has attractive . So, each Industry Sponsor should check their specific entitlement to claim relief for any and all contributions for the Research Engineer, or any other costs (such as equipment, travel, and administration) in support of the Research Engineer and/or engagement with the EngD programme.

Further information

We would be very happy to discuss any aspect of the programme with you.

  • If you have any queries, please send an email to engd-admin-cs@st-andrews.ac.uk.
  • You can also phone the School on +44 (0)1334 46 3253 during normal office hours, Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00 UK time. Please note that there is no voicemail service on this line.