Integrated PhD and MSc in Future Fluid Dynamics

Programme duration: 4 years (FT) or 6.8 years (PT)

Funding: Full standard studentship. Further details and eligibility.

Entry Requirements: A degree equivalent to a UK first class honours, or a high upper second class, in an engineering, mathematics or science discipline.

Website: fluid-dynamics.leeds.ac.uk/programme

The application deadline for September 2025 entry is Friday 11^th April 2025.

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Fluid Dynamics offers a four-year programme that combines an integrated MSc (completed over the first two years) paired with a three-year PhD-level research programme. This gives you a combination of bespoke taught modules and inter-disciplinary research training. You will be part of a supportive cohort of research students with different academic backgrounds, all focusing on different aspects of Future Fluid Dynamics.

During the taught aspects of your course you will receive a range of tailored seminars, lectures and practical laboratories covering data-driven methods for Future Fluid Dynamics; advanced computational and analytical tools; multi-scale experimental techniques; multi-physics and complex fluids. This provides you with a strong background to the fundamentals of Future Fluid Dynamics, thus significantly broadening the PhD topics you can choose from, and the techniques you can apply to your project. In addition you will have access to a wide range of personal development activities. These include: attending and contributing to regular seminar series, workshops, conferences and training events. Your PhD research will be supported by supervisors from at least two different participating Schools, providing you with the opportunity to take part in interdisciplinary study. You will also have the opportunity to work alongside either an international academic or industrial partner for an extended placement.

The major research areas are encompassed in eight cross-disciplinary themes;

• Advanced Manufacturing
• Astrophysics and Geophysics
• Buildings & Cities
• Clean Energy
• Climate & Weather
• Environmental Flows
• Health
• Transport

Future Fluid Dynamics is a crucial discipline for the UK and globally, with significant applications across diverse industries and research domains. It plays a vital role in addressing contemporary societal challenges. It is essential to delivering the clean energy transition, whether through wind, wave or tidal generation, obtaining energy from fusion, or the transport and combustion of greener fuels and carbon capture and storage. In healthcare, fluid dynamics controls oxygen and nutrient transport in the cardiovascular system, the airborne transmission of pathogens and pollutants, and is integral to microfluidics devices for point-of-care diagnostic testing and personalised care. Fluid dynamics is vital to our understanding and mitigation of climate change, capturing the intricacy of extreme earth and space weather events and quantifying uncertainty in environmental flows.

‘I feel that the programme offers excellent experience in applications of academic research in both academia and industry’. Hannah Kreczak, student alumni

‘Being part of a cohort has been great, especially working alongside people from different academic backgrounds’. Rob Kelly, student alumni

The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences holds an Athena SWAN Silver Award in recognition of our success in recruiting, retaining and developing/promoting women in Science, Engineering and Technology.

The programme is available to study part-time or full-time. Please get in touch with us if you would like to discuss this.

As an international research-intensive university, we welcome students from all walks of life and from across the world. We foster an inclusive environment where all can flourish and prosper, and we are proud of our strong commitment to student education. Across all Faculties we are dedicated to diversifying our community and we welcome the unique contributions that individuals can bring, and particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to Black, Asian, people who belong to a minority ethnic community, people who identify as LGBT+ and people with disabilities. Applicants will always be selected based on merit and ability.