{"id":75,"date":"2026-06-24T12:21:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:21:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:21:57","slug":"phd-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/phd-students\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The School has around 70 postgraduate research students studying across all of our research areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year we advertise a range of defined research projects and expect to recruit full-time postgraduate students to a selection of those projects, on fully-funded studentships (providing fees and stipend).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part-time, self-funded postgraduate students on self-defined projects are also welcomed where the projects closely match the interests and activities of staff members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The usual start date for new PhD students is 1st October, but we sometimes have projects and studentships available for start on 1st February too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find current projects for which studentships are available by clicking on the Current PhD Studentships heading.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Postgraduate Research Tutors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stem.open.ac.uk\/people\/aka56\">Dr Katerina Alexiou<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stem.open.ac.uk\/people\/jb36559\">Dr James Bowen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stem.open.ac.uk\/people\/dv2246\">Dr Dimitar Valchev<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School has around 70 postgraduate research students studying across all of our research areas. 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