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University of Oxford: Superconductivity: Enabling Transformative Technologies
| Institution | University of Oxford |
|---|---|
| Department | Physics |
| Web | http://www.ox.ac.uk/study |
| graduate.admissions@admin.ox.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +44 (0)1865 270059 |
| Study type | Research |
Summary
The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2025). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.
This four-year course is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) on Superconductivity: Enabling Transformative Technologies and is designed to equip students with advanced skills to tackle the biggest challenges in superconductivity.
The aim of the Superconductivity CDT is to train you with the essential multidisciplinary skills required to support the growing UK superconductivity industry and develop the transformative technologies needed to engineer Net-Zero, improved healthcare, and quantum devices.
The CDT brings together graduate superconductivity training at the Universities of Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge across their Physics, Materials, Engineering and Chemistry departments.
The CDT has partnerships with several major companies which use superconducting technology as well as with international large-scale facilities. This new centre will form a nucleus for the entire UK superconductivity community, offering training and networking opportunities to those in the wider ecosystem.
The Superconductivity CDT will train a new generation of superconductivity scientists to make substantial contributions in the development of transformative technologies through six closely connected themes.
Course structure During the first year (or first two years if studying part-time) you will take a series of eight well-structured, graduate-level lecture courses, which will lead you through the many aspects of superconductivity research from the fundamental theory, via the science of material design, to the application.
There will be a range of taught modules and you will choose eight lecture courses, comprising five lectures per course, and additional practical or computational courses that are most relevant to your degree progression. You are likely to spend around half your time doing research, with the remaining half dedicated to taught modules, partner placements, cohort and group activities.
After the first year you will focus mainly on your research project, although alongside this you will be involved in outreach activities, and participate in cohort activities focused on additional soft skills training to prepare you for your future career along with thesis writing.
The CDT training contains a partner placement or a mini project for up to six weeks which will be co-delivered with the CDT partners and could take place away from Oxford.
DPhil
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas |
| Location | University of Oxford University Offices Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JD |
| Level | RQF Level 8 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas |
| Location | University of Oxford University Offices Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JD |
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