A track-record in achievement and academic excellence

The new Centre builds on the success of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics. It will provide training in the key skills that future engineers in the field of Propulsion and Power will need to become leaders in research and design.

Why choose the CDT?

To accomplish this, the CDT has assembled the UK’s three leading universities in the field of propulsion and power aerodynamics (Cambridge, Oxford and Loughborough) and some of the world’s leading gas turbine and turbomachinery manufacturers (Rolls-Royce, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Siemens and Dyson). The programme is guided by an Advisory Group of the world’s top experts (from NASA, Rolls-Royce and MIT). The resulting partnership of academia and industry enables the CDT to deliver a unique whole engine, whole sector, training experience.

The CDT in Future Propulsion and Power is a 4 year programme: a 1 year masters course leading to the MRes in Future Propulsion and Power, followed by a 3 year PhD project sponsored by one of the collaborating companies (Rolls-Royce, MHI, Siemens, Dyson). The training approach taken by the MRes is holistic and incorporates ‘hands on’ experience of real products as well as access to diverse material previously only available on specialist industry courses. Projects focus both on the detail of key technologies, and also on the integrated nature of the gas turbine as a whole. The CDT will teach the skills, and provide the necessary environment, to develop research questions and projects that deliver both academic excellence and maximum industrial impact.