The first task of this team is to help you prepare your registration, which normally takes place after an initial probationary period of six months. Registration is generally for the MPhil degree in the first instance and this is converted to PhD registration after sufficient progress has been made. Most of the School's academic staff belong to one of a number of research centres and groups. So you can expect to belong to a small team of research students working on similar problems. You need to think long and hard before doing a research degree.
Most people find the change from a taught course to self-directed study to be very hard.
And at the end, although being able to call yourself 'Dr' is very nice, in computing it doesn't often qualify you directly for anything except academic work. Of course, doing a research degree does indirectly qualify you for many things. And the excitement and satisfaction of finding new facts, or a new idea, or a new way of looking at something, can reward you in a way almost no other activity can. Please contact Prof Nimal Nissanke in the first instance if you would like to know more. Route Map .