Postgraduate Training:Water EngD/PhD:The Stream Industrial Doctorate Centre

Postgraduate Training

Stream Research Engineers studying for an EngD spend the first semester of their four year programme (October-December) attending the following taught modules at Cranfield University:

Asset Management, Policy & Strategy
Water & Wastewater Treatment Principles
Process Science & Engineering
Cost Engineering
Risk Management and Reliability Engineering
Group design project

These first three months provide you with the skills needed to survive within an industry environment and to get started on their research activities. Lectures and seminars are delivered by staff from the collaborating universities as well as by industry experts.

The group design project provides an opportunity to develop team working skills and utilise knowledge gained during this first taught element of the programme. Examinations for evaluated elements of the induction semester are completed by early January.

Following the induction semester, Research Engineers begin work on their research projects. 'Additional technical skills training is subsequently obtained through attendance on Masters level technical modules over subsequent years of the programme.'

Stream students studying for a PhD award attend part of the Induction Semester including two of the taught modules listed above.