By choosing to study at Manchester you will be joining one of the most innovative and successful schools of computer science in the world. Manchester saw the birth of computer science, with the creation of the world's first stored-program computer, and has contributed over the years to some of the discipline's most exciting and important innovations.

We continue to work on pioneering research including cutting-edge image processing software, new technologies to exploit the power of the web, medical imaging software and low-power chip design. Visit the link below to find out more about Computer Science Postgraduate Research Degree Programmes available.

New: Google European Doctoral Fellowship Programme, close date: 19.2.10

We are seeking to recruit up to two PhD students who are eligible to be nominated for the Google European Doctoral Fellowship Programme for 2010. The programme, running for the first time this year, has been established by Google to support the best and brightest PhD students in the field of Computer Science. Europe’s leading Computer Science departments have been asked to nominate candidates for these fully funded fellowships to study PhD topics ranging from computer architecture to cloud computing. The full range of research areas is listed below. The Google Fellowships are open to prospective home/EU and international PhD students.

Current active research projects are listed here. These are projects suggested by members of academic staff. Students can browse and chose suitable project from the list. Alternatively, there are options for submitting proposals for personal project through area supervisors. Advice on writing a research proposal is available from here.