Over 80 PhD students undertake research in the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre every year. We are always actively seeking good students to undertake research towards a PhD. We have annual funding for PhD students from EPSRC, BBSRC, EC and a number of other funding bodies that provides fully funded PhD scholarships.
Potential PhD students should have a look at the JWNC web pages and decide on areas in which they are interested before applying .
A list of further scholarships which fund PhD study can be found here.
A number of MSc courses include lectures on "Micro- and Nanotechnology", "Optical Communications" and "Microwave and Millimetre Wave Circuit Design", "Analogue CMOS circuit design", VLSI Design and CAD", all research areas undertaken in the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre.
Details on how to apply for these MSc courses can be found at "How to Apply".
The James Watt Nanofabrication Centre is predominantly used by postgraduate students. A number of undergraduate projects are undertaken in the Centre by final year BEng and MEng undergraduates taking Electronics and Electrical Engineering degrees each year. The Biomedical Engineering degrees also undertake final year projects in the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre.