CONACyT

The School of Engineering and Materials Science is pleased to announce it will be supporting a generous number of CONACyT PhD studentships for Mexican students wishing to commence studies from academic year 2022/23.

The School is seeking CONACyT applicants for the following Projects/Supervisors:

Project Title Primary Supervisor Research Degree Programme Project Reference
Contact Dynamics in Autonomous Robotic Systems Dr Angadh Nanjangud PhD FT Aerospace Engineering - Semester 1 2022ConacytAeroAN
Trustable Public Transit through Integrated Multimodal Transit Networks and Trip Planning Dr Jun Chen PhD FT Aerospace Engineering - Semester 1 2022ConacytAeroJC
Bioactive composites for vertebraplasty Prof Liz Tanner PhD FT Materials Science – Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMatLT
Ecotoxicological Impact of Perovskite Photovoltaics  Dr Zhe Li PhD FT Materials Science – Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMatZL
Electrocatalytic hydrogen production from mild media Dr Guanjie He PhD FT Materials Science – Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMatGH
Assistive Robotic Mobile Manipulation for Elderly in Care Settings Dr Ketao Zhang PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMechKZ
Distributed Control System for Offshore Renewable Energy Farm  Dr Guang Li PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMechGL
Engineering the sustainable composite structures for offshore floating wind turbines Dr Wei Tan PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMechWT
Waste to Energy: harvesting energy from wastewater and waste heat using  graphene-based membranes  Dr Hasan Shaheed PhD FT Mechanical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMechHS
Collagen fibrillar nanomechanics and rupture mechanisms in human preterm fetal membrane defects Dr Tina Chowdhury PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMedTC
Engineering Circadian Biology into Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Organ-on-a-Chip models Prof David Lee PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMedDL
Identifying and treating the causes of age-related tendon dysfunction  Prof Hazel Screen PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMedHS
Multi-scale electromechanical cardiac digital twins: from genetics to organ scale predictions Dr Caroline Roney PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMedCR

High Throughput multiplexed CRISPR platform to facilitate drug studies

 Prof Rob Krams PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMedRK
Probing 3D dynamics of the Bone-cartilage interface using CT/diffraction imaging Dr Himadri Gupta PhD FT Medical Engineering - Semester 1 start 2022ConacytMedHG

Application Method

If you are able to identify a listed project that matches with your own research interests, the next step is to complete the online application process to the listed PhD programme, please click on the programme link included in the projects table.

The programme application form includes:

  1. A section titled ‘Funding’, please state you plan to fund your studies via the "CONACyT" scheme.
  2. A section titled ‘Research Degree Programmes - Additional Questions’, please include the project reference (as per the project table) for the project you wish to apply to as well as the name of the project Supervisor, to associate your application with that studentship opportunity. If you are interested in being considered for more than one studentship project you must list each project’s reference in order of preference (mulitple applications are not necessary).

Candidates will need to demonstrate their proficiency in English equivalent to an IELTS score of 6.5 (with a minimum score of 6.0 in Writing and 5.5 in each of the other test components). For further details see https://www.qmul.ac.uk/international-students/englishlanguagerequirements/postgraduateresearch/

If successful in securing an offer from Queen Mary, candidates will need to apply to CONACyT to secure a scholarship. For further guidance on the CONACyT scheme at Queen Mary please email lat@qmul.ac.uk 

Guidance on how to apply for a PhD in general is available via http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/applyresearchdegrees/