48 monthsProgramme duration
27,500 GBPTuition Fee/year
30 Mar, 2026Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Computer Science and Information Systems
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Digital infrastructures are at the heart of our societal fabric. They range from traditional critical infrastructures, for example, water, power to emerging ones such as smart cities, intelligent transportation, Fintech and future banking, through to large social and business interaction platforms.
Cyber security is a hard challenge in any system. The ever-increasing interconnectivity and dependencies across the boundaries of such infrastructures make it an even harder one. Legacy (often insecure) and contemporary (secure or with hitherto undiscovered vulnerabilities) hardware, software and services are connected together, often on-the-fly, due to millions of user interactions. This is compounded by complex and changing supply chains with varying levels of security assurances and trust.
This next frontier in cyber security requires highly skilled professionals to proactively anticipate and address the implications for security and resilience through innovative fundamental research that will underpin future infrastructure architectures and products and services therein. However, there continues to be a major shortage of skilled cyber security professionals.
PhD-level graduates are key to addressing this major shortage as they are the future research leaders with the capability to anticipate the challenges and develop innovative solutions.
Our Cyber Secure Everywhere Centre for Doctoral Training offers research students an immersive challenge-led training approach by providing a unique co-creation experience with user partners to research overarching but linked thematic challenges. During our four-year programme, students learn from world-leading researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Bath, from each other as an interdisciplinary cohort, and also from industry experts.
Our approach is fundamentally different from regular research training. Students learn from leading experts within multiple disciplines, including psychology, management, engineering, sociology and computer science. This approach provides a holistic understanding that is more attuned to the realities of tackling cyber security problems across complex IT, OT and IIoT systems.
Full details of our programme, projects, cohort activities, supervisors and industry partners can be found on the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security website.
Cyber security is a hard challenge in any system. The ever-increasing interconnectivity and dependencies across the boundaries of such infrastructures make it an even harder one. Legacy (often insecure) and contemporary (secure or with hitherto undiscovered vulnerabilities) hardware, software and services are connected together, often on-the-fly, due to millions of user interactions. This is compounded by complex and changing supply chains with varying levels of security assurances and trust.
This next frontier in cyber security requires highly skilled professionals to proactively anticipate and address the implications for security and resilience through innovative fundamental research that will underpin future infrastructure architectures and products and services therein. However, there continues to be a major shortage of skilled cyber security professionals.
PhD-level graduates are key to addressing this major shortage as they are the future research leaders with the capability to anticipate the challenges and develop innovative solutions.
Our Cyber Secure Everywhere Centre for Doctoral Training offers research students an immersive challenge-led training approach by providing a unique co-creation experience with user partners to research overarching but linked thematic challenges. During our four-year programme, students learn from world-leading researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Bath, from each other as an interdisciplinary cohort, and also from industry experts.
Our approach is fundamentally different from regular research training. Students learn from leading experts within multiple disciplines, including psychology, management, engineering, sociology and computer science. This approach provides a holistic understanding that is more attuned to the realities of tackling cyber security problems across complex IT, OT and IIoT systems.
Full details of our programme, projects, cohort activities, supervisors and industry partners can be found on the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security website.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Computer Science and Information Systems
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
Digital infrastructures are at the heart of our societal fabric. They range from traditional critical infrastructures, for example, water, power to emerging ones such as smart cities, intelligent transportation, Fintech and future banking, through to large social and business interaction platforms.
Cyber security is a hard challenge in any system. The ever-increasing interconnectivity and dependencies across the boundaries of such infrastructures make it an even harder one. Legacy (often insecure) and contemporary (secure or with hitherto undiscovered vulnerabilities) hardware, software and services are connected together, often on-the-fly, due to millions of user interactions. This is compounded by complex and changing supply chains with varying levels of security assurances and trust.
This next frontier in cyber security requires highly skilled professionals to proactively anticipate and address the implications for security and resilience through innovative fundamental research that will underpin future infrastructure architectures and products and services therein. However, there continues to be a major shortage of skilled cyber security professionals.
PhD-level graduates are key to addressing this major shortage as they are the future research leaders with the capability to anticipate the challenges and develop innovative solutions.
Our Cyber Secure Everywhere Centre for Doctoral Training offers research students an immersive challenge-led training approach by providing a unique co-creation experience with user partners to research overarching but linked thematic challenges. During our four-year programme, students learn from world-leading researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Bath, from each other as an interdisciplinary cohort, and also from industry experts.
Our approach is fundamentally different from regular research training. Students learn from leading experts within multiple disciplines, including psychology, management, engineering, sociology and computer science. This approach provides a holistic understanding that is more attuned to the realities of tackling cyber security problems across complex IT, OT and IIoT systems.
Full details of our programme, projects, cohort activities, supervisors and industry partners can be found on the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security website.
Cyber security is a hard challenge in any system. The ever-increasing interconnectivity and dependencies across the boundaries of such infrastructures make it an even harder one. Legacy (often insecure) and contemporary (secure or with hitherto undiscovered vulnerabilities) hardware, software and services are connected together, often on-the-fly, due to millions of user interactions. This is compounded by complex and changing supply chains with varying levels of security assurances and trust.
This next frontier in cyber security requires highly skilled professionals to proactively anticipate and address the implications for security and resilience through innovative fundamental research that will underpin future infrastructure architectures and products and services therein. However, there continues to be a major shortage of skilled cyber security professionals.
PhD-level graduates are key to addressing this major shortage as they are the future research leaders with the capability to anticipate the challenges and develop innovative solutions.
Our Cyber Secure Everywhere Centre for Doctoral Training offers research students an immersive challenge-led training approach by providing a unique co-creation experience with user partners to research overarching but linked thematic challenges. During our four-year programme, students learn from world-leading researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Bath, from each other as an interdisciplinary cohort, and also from industry experts.
Our approach is fundamentally different from regular research training. Students learn from leading experts within multiple disciplines, including psychology, management, engineering, sociology and computer science. This approach provides a holistic understanding that is more attuned to the realities of tackling cyber security problems across complex IT, OT and IIoT systems.
Full details of our programme, projects, cohort activities, supervisors and industry partners can be found on the Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security website.
Admission Requirements
95+
176+
7+
71+
Applicants must hold/achieve a minimum of an upper-second class honours degree (or international equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
Cyber security is an interdisciplinary challenge, and the CDT focuses on both social and technical challenges of cyber security. Applications are welcome from those with a range of disciplinary backgrounds including (but not limited to): computer science, psychology, management, electrical and electronics engineering, civil engineering, criminology, and social sciences. Candidates should be willing to work across disciplinary boundaries and inform their research from different disciplinary perspectives.
See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our profile level B.
Cyber security is an interdisciplinary challenge, and the CDT focuses on both social and technical challenges of cyber security. Applications are welcome from those with a range of disciplinary backgrounds including (but not limited to): computer science, psychology, management, electrical and electronics engineering, civil engineering, criminology, and social sciences. Candidates should be willing to work across disciplinary boundaries and inform their research from different disciplinary perspectives.
See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our profile level B.
30 Mar 2026
4 Years
Sep
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
5,106 GBP
International
27,500 GBP
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