英国拉夫堡大学博士课程

     对于申请博士，很多小伙伴又好奇又迷惑又心生敬畏。PHD（博士）就是学习的巅峰，是标志着个人具备研究出原创成果的能力。完成了博士，就转身成为了专家级“玩家”。

     那么如何申请博士呢，下面为你提供纯干货：博士申请三部曲~~

     博士和研究生学习的目的不大相同。研究生的学习目的除了获取相关领域的基础和延展性知识外，还会针对相关的就业领域，为以后的就业提供思路做准备。同时英国的研究生也会有部分提供实习或带薪实习的机会。而博士则纯粹是理论知识深入探讨和研究。是对科学或社会的某个感兴趣的领域探索的过程。博士主要探索理论，将前沿实事转化为知识。所以前期需要充分了解博士的学习方式，和希望研究的领域课题。多搜罗一些相关的期刊文章，网站资源和前辈的研究，还有哪些不同角度新颖的课程或想法，从而为研究报告做准备。

     英国的博士基本申请材料和研究生大致相同，学位证和毕业证，成绩单，个人陈述，简历，两封推荐信，还有语言成绩。除了这些，博士申请特有的，也是最重要的就是研究报告了。研究报告是体现你对即将要在博士阶段研究课题的想法介绍，是给博士导师的最初印象。是显示你研究的能力和潜力，也是录取的关键因素。下面我们来看下全英前10的大学拉夫堡大学对于申请博士的研究报告的小建议：

• What：研究的课题是什么
• Why：课题研究的意义是为了什么。
• How：课题是通过什么方式来研究
• Where：研究课题的地域是哪里
• Who：课题针对的群体是谁
• When：课题研究的时间点或时间段在哪里

• 在相关文献中论证选题的理由；
• 课题研究的目的和目标
• 研究方法
• 潜在的最初作品贡献
• 研究可能的产生的影响
• 包含3年的博士学习的计划甘特图

• 想法的科学合理性和原创性
• 批判的思维能力和清晰的写作能力
• 相关文献的掌握能力
• 在研究领域的洞察力
• 处理数据的能力
• 对即将研究课题困难的了解

     一旦确定了研究的领域，写好了研究报告，就要尽早套磁了。需主动邮件联系导师。告诉导师你对他负责的研究课题兴趣浓厚，可以说，“我对您所研究的领域十分感兴趣，也希望成为您的学生，并以此领域作为我的博士研究课题的方向。”然后就能以一个未来博士生的身份跟导师交流了。导师也会根据研究报告和相应的想法沟通来评估。

     完成以上三部曲，博士的申请基本已经大功告成了。千万不要轻视这三步曲，一环紧扣一环缺一不可。导师同意后即可进行网申。同时需确定语言的能力，是否需要衔接学期语言课程。毕竟语言课程也为以后的学习生活提供很好的语言基础。

     拉夫堡大学的博士申请可以免去套磁的环节，直接申请哦，这样又能更减轻一部分的压力和负担，多些时间准备研究报告或准备语言。同时只要你能体现较强的相关研究能力，本科毕业生也可以申请博士。

     拉夫堡大学博士研究的课题比较丰富，涉及到工程，建筑，数学，物理，计算机，化学，设计以及社科政策学：

•   3D Vision for Robots with Photonic Chip Interferometers PhD
•   Developmentof a 3D Printed Biohybrid Lung PhD
•   Deep Reinforcement Learning for Human-Robot Interaction PhD
•   Data-Driven Prediction of Mechanical Performance in Cast Irons Based on Machine-LearningTechniques PhD
•   Context-AwareData-Driven Approach to Enhance the Wellbeing of Workers in Complex Scenarios PhD
•   Coach’sCompanion: A Sport Based Joint Cognitive System PhD
•   City-scalebig data in urban mobility PhD
•   Brain-inspired computers: from neuron spike dynamics to spike computing PhD
•   Birational Geometry of Singular Fano Varieties PhD
•   Battery Thermal Management System for Electric Vehicle PhD
•   Automatic DeepFakes Generation and Identification PhD
•   Applied AI in IoT and consumer intelligence in digital finance PhD
•   AI for Social Cohesion and Long-Term UK Productivity PhD
•   AI enabled Cyber-Human Integration for Industrial Environments PhD
•   Advances in control of wind turbines and wind farms PhD
•   Advanced Textiles for Wearable Electronics Applications PhD
•   Additive Manufacturing for Revolutionary Mechanical Performance PhD
•   Adaptive and Predictive Computational Modelling of Biomaterials: A Digital Twin ApproachTowards Next Generation Personalised Healthcare PhD
•   Development of an Aeroelastic Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization Framework for LargeWind Turbine Systems PhD
•   Energy Harvesting-Enabled Self-Powered Sensing for Real-Time Monitoring in Industry4.0 PhD
•   Exploration of Techniques to Improve Reliability and Security of Autonomous Vehicles PhD
•   Friction,Lubrication and Heat Transfer Phenomena In Advanced Hybrid Electric Vehicle Power trains PhD
•   Explosive evaporation – the superheat limit and hydrodynamic instability for liquiddroplet PhD
•   Fabrication and characterisation of memristors for object detection applications PhD
•   Foam Electrokinetic Separation PhD
•   Architecture,Building and Civil Engineering PhD
•   Getting a Grip on Artificial Turf PhD
•   Hardware-in-the-Loop:Designing future railway vehicles PhD
•   Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics of Electric Vehicle Transmissions PhD
•   High Performance Productivity PhD
•   Improving Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in the Built Environment by leveragingadvanced IEQ monitoring systems, simulation and integrated controls PhD
•   Information and Visualisation Design Methods PhD
•   Intra operative parathyroid imaging PhD
•   Knowledge Driven Search-Based Optimisation for Software Performance PhD
•   Low Temperature District Heat Networks PhD
•   Lumine scent Molecular Probes to Facilitate Drug Discovery PhD
•   Machine Learning Based Modelling in Autonomous Vehicles PhD
•   Manipulating magnetic anisotropy with superconductivity PhD
•   Mathematical modelling of wave energy conversion across the scales PhD
•   Measurement of Dielectric Properties Including Anisotropy for Antenna, RF and SatelliteApplications PhD
•   Mechanical behaviour and optimisation of laser-cut rebar embedded in cementitious matrixPhD
•   Medical image-based computational modelling and an AI algorithm development for lungdiseases diagnosis PhD
•   Nano-ParticleTransport and Deposition PhD
•   New Digitalisation Processes and Digital Twins for Aerospace Engineering PhD
•   Parameterisation of Alloys Manufacturing: Lessons Learnt from Traditional Methods to InformAutomated Advanced Manufacturing PhD
•   Performance of Ground Improvement Solutions in Landfills PhD
•   Plug-and-Play Low Voltage DC microgrids PhD
•   PREDICTOR:Improving the energy performance of closed-loop heating and cooling systems PhD
•   Random Periodicity in Dynamics with Uncertainty: Ergodic Theory PhD
•   Rapid Infrastructure Shielding from Legacy Unexploded Ordnance: Modelling & 3DPrinting PhD
•   Re-Purposing– A Symbiotic Approach to Manufacturing – Reducing Resource Consumption WhilstMeeting Social Needs PhD
•   Design and Creative Arts PhD Studentships PhD
•   School of Social Sciences and Humanities PhD Studentships PhD
•   Schr?dinger operators with complex potentials PhD
•   Self-Assembly of Colloidal Structures in Living Liquid Crystals PhD
•   Signatures of spin liquid behaviour in correlated quantum magnets PhD
•   Smart Grasping of Challenging to Handle Materials PhD
•   Surface Modification of Metal Powders for Improved Additive Manufacturing PhD
•   Theory and design of active quantum circuit elements PhD
•   Towards to the interpretable medical imaging analysis PhD
•   Understanding Aeroelastic Dynamics for Aeroelastically Tailored Smart Turbine Blades PhD

     以上研究课程申请，如足够优秀还能申请到Studentship可减免全部的学费。

     说到这里，很多同学会疑惑，什么是Studentship？和Scholarship有什么不一样。那“外服留学”再科普一下：

     OxfordUniversity对“Studentship”的项目说明：A departmental awardwhich provides funding for postgraduate research students who are working onspecific projects. And the funding is normally provided by an organization suchas a Research Council or through a combination of funds from an academicdepartment or external body.

     所以不同于Scholarship：

     1、Studentship通常是由具体机构为具体研究课题而设立的项目，也就是说，这个项目已经有了具体的研究方向和研究题目，而且一般有了导师负责。所以，同学们就不用纠结如何选题，也就不用盲目陶瓷~

     2、由于Studentship由具体的机构赞助，所以对于申请人会有一定的要求。可能某个EU或者英国本土的机构只赞助自家学生，可能不考虑国际学生。

     拉夫堡大学以上提到的研究课题的Studentship都是开放给国际生哒。博士3年的学费全减免，简直惊呆小伙伴。要申请这个Studentship需要和导师联系，讨论研究课题，提交proposal，阐述想法；附加CV等必备申请材料。每个材料需要非常细致的准备以备通过导师的审核。

你难道不心动么？！如果我是学霸，没人能拦我，马上申请~~~