Three new Centres for Doctoral Training at UCL

Three new Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) at UCL have been announced today by Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts. The centres will train the engineers of the future in quantum technologies, financial computing and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. CDTs across the country have been announced today, in addition to the 72 Centres unveiled by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in November 2013 (seven of which are based at UCL). EPSRC has been able to fund these new centres by renegotiating contracts with universities and by gaining further financial support from partners in industry and academia. Mr Willetts said: "The Government will be investing in a further 900 students through an additional 19 Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs), bringing our total investment in CDTs to £390 million.  "In addition, universities, industry and other charitable partners will be adding a further £174 million to support the training of tomorrow's scientists and engineers. The combined public and private investment amounts to £764 million." Professor David Delpy, Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), said: "The support of the academic and industrial communities has been tremendous and we would not have been able to fund these new centres without their cooperation. These new CDTs will provide training and advances in research in many areas of science and engineering including quantum technologies, manufacturing, robotics, energy and sustainability and brings the total number of Centres funded in this round to ninety one." The three additional CDTs and their directors are: - Delivering Quantum Technologies.