Support and facilities

Support

The Student Support Office provides a single friendly point of contact for any non-academic queries or problems you may have, from initial application through to final thesis submission. If we don't know the answer, we probably know who does!

The Student Support Office provides:

- a single point of contact for research students;
- support and advice for administrative processes including registration, funding and thesis submission;
- a standard Code of Practice setting out our responsibilities and our expectations of students;
- an online meeting record system for supervisors and students;
- and access to the Faculty's Staff Common Room.

You will work with an academic Supervisor or supervisory team, providing guidance and support to the research project. You will also be associated directly with a Research Institute, which generally becomes your 'home base' and is a fairly small-scale community with whom you will interact on a day-to-day basis. All full-time students are provided with their own desk and computer.

As a research student within the Faculty of Engineering you will also have access to a broad programme of skills training and professional development to help you complete your research effectively and to keep you at the leading edge of developments in learning and teaching, innovation, enterprise and knowledge transfer to help you succeed in future employment.

If you require any further information please contact the School's Student Support Office, e: rsadmit@comp.leeds.ac.uk, t: +44 (0)113 343 5440.

Facilities

All students are provided with high-quality office accommodation as well as a state-of-the-art workstation, with both Linux and Windows platforms. The School has a wireless network and a VPN network that allows you to connect when working off campus.

In addition, you have access to a wide range of research facilities which include state-of-the-art graphics and visualisation laboratories, including a 53-megapixel powerwall; a 3D virtual reality suite; and a 3D visualisation holobench.

Additionally, the University is a member of the White Rose University Consortium
(WRUC), a strategic partnership between the three major research universities in Yorkshire, which gives the School access to the White Rose Grid, a research infrastructure providing massive parallel computing power.

The School provides a pleasant and friendly environment for research, with
central university facilities nearby including the University’s library, which is one of the largest in the country with over 3 million items.