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Support and facilities

Support and Facilities - Research Degrees - School of Computing

Support

We have excellent student support teams who are here to help you with any non-academic queries or problems you may have, from initial application through to graduation.

These teams are located close to where you will study, ensuring personalised and direct contact and can help you with:

- Scholarships & Bursaries
- Registration & Module Enrolment
- Coursework/Project submission
- Staff contact details
- Mitigating circumstances
- Results and Progression requirements
- Examinations
- Peer Mentoring
- Timetabling
- Absence & Attendance Monitoring
- Engineering Study Zone bookings
- Maps and directions

The Faculty of Engineering also has its own Central Admissions Hub, who process all engineering and computing applications; leading to fast turnaround times from application through to decision. This team can also offer advice on the admission process and any queries regarding qualifications.

Facilities

As would be expected of a top-rated UK research School, with over 60 postgraduate students from around the world, facilities for postgraduate study are of the highest standard.

The School provides a pleasant and friendly environment for study, with central University facilities nearby.The School has an enviable range of multimillion pound facilities, for example, there are cutting-edge visualisation laboratories,
including a powerwall (53-megapixel display wall) and a 3D virtual reality suite.

You will have access to laboratories that are equipped with state-of-the-art workstations with both Linux and Windows platforms. The University supports a ubiquitous wireless network and a VPN that allows you to connect when working off campus.

The University is a member of the White Rose Consortium, which gives the School access to the White Rose Grid, a research infrastructure providing massive parallel computing power.